Helen Criales is an artist, art consultant and curator based in Washington DC. Through the Latela Curatorial Apprenticeship Program, she curated her first exhibition Spiritual Wanderlust in 2019 which was featured in the Washington Post. Since, Helen has worked with Latela Curatorial on a variety of curatorial projects, including their Superfine! DC 2019 Art Fair booth which was selected by Hirshhorn Curators as one of the top booths in the fair. Helen has also worked on a variety of art sourcing projects with Latela Curatorial, mainly Avec on H. Helen is a guest lecturer for The Artist Course: Being & Business and a member of the GLB Memorial Fund for the Arts Curatorial Selection Committee. She has a Visual Communication degree with a concentration in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Helen's artwork has been exhibited in and outside of the Washington DC area, and focuses on performance and self-portraiture.