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Helena Noordhoff is a Honolulu-based printmaker and educator raised on the island of Oʻahu. She discovered her passion for printmaking at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa under the mentorship of Charles Cohan and earned her MFA in Print Media in 2022. She currently teaches printmaking and 2-D media at Leeward Community College while actively exhibiting her work locally.

Hyposmocoma elegantula explores the intricate patterns, delicate structures, and quiet strangeness of Hawaiʻi’s endemic moth species. Through repetition and symmetry, the composition transforms these small, often overlooked organisms into a study of morphology and the unexpected beauty found in the natural world.