Phoebe Helander (b. 1988) crafts deftly made oil on wood paintings, finding her subject within familiar elements of daily life. The painter uses subtle yet highly impactful technical strategies to convey moments of intense contemplation, completing works in single sessions lasting anywhere from four to ten hours. Often returning to the same object matter, Helander produces book-sized paintings that emerge from an expressive and durational form of perceptual painting. She received her MFA from Yale University in 2019, and now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at Karma, Thomaston, ME; Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY; Palo Gallery, New York, NY; and New Release, New York, NY; among others. In 2024, she presented her third solo exhibition with Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY, which was accompanied by a catalog essay by curator and critic Robert Storr and reviewed in Hyperallergic by critic John Yau. Her first exhibition with P·P·O·W, Paintings from the Orange Room, was on view October 31 – December 20, 2025. The gallery will present new paintings by Helander at Post-Fair in Santa Monica, CA, February 26 – 28, 2026.