Helena Keeffe makes artworks based in situations and exchanges via collecting oral histories, producing publications, organizing public events, and inviting groups and individuals to work with her collaboratively. Recent projects include public art commissions with the cities of San Jose and San Francisco, as well as a Creative Work Fund–supported collaboration with Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco. Keeffe received her BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2000 and was a member of the Independent School of Art, San Francisco, from 2005 to 2006. She is cofounder of Alula Editions with Amber Cady.