Helen has been a practising artist for over 25 years, and since completing her MA in Fine Art in 1991 has exhibited regularly both internationally and here in the UK. Helen is also a curator and co director of INDEX|projects, www.indexprojects.co.uk, an artist led organisation presenting a rigorous programme of critically engaged contemporary art.
Helen lives and works in Stroud.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2023 JOHN MOORES PAINTING PRIZE, Walker Gallery, Liverpool
2022 CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING PRIZE, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield.
SOUTHWARK PARK GALLERY OPEN, London.
GESTURA ll, Marie Jose Gallery, London.
LITERATURE, Spring Gallery, Cheltenham.
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London
2021 A GENEROUS SPACE, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings.
2019 ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION , London.
2018 ...DELAYED RAYS OF A STAR... Solo Exhibition @ Hardwick Gallery, University Of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham.
2017 CORRIDOR Virtual Reality Installation. INDEXprojects, Stroud Fringe Festival.
2O16 Art2O16 GBS Fine Art, London N1
2O15 DATA at Rochester Art Gallery, Kent. Touring group show curated by Shiri Shalmy.
2O13 DATA at Contemporary Art Society, London EC1. Group Show . Curated by Shiri Shalmy. For more information click here.
2O12 FIGURINES & ASTEROIDS (solo exhibition) INDEX Gallery, Stroud, Glos.
FIGURINES & ASTEROIDS (solo exhibition) John Jones, London
2O11 SALON ART PRIZE (Winning Artist) MRA Project Space, London
SITE 2O11 Museum In The Park, Stroud, Glos.
ART 2O11 GBS Fine Art, London
2O1O SALON ART PRIZE (Shortlisted Artist) MRA Project Space, London.
ART OF GIVING Saatchi Gallery, London
ART 2O1O GBS Fine Art, London
2OO9 DISTORTED REALITIES Sarah Myerscough, London
UNIT 4 SHOW Site 'O9, Stroud, Glos.
ART 2OO9 London
2OO7 TORONTO ART FAIR Canada
FIGURE Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2OO6 GROUP SHOW Frost & Reed Contemporary, London
GROUP SHOW Mehlspeiser Atelier, Berlin
2OO5 SOLO SHOW The Blue Gallery, London
ART 2OO5 London
2OO4 SI JE REVE 16 Rue Des Montiboeufs, Paris
ART 2OO4 London
2OO3 SOLO SHOW The Blue Gallery, London
ART PALM BEACH Miami, USA
2OO2 SOLO SHOW The Blue Gallery, London
EIDECTIC 62 Commercial St, London
ART 2OO2 London
2OO1 EVERYONE'S AN ARTIST Studio Voltaire, London
ART 2OO1 London
2OOO URBAN TALES Studio Voltaire, London
REUTERS & CHANNEL 4 ARTS CLUB, London
ART 2OOO London
1999 ART 1999 London
1998 ARTHAUS GROUP SHOW 23/25 Mortimer St, London
1997 CONTEMPORARY PAINTING Air Gallery, London
1995 CUBITT Open Studio, Caledonia St, London
AWARDS/ BURSARIES
2011 SALON ART PRIZE
2016 VASW Curators Travel Bursary to Berlin
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2016 ART PRACTICE AND EXHIBITION IN VIRTUAL REALITY .. . a symposium with special guest Shezad Dawood.
OPTIC YELLOW . ..tennis ball melton colonises the retail voids of Stroud... Stroud Fringe Festival.
INDEX|SCREENING. .... Tacita Dean, Margaret Tait, Andrew Kotting. Site Festival, Stroud.
2015 INDEX|PRESS 4 LAUNCH … Artist talk by Will Cobbing at our INDEX|press magazine launch event . Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham.
3 ARTIST FILMS ...John Smith, Tracey Moffatt & Emily Richardson – Stroud Fringe Festival.
2014 FROM PURGATORY TO PARADISE ' - 16mm film Installation by Dan Glaister & Ali Kayley. Index Gallery ,Stroud.
2013 THE SKY HAS TO TURN BLACK BEFORE YOU SEE THE STARS .. a site specific installation by Siobhan Hapaska .
Brunel Goods Shed , Site Festival ,Stroud.
EDUCATION
1991 EUROPEAN MA FINE ART Barcelona
1983 BA HONS DEGREE FINE ART Brighton Polytechnic