After a long career in music Helen decided to do a Fine Art course at the City Lit, followed by a Fine Art degree at The Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan University, where she graduated in 2014.
Initially Helen takes photographs, which form the basis of her screen prints. She responds spontaneously to visual images, which excite her, whatever the content. A chance arrangement of shapes attracts Helen in relation to light, shadows and reflections. Lines crossing each other create an energy found particularly in modern buildings and building sites with scaffolding. Patterns develop through the printed layers. Helen is very much influenced by patterns of music created through the sounds and observing the musical score. Printing on Perspex, resulting in a 3D arrangement, gives a varied view of shapes and reflections seen from different angles.
EDUCATION
2014 BA Fine Art (Hons) The Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan University
2006-2009 Fine Art Course, City Lit, London
ARCM piano and cello, Royal College of Music, London
EXHIBITIONS
2021 April 29th-May 2nd. Solo show. The Right Angle. Cave, Pimlico, London
Group shows
2020 Time. Highgate Literary and Scientific Society, London
Archive exhibition. Scarborough Art Gallery
2019 Print Fair. Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
Land, Sea and Sky. Ropewalk Gallery, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire
Summer Show, London Print Studio
Journeys. London Print Studio
Journeys. Jack House Gallery, Portsmouth
Journeys. Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester
2018 National Original Print Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London
Summer Show. London Print Studio
2017 Mini Print. Morley College, London
Print City. Morley College, London
Lasting Impressions. Scarborough Art Gallery
The Latest Edition. Linden Hall Gallery, Deal
Summer Show. London Print Studio
2016 Landmarks. Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
In Two Parts. Lombard Street Gallery. Margate
Urban Angles. Espacio Gallery. London
National Original Print Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London
Pushing Boundaries. Farmleigh Gallery, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
2015 Urban Angles. Espacio Gallery, London
Place and Space. Espacio Gallery, London
National Original Print Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London
50 Years of Artists Prints. Bankside Gallery, London
Print Fair. Espacio Gallery, London
Mini prints. Morley College, London
2013 What ever next. Mile End Pavilion, London
Degree Show. The Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan University
2012 Salon des Refusés. Hoxton, London
2009 Final Show. Fine Art Course, City Lit, London
COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum print collection
Scarborough Museum