Helen Sykes
London, United Kingdom
Most of my work is about feelings. I use childhood memories, dreams and day-dreams to begin and some...
About the artist
Helen Sykes
Joined In 2010
(209 Followers)
About the artist
Helen Sykes
Joined In 2010
(209 Followers)
ABOUT
EDUCATION
EXHIBITIONS
Most of my work is about feelings. I use childhood memories, dreams and day-dreams to begin and sometimes work automatically, to bring subconscious thoughts to the surface.
I use creature characters and figurettes to explore emotions. I am interested in mark making and the history of the language of painting.
Process in painting is important to me. I explore surface, colour and spacial relationships, but not in an over-formal way. Oftentimes, it aids the initial thought and at other times it kind of disrupts it. Most of the time it ends up being about creating something in the space between or around the objects or beings I am painting.
In recent years painting has become an increasingly inner process for me. l use traditional methods and materials that slow the process down, so the subject has time to develop, shift and finally take on a life of its own.
Central St Martins College, London
University of East Anglia
University of Essex
Pop Up Show, Victoria Works, London Sep 2024
Pop Up Show, Victoria Works, London Sep 2023
Pop Up Show, Havelock Walk, London Dec 2019
'MAY DAY' Jeffrey Meier Gallery
Lambertville, NJ May 2015
SPRING FEVER: Emerging Artists From Saatchi Art
Hyatt Regency, London UK March - July 2014
Curated by Rebecca Wilson
My piece 'Ann Miller' is featured in the Saatchi online collection STRANGE VISIONS, curated by Katherine Henning, Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art.
My piece 'Hotel Reservations' is featured in the Saatchi online collection ANIMAL FARM, curated by Katherine Henning, Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art.
My piece ‘Horned Monkey’ from A Book of Amimals is featured in the Saatchi Online 2012 project ‘100 CURATORS 100 DAYS’ selected by Kim Knoppers curator at Foam International Photography Museum, Amsterdam
OUTPOST GALLERY members show 2011,
selected by Cerith Wyn Evans
ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION
London 2010
KUNSTWERK BAZAAR selected by Andrew Hunt
Outpost Gallery Norwich 2008
MIND AS MACHINE Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery 2007
SALTHOUSE 2007 curated by James Colman
A DOG WALK ROUND NEW COSTESSEY
Solo show Outpost Gallery Norwich 2006
JERWOOD DRAWING PRIZE 2006
JERWOOD DRAWING PRIZE 2005
NATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARD ...