Wendy Helliwell

Wendy Helliwell is a visual artist from Edinburgh. She grew up in the 80’s and her work is influenced by fashion, pop culture and advertising from glossy fashion magazines. Primarily self taught Wendy advanced her passion studying courses at Edinburgh College of Art.

With celebration and critique Wendy puts the spotlight on our consumerist culture by deconstructing and reassembling fashion magazine (regularly Vogue) often over repurposed fabric. She aims to display diversity with a sustainable and innovative approach by the use of multiple materials, including many throw away effects. Layers of detail and colour often in three dimensional form mimic the arresting values of the initial magazine adverts themselves.

“These tangible cultural references are at risk of obsoletion so they become very precious to me whilst I work with them. I want to seduce the viewer initially just like the glossy magazines do with the use of bright colours and bold text. I want to recreate this is in a fun and humorous way but there is always a darker undercurrent present within my work which will hopefully also get us questioning our own materialistic habits.”

Over the last 15 years Wendy’s work has been shipped worldwide and her recent commission f...

O Grade Art B grade in 1987
Studied two part-time mixed media courses in 2011/12 at Edinburgh College of Art achieving A and B levels.

2010 March, Ivory & Willow, Edinburgh
2010 November, Frame Work, Chamber Street, Edinburgh
2010 June, Leith Festival, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh
2013 April, ECA Spring Exhibition, Edinburgh
2013 August, SINthetic, Hemma, Edinburgh (Solo)
2013 November, Edinburgh Art Fair
2013 December, Animal Kingdom Collection on Saatchi Online's homepage.
2014 October, Check You campaign, Fundraising (Solo)
2014 October, Edinburgh Art Fair
2014 October, TIAF, Brick Lane Gallery, London
2014 November, Health Link, Scottish hospitals
2015 March, Scottish Borders ArtFair, Rocktrust
2015 April, Glasgow Art Fair
2015 August, Scottish Design Exchange, Edinburgh
2015 August, Postcard Art Exhibition, RockTrust
2015 September, Spartans Community Football Fundraiser
2015 October, Egalitarian Frames, Whitespace, Edinburgh
2015 October, Newave Gallery, Aberdeen
2015 November, Edinburgh Art Fair
2015 November, Featured in the "Pop Gifts" Collection, Saatchi Art's 2015 Gift Guide Collections
2016 June, Tunbridge wells International Art Fair
2016 November, London Punk Revisited, 1 of 1 Gallery
2016 November, The Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries
2016 November, The EdinburghArtFair, Corn Exchange
2017 May, Ladies Love Lunch, Charity auction
2017 June, Th...