Helena Cardow

Helena Cardow is a figurative artist living and working in London, UK. She read MA Visual Arts and Culture, and BA Sociology at Durham University, and began exploring her artistic practice after graduating.

Thematically, her art is concerned with the depiction of bodies in spaces that are actively created by a partial eye, and how these compositions and biases affect the meaning of the overall image.

She is also heavily influenced by her academic background, delving into sociological topics such as the intersectional relationships between conceptions of race, feminism, gender and sexuality - revealing subjects whilst simultaneously encouraging the viewer to question the power dynamics inherent in the act of ‘looking’.

Durham University | MA (Hons.) Visual Arts and Culture
Durham University | BA (Hons.) Sociology

2021 | 37th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries | London, UK
2021 | Domesticity and the Feminine, curated by Josephine May Bailey | London, UK
2020 | ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries | London, UK
2019 | ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries | London, UK
2019 | African Art, The Old Biscuit Factory | London, UK
2019 | Bettershared presents: African Art Shared, NEXUS | London, UK
2019 | Erotica: The Art of Love, Nature, and Dick Drawings, Blank Space | Oslo, Norway 2019 | Collage, Genesis Cinema | London, UK
2019 | Summer Salon, Islington Arts Factory | London, UK
2019 | Eco Futures, DEEP TRASH | London, UK
2019 | SPACE, JMArtspace | London, UK
2018 | Nasty Women: Empowerment, Creative Debuts | London, UK
2018 | The F-Word, Doomed Gallery | London, UK