Helen Tranckle

I graduated at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College in Farnham, (now UCA) with Fine Art BA Hons and then went on to The University of Reading in 2008, to gain a PG Diploma, "˜The Body and Representation'.

For some time my work was grounded in printmaking at South Hill Park (SHP) in Bracknell which I extended into digital and mixed media and have now returned to painting.

The subject of "˜belonging' and "˜place' and how we inhabit/identify with our space is personalised by our own thoughts and memories. The new inert space we first walked into becomes fixed in our minds as somewhere which affirms part of ourselves. The psychological extent of our relationship with the physical world reflects our own internal conscious world. "˜Place' is evocative, sometimes revealing the fragility of being - I view this as an investigation into how we "˜fit' - what has gone before, the evidence of life and how we crave to belong.

Director/tutor at folio studio, Ilfracombe, Devon
A resident artist at 360 Degrees Trust

2002, BA Hons, Fine Art, University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

2008 MA/PG Dip, The Body and Representation, University of Reading

2017 The Annual Open Christmas Exhibition, The Burton at Bideford, 18th November - 23rd December, Selected
2017 (NOA 17) 21st National Open Art Exhibition, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf 17 - 26 November moving to Pallant House, Chichester for the 21st National Open Art Winners' Exhibition, 6 - 17 December 2017.
21st National Open Art Landscape Prize- 'Mudlark' sponsored by The Norfolk Estate
2017 Black Swan Open 2017 (2 selected) 2nd - 29th November, Black Swan Gallery, Frome

2016 Dis:placed Collaboration March - August
2015 City of London Barbican Library, Works on Paper, PMC, 6th - 28th January
2014 Dial House Gallery, Ongoing
2014 International Print Exchange, Green Door Printmaing Studio, Derby
2014 The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth
2014 Pie Factory, Margate, CMYK exhibition, Printmakers Council
2014 The Burton Art Gallery, Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society's summer show
2013 Spaces and Places, selected, Harbour House, Kingsbridge, 26th Oct. - 9th Nov
2013 The Open Drawing Exhibition, selected, The Plough Arts, Torrington, 5th Oct - 25th Oct
2013 Commission for Wetherspoons, Bideford
2013 Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London, 22 - 23rd February, 11am - 5pm (Private View: Thursday 21st Feb, 7pm)
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