Helen Gorrill vit et travaille à Newcastle Upon Tyne. Ses études à l’université de Combrie lui ont valu le premier prix de dessin contemporain et celui d’art appliqué. Parallèlement, elle enchaîne les expositions (dessins, installations, sculptures), notamment autour des thèmes du féminisme et de la religion. Helen Gorrill s’implique aussi particulièrement dans les recherches des Gender Studies, et organise ou participe depuis 2008 à de nombreuses conférences.
EXPOSITIONS:
2011 – “National Science Week”, Centre For Life Museum, Newcastle
2011 – “The London Art Fair”, Selected to represent DegreeArt Gallery
2011 – “Dei-cide”, DegreeArt Gallery, London
2011 – “21st century pin-up”, FineArte Gallery, Paris
2011 – “21st century pin-up”, FineArte Gallery, Bond St, London
2011 – “21st century pin-up”, FineArte Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
2011 – “FLOUT”, Axis Arts Centre, Crewe
2011 – “I-SHO 73 Women, Feminist Art”, Tottenham Ct Rd, London
2011 – “New Designers 2011”, Islington, London
2011 – “Emerge 2011”, Carlisle, Cumbria
2011 – “Artist of the Year Awards”, Debut Contemporary, London
2010 – “Artist of the Year Awards”, Salon Contemporary, London
2010 – “Art’s Sharp Edge”, Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston-Super-Mare
2010 – “Outside the Square”, Margate
2010 – “The Vault”, Bank Gallery, Carlisle
2010 – “Open Your Mind”, The Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 – “Censored Zine”, Islington, London
2010 – “Pincredible”, Tempa Tempa Gallery, Carlisle
2010 – “Selected for Harbour”, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
2010 – “Bonavox”, Carlisle, Cumbria
2010 – “Box of Desires 2”, Centre for Recent Drawing, London
2009 – “The Body Collective 2”, Qsand Arts Centre, Morecambe
2009 – “Enlightenment”, Northend House, Milton Keynes
2009 – “First Impressions” , Bank Gallery, Carlisle
2009 – “Animal Farm”, LLO Resource Centre, Cumbria
2009 – “A Crash Course in Phantasy”, Empire Gallery, London
2009 – “The Body Collective”, Mona House Gallery, Morecambe
2009 – “Summer Academy Show”, Bank Gallery, Carlisle
2009 – “A postcard says 1000 words”, APW Gallery, New York City
2009 – “The Seven Deadly Sins”, Carlisle, Cumbria
2009 – “Environment”, Hoopers Department Store, Carlisle
2009 – “Sex is not the Enemy”, Bodhi Gallery London (Amnesty Intl)
RECOMPENSES :
2011 - Saatchi online 'Art we love'
2011 - Postgraduate research studentship award at Northumbria University for MRes Gender Studies, specialising in feminism and theology, researching gender within the arts
2011 - First Class BA (Hons) Contemporary Applied Arts
2010 - Awarded Artist of the Week by Salon Contemporary, London
2010 - Saatchi on line - sculpture voted top '50'
2009 - 1st Class Degree in Drawing (FDA)
2008 - The Burnetts Award for Drawing
2008 - The Stead McAlpin Creative Travel Award
2008 - Saatchi on line - painting voted top 50
2008 - Award for USA Jazz CD cover (fine art drawing) for Kaleidoscope Trio (Dazzle Records)
