HELLE HELSNER:
MULIEBRITY
Definition: The quality of being a woman
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 2 pm - 6 pm
MATERIALITY, LANDSCAPE MEMORY
My practice encompasses matter provoking ideas and making, with roots in prehistoric bronze casting that integrates ancient technology with contemporary practice. My interest lies in traditional ecological knowledge and our relationship to materials as more than just resources. Through the disused mining landscape of Allihies I am investigating how extractivism, and the social politics surrounding it, is a universal concern, affecting us all.
I exhibit nationally and internationally with work in private and public collections including the Danish State Collection, the OPW and the RTE collection.
Recent exhibitions include Desire Lines, a two-woman show (Lavit Gallery 2022, Ballinglen Art Gallery 2023 including a publication Desire Line: with essays from Sarah Kelleher and Padraig Spillane). A solo show: No Stone Left Unturned, (Sternview Gallery 2022) dealing with landscape and materiality through drawing and sculpture. Performative collaborations include gold casting with Ruairí O Donnabhain/Dublin Theatre Festival: Oír in 2021 and Otolith on Cape Clear in 2019.
Recent residencies include the Ballinglen Art Foundation courtesy of Cork County Council. I have also received an Agility Award from The Arts Council of Ireland.