Helen Snell

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FIGHTING FIT -2 Hearing Test, 2013

FIGHTING FIT -2 Hearing Test, 2013

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Helen Snell is based in Combeinteignhead, South West

Current and forthcoming events

  • January 2013 - January 2015: Artist in Residence, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth (more info)
  • May - September 2013: Hand-made Future, Blank Media Collective at Contact Theatre, Manchester (more info)
  • July - September 2013: Growing: Celebrate our Past, Exploring our Future , National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford (more info)
  • September - November 2013: intoLACE, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton (more info)
  • September 2013 - January 2014: BURNT OUT, 20 – 21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe (more info)

Qualifications and training

  • 1995 MA Fine Art Printmaking, Camberwell College of Arts

Solo exhibitions

  • 2013 BURNT OUT, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey

Public commissions

  • 2012 THE JOY OF MAKING, commission for installation of 50 laser cut paper vessels, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
  • 2011 NEW, FOUND TREASURES Commission for a series of laser cut paper vessels for the collection, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
  • 2009 LIQUID LANDSCAPES: Collaboration with U.S. choreographer Stephan Koplowitz, Dartington Arts commission for 300 paper vessels, site specific performance at Mayflower Steps, Plymouth

Competitions, prizes and awards

  • 2012 Grant for the Arts award for research and development of new work, National Lottery through Arts Council England, UK
  • 2010 The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust Award, Funding for laser cutting, Plymouth College of Art


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