By drawing images of the natural world and its tempestuous relationship with the elements, Helen Jones attempts to evoke feelings of fear, awe and insignificance of the individual. Helen uses drawing to depict the epic scale of the natural world and create an uncertain and unsettling narrative that engages the viewer in multiple strands of discourse.
The representation of sea, sky and land within the work portrays epic landscapes that elude apocalyptic states on a biblical scale to the sublime beauty of nature. Combined with a photographic cinematic style the imagery appears to be documentation of an actual event and reference mass media imagery seen in the news after extreme weather variations, natural disasters and the imagery created in post apocalyptic cinema.
The work intends to draw the viewer in to the ambiguous subject matter of imagined scenarios exposing the universal concerns of the contemporary human condition. Using composition and scale, Helen seeks to overwhelm the viewer, looming over them and engulfing their space. Her drawings highlight the arrogance of humanity by depicting the immensity of nature in all its glory. Helen’s most recent works focus on the idea of escape hinting at possible routes out of the impending plight and the hope of saving ourselves.
The drawings are created using black pigment applied by hand to tracing paper and using a variety of rubbers and scraping materials to takeaway the pigment resulting in a complex tonal image.
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EDUCATION
2007-2009 BA Hons Drawing and Applied Arts, UWE, Bristol
2005-2007 Foundation Diploma Art and Design, Bristol School of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
May 2010 Locker Room
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Kindred, Antlers Gallery, London
2012 Narrative, Antlers Gallery, Ilkley
2012 Other Nature, Antlers Gallery, London
2012 Still Chaos, Antlers Gallery, Bristol
2011 Boca.art, Paintworks, Bristol
2011 Uncanny Views, Antlers Gallery, Bristol
2010 Boca.art, Paintworks, Bristol
2010 RWA 158th Autumn Open Exhibition, Bristol
2010 Artwave West, Morcombelake, Dorset
2009 You Are The Measure, Centre Space Gallery, Bristol
2009 Foyer Show, UWE Bower Ashton, Bristol
2009 Tobacco Factory, Bristol
ART FAIRS
2014 AAF Battersea, Antlers Gallery, London
2013 AAF Bristol, Antlers Gallery, Bristol
2012 AAF Bristol, Antlers Gallery, Bristol
PRIZES/AWARDS
2012 Drawn, Artist Residency Prize, RWA
2010 Prize for most accomplishing drawing, RWA
2010 ClarkeWilmot Young Artist of the Year, shortlisted
Works Available
Mother Cloud, Wheeze
Black Pastel on Dry Mounted Tracing Paper (unframed)
89 x 63 cm
£850
Mother Cloud, Drift
Black Pastel on Dry Mounted Tracing Paper (unframed)
89 x 63 cm
£850
Mother Cloud, Whisper
Black Pastel on Dry Mounted Tracing Paper (framed)
90 x 64 cm
£950
Deep Water
Black Pastel on Dry Mounted Tracing Paper (framed)
90 x 64 cm
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Mother Cloud, Flutter
Black Pastel on Tracing Paper and Dry Mounted (framed)
90 x 64 cm
£950
Cloud Mother, Heave
Black Pastel on Tracing Paper (unframed)
89 x 63 cm
£850
Cloud Mother, Pulse
Black Pastel on Tracing Paper (unframed)
89 x 63 cm
£850
Cloud Mother, Murmur
Black Pastel on Tracing Paper (unframed)
89 x 63 cm
£850
Deep Water I
Black Pastel on Dry Mounted Tracing Paper
75 x 102 cm
£950
Deep Water II
Black Pastel on Dry Mounted Tracing Paper
75 x 102 cm
£950
Deep Water III
Black Pastel on Dry Mounted Tracing Paper
75 x 102 cm
£950
Deep Water IV
Black Pastel on Dry Mounted Tracing Paper
75 x 102 cm
£950
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Drawings
Clouds II
Black Pigment on Tracing Paper
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Distress Call
Black Pigment on Tracing Paper
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Wash
Black Pigment on Tracing Paper
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Submerged II
Black Pigment on Tracing Paper
SOLD
Forewarned
Black Pigment on Tracing Paper
SOLD
Swell I
Black Pigment on Tracing Paper
SOLD
Swell II
Black Pigment on Tracing Paper
SOLD
Swell III
Black Pigment on Tracing Paper
SOLD
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From the Blog
‘You Move Me’ Artist Interview: Helen Jones
As part of our current Antlers Gallery exhibition You Move Me for Winter 14/15 – we are releasing a series of blog interviews with each of the artists involved in the show. In this latest instalment we caught up with Bristol-based artist …
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