Helen Dryden Biography
An emerging British contemporary artist, Helen Dryden is a talented artist, who uses painting and drawing to create expressive work that conveys feelings of awkwardness with a sense of humour.
Trained at the Leeds Metropolitan University (2000), Helen Dryden is based in Leeds, Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom.
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2009 Particles, Particles, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
- 2008 Leeds Bradford Imprint
- 2007 7 Year Itch, Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds
- 2007 Shoes: The Agony and the Ecstasy, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
Live/Performance
- 2006 Testbed 4, Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2008 Creative 30 - Nomination, VICE, Volvo, The Independent and Yahoo!, www.creative30.net
- 2008 Street and Studio: Urban portraiture photography competition., Tate Modern, London, UK
Artist's website
- www.helendryden.com
Artist's Statement
My work covers eclectic subject matter, often inspired by daydreams and my imagination, appropriating found imagery from magazines and books and my own photographs. My practice is instinctive and intuitive. When making work, I am concerned with using abstract forms and line making, and the consistency and sensual nature of the materials used, to create a feeling of gentle unease, awkwardness and slight discomfort; at times displaying an obtuse humour. My practice encompasses both sensitive and contemplative drawings on paper, sometimes highly detailed, sometimes sketchy and vague; and expressive, energetic paintings on canvas. In some pieces there is a dark, surreal humour, and elements of pop, and horror. Often there is a sense of paranoia and other worldliness, from the influences of nightmares and my own nervousness about the world.Ads by PicassoMio
