Helen Wright: Some stories are worth telling

22 November - 14 December 2024
Overview

 

The bird paintings in this exhibition form a collection of images derived from both my ongoing experience and fascination with native bird life, most often close to home at Cornelian Bay but also at Kelso, an old family property with a native garden, in the north of the state.

Birds also inhabit and inspire my imagination as I watch and hear their everyday interactions and the significance of their distinctive sounds and gatherings from early morning to late evening. Living in a silent world without such sounds seems unthinkable.

 

- Helen Wright, November 2024

 

 


 

 

 

With an exemplary career spanning four decades, interactions between humanity and the natural world lie at the heart Helen Wright's innovative practice that spans printmaking, drawing, painting and sculpture. An award-winning artist, Helen has won major Australian prizes including The Hutchins Art Prize, The Burnie Print prize and the works on paper category of The Waterhouse Natural History Prize, South Australia. Helen has been the successful recipient of numerous Australia Council Grants leading to a string of international residencies. In 2020 Helen's work was one of eight artist's to be selected to exhibit in Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and a survey exhbition of her work is scheduled for August 2025 at the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston. Helen's work is included in numerous public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. Helen currently lives and works in lutruwita/Tasmania.

 

 

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