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Helle Helsner
Lecturer
Fine Art & Applied Art
BIO
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: SCULPTURE, DRAWING
Danish born Helle Helsner works through sculpture and drawing. With a foundation in ancient methods and materiality, her work is a continued exploration of intuitive material understanding. This is addressed through her sculptural work, drawing and the metal casting process. Casting her work by hand at her studio has allowed her to develop a language that has deep seeded roots with a contemporary feel.
Helle exhibits regularly and her bronze casting practice has resulted in collaborations with archaeologists, particularly in her native Denmark – including ritual bronze casting in New Mexico. Exhibitions have included solo shows and selected group exhibitions in Ireland and abroad as well as performance pieces revolving around metal casting. In 2015 she created a bespoke brooch, which was presented to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and is now part of the state jewellery collection.
A member of Visual Artist Ireland, the Design and Craft Council Ireland and the National Sculpture Factory,
LINKS:
Publications:
2019 Archipelagic thinking / Otolith with Ruairi O Donovan – Cape Clear https://vimeo.com/374949929
2018 Flemming Kaul essay ‘The Chariot of The Sun and other sun horses of The Nordic Bronze Age’ in ‘Giving the Past a Future: Essays in Archaeology and Rock Art’, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.
2010 Neil Oliver’s ‘A History of Ancient Britain’, BBC2 production [Copper Casting]
Symposium:
Speaker at Symposium 2019. ‘Making and Materiality’, MAKE19, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork
RELATED COURSES:
BA (HONS) IN CONTEMPORARY APPLIED ART
