Helen Beard - Seeing Red London Saturday, March 16, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    Helen Beard

    British • 1971

    Helen Beard studied at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design and went on to have a fifteen year career as an assistant art director in the film industry. During this time, Helen continued with her artistic practice, working in the diverse mediums of paint, collage and needlepoint.

    Her work vibrates with movement and colour in a celebration of the erotic experience. Using a vibrant palette and an ever changing framework: from close-crops to wide shots, to create a landscape of intimacy. Her paintings are a textural fusion between form and colour, utilising sinuous brush strokes in a motion akin to stroking skin.

    She has exhibited in numerous group shows, including ‘True Colours’ (2018) at Newport Street Gallery. Solo shows include ‘It’s Her Factory’ (2019) at Unit London and ‘The Desire Path’ (2020) and ‘The Tulips are Too Excitable, It Is Winter Here’ (2023) at Reflex Amsterdam. Helen’s work has also been translated into a series of silkscreen prints, produced with UNIT Drops, Reflex Amsterdam and Paul Stolper Gallery.

    In 2022, Helen was co-curator, with Maria Buszek and Alayo Akinkugbe, of ’Sensitive Content’ a group exhibition at Unit London that featured artists including: Betty Tompkins, Penny Slinger, Renee Cox and Linder Sterling.

     
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Fat Tongue, Split Lips

signed, titled and dated 'FAT TONGUE, SPLIT LIPS 2024 Helen Beard' on the reverse; further signed 'Helen Beard' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
220.3 x 153.7 cm (86 3/4 x 60 1/2 in.)
Painted in 2024.

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