Education:
2002-2005 Gorey School of Art, Co Wexford.
1980-1983 B.A. (Hons) Visual Art, Aberystwyth University, Wales.
Solo exhibitions:
2023
'A room full of altarpieces, but not a church', The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2021
'Recent Works', The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2019
‘Choir’, Limerick Museum.
'Recent Works', The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2018
'New Paintings', Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2017
'Recent Works', The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2016
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.
2015
'New Paintings', Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
'Accession', Iontas Arts Centre, Castleblaney, Co Monaghan.
2014
'FUTURES 14', RHA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2012
'Self-assembly', The Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh.
Selected group exhibitions:
2023
'Small Paintings', Victoria Munroe Fine Art, New York.
Winter Group Show, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation and Museum of Art First Biennial Exhibition, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
'Call & Response', a project by The Drawing Box, curated by Anoushka Havinden and Pearl Kinnear, Glasgow Project Room.
Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 193rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Twenty one, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.
2022
'In and of itself - abstraction in the age of images', RHA Gallery, Dublin.
Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, judged by Hettie Judah, Geraldine Swayne, Grant Scanlan, Thames-Side Studios Gallery.
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, judged by Hettie Judah, Geraldine Swayne, Grant Scanlan, Huddersfield Art Gallery.
'Walking in Two Worlds' part 3, curated by Jonathan Powell; Volcano Theatre, Swansea.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 192nd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Generation2022: New Irish Painting, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. Curated by Anna O'Sullivan.
2021
Return to Disintegration—Periodical Review 11, selected by Sheena Barrett, Alice Butler, Mark Cullen and Gavin Murphy, Pallas Projects, Dublin.
Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 191st Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
'Walking in Two Worlds' part 2, curated by Jonathan Powell; Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford, Manchester.
'Walking in Two Worlds' part 1, curated by Jonathan Powell; Oriel Carn Gallery, Caernarfon, Wales.
Car Boot Art Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
N I N E | MINING MATTER, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
Art Beijing 2021; showing with the Embassy of Ireland, curated by Niamh Cunningham and Peking Art Associates.
2020
'Drawing the Unknown', Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 190th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Summer Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
Helen G Blake, Matthew Collings, Grant Watson; Three Works, Scarborough, UK; curated by Chris Shaw.
'HereThereEverywhere', Limerick Museum; curated by Maurice Quillinan.
2019
Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
‘Youyi’ Exhibition, Consulate of Ireland in Shanghai, China.
'Present Day', Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester.
VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
‘What We Choose to See’, Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester.
‘Youyi’ Exhibition, Hangzhou Public Library, China.
Prosaic Mosaic, Bloc Projects, Sheffield.
Car Boot Art Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
Group Exhibition, Gallery 1, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
Royal Academy of Arts 251st Summer Exhibition, London.
'Modern Finance', Thames Side Studios Gallery, London; curated by Howard Dyke and playpaint.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 189th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Cairde Visual 2019, The Model, Sligo.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2018
Art - Letter Home: Art Gallery of Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China (21st December - 14th January 2019); Suzhou Art Museum, China (1st April - 15th April 2019); Art Gallery of Shenyang Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, (1st June - 1st July 2019).
Winter Exhibition, Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Ascot, UK.
Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
Winter Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
PeripheriesOPEN 2018, Periphery Space, Gorey, Co Wexford.
Winter Open 2018, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre.
Nissan Art Car Boot Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
Beep Biennial Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales.
Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition 2018, London.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 188th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
The World Smallest Exhibition of Paintings, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
The Model presents Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co Roscommon; invited artist.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2017
Art - Letter Home; China Academy of Art CAA Museum, Hangzhou, China.
Changing Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
Molesworth Artists: Catherine Barron, Helen Blake, Thomas Brezing, Gabhann Dunne, Vera Klute, Jennifer Trouton; Lavit Gallery, Cork.
VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
Make Your Mark, PIY PaintLounge, Sluice Biennial 2017, Hackney, London.
Works on Paper; Helen Blake, Tony Hill and David Crone, Gallery 1, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
The Model presents Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 187th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Black Box - Boecker Contemporary at Faux Mouvement, Centre d'art contemporain, Metz, France.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2016
Winter Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
One hundred under a thousand, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
RUA RED Winter Open Submission, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre.
VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
Royal Academy of Arts 248th Summer Exhibition 2016, London.
ART WORKS, Carlow 37th Annual Open Submission; selected by Annie Fletcher, Senior Curator, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven & Claire Feeley, Producer, Barbican, London.
Cairde Visual 2016, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
The Spiral Show, Bleed Gallery, Dublin; curated by artist Jim Ricks.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 186th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2015
Winter Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
FUTURES Anthology 2011-2014, RHA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
Wavelength, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin (4-person show, with Gillian Lawler, Bridget O'Rourke, and Tom Phelan).
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 185th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Summer Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
Cairde Visual 2015, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo; selected by artist Mark Garry and Megan Johnston, Director, The Model, Sligo.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2014
Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 184th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Boyle Arts Festival, invited artist; curated by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
Cairde Visual 2014, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
Enniskillen Visual Arts Open, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
2013
Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co Mayo; selected by Andrew Wilson, Curator of Modern Art & Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 183rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
County Wicklow Visual Arts Open Submission 2013, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
Signal Open 2013, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.
2012
Civilising the Wilderness, Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival, VISUAL, Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow; selected by Dr Barbara Dawson, Director, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and artist Brian Duggan.
Sketchbooks, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
Trasna III, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co Clare.
Pattern, Kilgraney Gallery, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.
Easter Small Works Exhibition, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
2010
Carrie Neely Contemporary Art, Belfast.
Sol Art Gallery, Dublin.
2009
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 179th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival; selected by Marie Hanlon.
RUA RED Summer Open Submission, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin.
Rebirth, Newtownbarry House Gallery, Co Wexford.
2008
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast.
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
Enniskillen Visual Arts Open, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
Sol Art Gallery, Co Cavan.
2007
90th Anniversary exhibition, Aberystwyth University.
2004
Mermaid Arts Centre Open Submission, Bray, Co Wicklow; selected by Tara Murphy, Director, Solomon Gallery, Dublin.
Presence, Hopewire Gallery, Co Wexford; selected by artist David Begley.
2003
Oireachtas Art Exhibition, Dun Laoghaire.
Awards and bursaries:
2023
Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary Award.
2022
Highly Commended Award and runner-up for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022.
2021
Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award.
2017
Residency Fellowship, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
Long-listed for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2017.
2016
Artist Support Award, Wicklow Arts Office, Wicklow County Council.
2015
The Model Cara Award, Cairde Visual 2015; selected by artist Mark Garry.
2013
County Wicklow Visual Arts Open Submission, overall winner; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
2012
Wicklow County Council Group Bursary Award 2012, as part of The Tellurometer Project.
2011
Artlinks Artists and Practice, with curators Cliodhna Shaffrey and Eilis Lavelle.
2009
Wicklow County Council Individual Artist’s Bursary Award 2009.
Residencies:
2020 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
2018 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
2017 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
2016 The Model, Sligo.
2015 LFTT Library project, The Guesthouse, Shandon, Cork.
2014 LFTT Library project, The Guesthouse, Shandon, Cork.
Collections:
Aberystwyth University.
Arts Council of Ireland.
Avolon.
Ballinglen Museum of Contemporary Art.
Chapter One Restaurant, Dublin.
IPUT.
OPW Irish State Art Collection.
Per Cent for Art, Tara Hill School, Gorey, Co Wexford.
Collaborations:
Member of N I N E
Member of The Tellurometer Project.
Helen Blake is represented by:
The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2002-2005 Gorey School of Art, Co Wexford.
1980-1983 B.A. (Hons) Visual Art, Aberystwyth University, Wales.
Solo exhibitions:
2023
'A room full of altarpieces, but not a church', The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2021
'Recent Works', The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2019
‘Choir’, Limerick Museum.
'Recent Works', The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2018
'New Paintings', Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2017
'Recent Works', The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2016
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.
2015
'New Paintings', Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
'Accession', Iontas Arts Centre, Castleblaney, Co Monaghan.
2014
'FUTURES 14', RHA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2012
'Self-assembly', The Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh.
Selected group exhibitions:
2023
'Small Paintings', Victoria Munroe Fine Art, New York.
Winter Group Show, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation and Museum of Art First Biennial Exhibition, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
'Call & Response', a project by The Drawing Box, curated by Anoushka Havinden and Pearl Kinnear, Glasgow Project Room.
Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 193rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Twenty one, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.
2022
'In and of itself - abstraction in the age of images', RHA Gallery, Dublin.
Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, judged by Hettie Judah, Geraldine Swayne, Grant Scanlan, Thames-Side Studios Gallery.
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, judged by Hettie Judah, Geraldine Swayne, Grant Scanlan, Huddersfield Art Gallery.
'Walking in Two Worlds' part 3, curated by Jonathan Powell; Volcano Theatre, Swansea.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 192nd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Generation2022: New Irish Painting, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. Curated by Anna O'Sullivan.
2021
Return to Disintegration—Periodical Review 11, selected by Sheena Barrett, Alice Butler, Mark Cullen and Gavin Murphy, Pallas Projects, Dublin.
Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 191st Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
'Walking in Two Worlds' part 2, curated by Jonathan Powell; Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford, Manchester.
'Walking in Two Worlds' part 1, curated by Jonathan Powell; Oriel Carn Gallery, Caernarfon, Wales.
Car Boot Art Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
N I N E | MINING MATTER, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
Art Beijing 2021; showing with the Embassy of Ireland, curated by Niamh Cunningham and Peking Art Associates.
2020
'Drawing the Unknown', Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 190th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Summer Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
Helen G Blake, Matthew Collings, Grant Watson; Three Works, Scarborough, UK; curated by Chris Shaw.
'HereThereEverywhere', Limerick Museum; curated by Maurice Quillinan.
2019
Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
‘Youyi’ Exhibition, Consulate of Ireland in Shanghai, China.
'Present Day', Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester.
VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
‘What We Choose to See’, Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester.
‘Youyi’ Exhibition, Hangzhou Public Library, China.
Prosaic Mosaic, Bloc Projects, Sheffield.
Car Boot Art Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
Group Exhibition, Gallery 1, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
Royal Academy of Arts 251st Summer Exhibition, London.
'Modern Finance', Thames Side Studios Gallery, London; curated by Howard Dyke and playpaint.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 189th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Cairde Visual 2019, The Model, Sligo.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2018
Art - Letter Home: Art Gallery of Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China (21st December - 14th January 2019); Suzhou Art Museum, China (1st April - 15th April 2019); Art Gallery of Shenyang Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, (1st June - 1st July 2019).
Winter Exhibition, Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Ascot, UK.
Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
Winter Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
PeripheriesOPEN 2018, Periphery Space, Gorey, Co Wexford.
Winter Open 2018, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre.
Nissan Art Car Boot Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
Beep Biennial Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales.
Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition 2018, London.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 188th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
The World Smallest Exhibition of Paintings, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
The Model presents Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co Roscommon; invited artist.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2017
Art - Letter Home; China Academy of Art CAA Museum, Hangzhou, China.
Changing Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
Molesworth Artists: Catherine Barron, Helen Blake, Thomas Brezing, Gabhann Dunne, Vera Klute, Jennifer Trouton; Lavit Gallery, Cork.
VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
Make Your Mark, PIY PaintLounge, Sluice Biennial 2017, Hackney, London.
Works on Paper; Helen Blake, Tony Hill and David Crone, Gallery 1, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
The Model presents Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 187th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Black Box - Boecker Contemporary at Faux Mouvement, Centre d'art contemporain, Metz, France.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2016
Winter Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
One hundred under a thousand, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
RUA RED Winter Open Submission, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre.
VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
Royal Academy of Arts 248th Summer Exhibition 2016, London.
ART WORKS, Carlow 37th Annual Open Submission; selected by Annie Fletcher, Senior Curator, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven & Claire Feeley, Producer, Barbican, London.
Cairde Visual 2016, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
The Spiral Show, Bleed Gallery, Dublin; curated by artist Jim Ricks.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 186th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2015
Winter Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
FUTURES Anthology 2011-2014, RHA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
Wavelength, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin (4-person show, with Gillian Lawler, Bridget O'Rourke, and Tom Phelan).
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 185th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Summer Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
Cairde Visual 2015, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo; selected by artist Mark Garry and Megan Johnston, Director, The Model, Sligo.
Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2014
Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 184th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Boyle Arts Festival, invited artist; curated by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
Cairde Visual 2014, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
Enniskillen Visual Arts Open, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
2013
Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co Mayo; selected by Andrew Wilson, Curator of Modern Art & Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain.
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 183rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
County Wicklow Visual Arts Open Submission 2013, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
Signal Open 2013, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.
2012
Civilising the Wilderness, Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival, VISUAL, Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow; selected by Dr Barbara Dawson, Director, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and artist Brian Duggan.
Sketchbooks, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
Trasna III, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co Clare.
Pattern, Kilgraney Gallery, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.
Easter Small Works Exhibition, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
2010
Carrie Neely Contemporary Art, Belfast.
Sol Art Gallery, Dublin.
2009
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 179th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival; selected by Marie Hanlon.
RUA RED Summer Open Submission, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin.
Rebirth, Newtownbarry House Gallery, Co Wexford.
2008
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast.
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
Enniskillen Visual Arts Open, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
Sol Art Gallery, Co Cavan.
2007
90th Anniversary exhibition, Aberystwyth University.
2004
Mermaid Arts Centre Open Submission, Bray, Co Wicklow; selected by Tara Murphy, Director, Solomon Gallery, Dublin.
Presence, Hopewire Gallery, Co Wexford; selected by artist David Begley.
2003
Oireachtas Art Exhibition, Dun Laoghaire.
Awards and bursaries:
2023
Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary Award.
2022
Highly Commended Award and runner-up for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022.
2021
Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award.
2017
Residency Fellowship, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
Long-listed for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2017.
2016
Artist Support Award, Wicklow Arts Office, Wicklow County Council.
2015
The Model Cara Award, Cairde Visual 2015; selected by artist Mark Garry.
2013
County Wicklow Visual Arts Open Submission, overall winner; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
2012
Wicklow County Council Group Bursary Award 2012, as part of The Tellurometer Project.
2011
Artlinks Artists and Practice, with curators Cliodhna Shaffrey and Eilis Lavelle.
2009
Wicklow County Council Individual Artist’s Bursary Award 2009.
Residencies:
2020 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
2018 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
2017 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
2016 The Model, Sligo.
2015 LFTT Library project, The Guesthouse, Shandon, Cork.
2014 LFTT Library project, The Guesthouse, Shandon, Cork.
Collections:
Aberystwyth University.
Arts Council of Ireland.
Avolon.
Ballinglen Museum of Contemporary Art.
Chapter One Restaurant, Dublin.
IPUT.
OPW Irish State Art Collection.
Per Cent for Art, Tara Hill School, Gorey, Co Wexford.
Collaborations:
Member of N I N E
Member of The Tellurometer Project.
Helen Blake is represented by:
The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.