Education:
2002-2005 Gorey School of Art, Co Wexford.
1980-1983 B.A. (Hons) Visual Art, Aberystwyth University, Wales.
Solo exhibitions:
2021 Recent Works, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2019 ‘Choir’, Limerick Museum.
2019 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.
2015 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 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 193rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2022 'In and of itself - abstraction in the age of images', RHA Gallery, Dublin.
2022 Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2022 Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2022 Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, judged by Hettie Judah, Geraldine Swayne, Grant Scanlan, Thames-Side Studios Gallery.
2022 Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, judged by Hettie Judah, Geraldine Swayne, Grant Scanlan, Huddersfield Art Gallery.
2022 'Walking in Two Worlds' part 3, curated by Jonathan Powell; Volcano Theatre, Swansea.
2022 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 192nd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2022 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.
2021 Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2021 Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2021 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 191st Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2021 'Walking in Two Worlds' part 2, curated by Jonathan Powell; Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford, Manchester.
2021 'Walking in Two Worlds' part 1, curated by Jonathan Powell; Oriel Carn Gallery, Caernarfon, Wales.
2021 Car Boot Art Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
2021 N I N E | MINING MATTER, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
2021 Art Beijing 2021; showing with the Embassy of Ireland, curated by Niamh Cunningham and Peking Art Associates.
2020 'Drawing the Unknown', Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2020 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 190th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2020 Summer Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2020 Helen G Blake, Matthew Collings, Grant Watson; Three Works, Scarborough, UK; curated by Chris Shaw.
2020 'HereThereEverywhere', Limerick Museum; curated by Maurice Quillinan.
2019 Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2019 Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2019 ‘Youyi’ Exhibition, Consulate of Ireland in Shanghai, China.
2019 'Present Day', Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester.
2019 VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
2019 ‘What We Choose to See’, Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester.
2019 ‘Youyi’ Exhibition, Hangzhou Public Library, China.
2019 Prosaic Mosaic, Bloc Projects, Sheffield.
2019 Car Boot Art Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
2019 Group Exhibition, Gallery 1, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2019 Royal Academy of Arts 251st Summer Exhibition, London.
2019 'Modern Finance', Thames Side Studios Gallery, London; curated by Howard Dyke and playpaint.
2019 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 189th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2019 Cairde Visual 2019, The Model, Sligo.
2019 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).
2018 Winter Exhibition, Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Ascot, UK.
2018 Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
2018 Winter Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2018 PeripheriesOPEN 2018, Periphery Space, Gorey, Co Wexford.
2018 Winter Open 2018, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre.
2018 Nissan Art Car Boot Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
2018 Beep Biennial Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales.
2018 Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition 2018, London.
2018 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 188th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2018 The World Smallest Exhibition of Paintings, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2018 The Model presents Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
2018 Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co Roscommon; invited artist.
2018 Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2018 Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2017 Art - Letter Home; China Academy of Art CAA Museum, Hangzhou, China.
2017 Changing Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2017 Molesworth Artists: Catherine Barron, Helen Blake, Thomas Brezing, Gabhann Dunne, Vera Klute, Jennifer Trouton; Lavit Gallery, Cork.
2017 VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
2017 Make Your Mark, PIY PaintLounge, Sluice Biennial 2017, Hackney, London.
2017 Works on Paper; Helen Blake, Tony Hill and David Crone, Gallery 1, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2017 The Model presents Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
2017 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 187th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2017 Black Box - Boecker Contemporary at Faux Mouvement, Centre d'art contemporain, Metz, France.
2017 Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2016 Winter Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2016 One hundred under a thousand, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2016 RUA RED Winter Open Submission, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre.
2016 VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
2016 Royal Academy of Arts 248th Summer Exhibition 2016, London.
2016 ART WORKS, Carlow 37th Annual Open Submission; selected by Annie Fletcher, Senior Curator, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven & Claire Feeley, Producer, Barbican, London.
2016 Cairde Visual 2016, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
2016 Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2016 The Spiral Show, Bleed Gallery, Dublin; curated by artist Jim Ricks.
2016 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 186th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2016 Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2015 Winter Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2015 FUTURES Anthology 2011-2014, RHA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2015 VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
2015 Wavelength, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin (4-person show, with Gillian Lawler, Bridget O'Rourke, and Tom Phelan).
2015 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 185th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2015 Summer Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2015 Cairde Visual 2015, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo; selected by artist Mark Garry and Megan Johnston, Director, The Model, Sligo.
2015 Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2014 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2014 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 184th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2014 Boyle Arts Festival, invited artist; curated by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
2014 Cairde Visual 2014, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
2014 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.
2013 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 183rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2013 County Wicklow Visual Arts Open Submission 2013, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
2013 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.
2012 Sketchbooks, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
2012 Trasna III, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co Clare.
2012 Pattern, Kilgraney Gallery, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.
2012 Easter Small Works Exhibition, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
2010 Carrie Neely Contemporary Art, Belfast.
2010 Sol Art Gallery, Dublin.
2009 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 179th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2009 Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival; selected by Marie Hanlon.
2009 RUA RED Summer Open Submission, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin.
2009 Rebirth, Newtownbarry House Gallery, Co Wexford.
2008 Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast.
2008 Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
2008 Enniskillen Visual Arts Open, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
2008 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.
2004 Presence, Hopewire Gallery, Co Wexford; selected by artist David Begley.
2003 Oireachtas Art Exhibition, Dun Laoghaire.
Awards and bursaries:
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.
2017 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:
2021 Recent Works, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2019 ‘Choir’, Limerick Museum.
2019 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.
2015 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 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 193rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2022 'In and of itself - abstraction in the age of images', RHA Gallery, Dublin.
2022 Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2022 Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2022 Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, judged by Hettie Judah, Geraldine Swayne, Grant Scanlan, Thames-Side Studios Gallery.
2022 Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, judged by Hettie Judah, Geraldine Swayne, Grant Scanlan, Huddersfield Art Gallery.
2022 'Walking in Two Worlds' part 3, curated by Jonathan Powell; Volcano Theatre, Swansea.
2022 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 192nd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2022 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.
2021 Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2021 Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2021 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 191st Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2021 'Walking in Two Worlds' part 2, curated by Jonathan Powell; Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford, Manchester.
2021 'Walking in Two Worlds' part 1, curated by Jonathan Powell; Oriel Carn Gallery, Caernarfon, Wales.
2021 Car Boot Art Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
2021 N I N E | MINING MATTER, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
2021 Art Beijing 2021; showing with the Embassy of Ireland, curated by Niamh Cunningham and Peking Art Associates.
2020 'Drawing the Unknown', Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2020 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 190th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2020 Summer Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2020 Helen G Blake, Matthew Collings, Grant Watson; Three Works, Scarborough, UK; curated by Chris Shaw.
2020 'HereThereEverywhere', Limerick Museum; curated by Maurice Quillinan.
2019 Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2019 Changing Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2019 ‘Youyi’ Exhibition, Consulate of Ireland in Shanghai, China.
2019 'Present Day', Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester.
2019 VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
2019 ‘What We Choose to See’, Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester.
2019 ‘Youyi’ Exhibition, Hangzhou Public Library, China.
2019 Prosaic Mosaic, Bloc Projects, Sheffield.
2019 Car Boot Art Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
2019 Group Exhibition, Gallery 1, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2019 Royal Academy of Arts 251st Summer Exhibition, London.
2019 'Modern Finance', Thames Side Studios Gallery, London; curated by Howard Dyke and playpaint.
2019 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 189th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2019 Cairde Visual 2019, The Model, Sligo.
2019 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).
2018 Winter Exhibition, Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Ascot, UK.
2018 Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
2018 Winter Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2018 PeripheriesOPEN 2018, Periphery Space, Gorey, Co Wexford.
2018 Winter Open 2018, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre.
2018 Nissan Art Car Boot Fair, Russborough House, Co Wicklow; invited artist.
2018 Beep Biennial Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales.
2018 Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition 2018, London.
2018 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 188th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2018 The World Smallest Exhibition of Paintings, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2018 The Model presents Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
2018 Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co Roscommon; invited artist.
2018 Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2018 Winter Group Show, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2017 Art - Letter Home; China Academy of Art CAA Museum, Hangzhou, China.
2017 Changing Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2017 Molesworth Artists: Catherine Barron, Helen Blake, Thomas Brezing, Gabhann Dunne, Vera Klute, Jennifer Trouton; Lavit Gallery, Cork.
2017 VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
2017 Make Your Mark, PIY PaintLounge, Sluice Biennial 2017, Hackney, London.
2017 Works on Paper; Helen Blake, Tony Hill and David Crone, Gallery 1, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2017 The Model presents Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
2017 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 187th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2017 Black Box - Boecker Contemporary at Faux Mouvement, Centre d'art contemporain, Metz, France.
2017 Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2016 Winter Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2016 One hundred under a thousand, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2016 RUA RED Winter Open Submission, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre.
2016 VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
2016 Royal Academy of Arts 248th Summer Exhibition 2016, London.
2016 ART WORKS, Carlow 37th Annual Open Submission; selected by Annie Fletcher, Senior Curator, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven & Claire Feeley, Producer, Barbican, London.
2016 Cairde Visual 2016, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
2016 Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2016 The Spiral Show, Bleed Gallery, Dublin; curated by artist Jim Ricks.
2016 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 186th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2016 Winter Group Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
2015 Winter Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2015 FUTURES Anthology 2011-2014, RHA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2015 VUE National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin; showing with The Molesworth Gallery.
2015 Wavelength, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin (4-person show, with Gillian Lawler, Bridget O'Rourke, and Tom Phelan).
2015 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 185th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2015 Summer Group Exhibition, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2015 Cairde Visual 2015, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo; selected by artist Mark Garry and Megan Johnston, Director, The Model, Sligo.
2015 Dunlavin Festival of Arts, invited artist.
2014 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
2014 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 184th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2014 Boyle Arts Festival, invited artist; curated by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
2014 Cairde Visual 2014, Sligo Open Submission, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo.
2014 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.
2013 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 183rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2013 County Wicklow Visual Arts Open Submission 2013, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
2013 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.
2012 Sketchbooks, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
2012 Trasna III, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co Clare.
2012 Pattern, Kilgraney Gallery, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.
2012 Easter Small Works Exhibition, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
2010 Carrie Neely Contemporary Art, Belfast.
2010 Sol Art Gallery, Dublin.
2009 RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 179th Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2009 Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival; selected by Marie Hanlon.
2009 RUA RED Summer Open Submission, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin.
2009 Rebirth, Newtownbarry House Gallery, Co Wexford.
2008 Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast.
2008 Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival; selected by Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA.
2008 Enniskillen Visual Arts Open, Higher Bridges Gallery, Co Fermanagh.
2008 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.
2004 Presence, Hopewire Gallery, Co Wexford; selected by artist David Begley.
2003 Oireachtas Art Exhibition, Dun Laoghaire.
Awards and bursaries:
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.
2017 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.