HELENA HAMILTON

Education

2006 – 2009 University of Ulster, BA Honours Degree in Fine and Applied Arts

Solo Exhibitions

2011 'Climb Through the Holes in My Brain to Get to My Soulluos, I Promise to Wake Up Soon', Sound Installation/Live Performance, Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast, N. Ireland
2010 'To Whom It May Concern', Paragon Studios Project Space, Donegall Street, Belfast, N. Ireland 'NOTETOADISTANTGOD', Live Performance, Late Night Art, Paragon Studios Project Space, Donegall Street, Belfast, N. Ireland
2009 Carousel, Interpretive Live Drawing, The Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast, N. Ireland
2008 'Wake', University street, Belfast, N. Ireland
'Me You I', Common Grounds, University Avenue, Belfast, N. Ireland
'Let’s Pretend', University Street, Belfast, N. Ireland

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 'The Weight Of My Soul Keeps Ringing In My Ears', Sound Installation, OUT | TUO exhibition, Catalyst Arts Gallery, 5 College Court, Belfast, N. Ireland
2012 'When Outside Myself, Always Remember to Smile', 24 hour durational site specific work, Curater by Yaneq Kage, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
'Sing Sweet Songs of Conviction', International Touring Exhibition, Schau Fenster Gallery, Berlin, Germany
'Sing Sweet Songs of Conviction', International Touring Exhibition, Label 201 Gallery, Rome, Italy
2011 'Condition of I', Castello di Carlo V, Lecce, Italy
'Place All Dreams in the Bag of Hope', Palazzo Palmieri, Martignano, Puglia, Italy
] Performance S P A C E [, Durational Live Performance, 6 Hamlet Industrial Estate, White Post Lane, London
2010 'In Memory of I', Celeste Prize Finalist Show, The Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, New York
'NOTETOADISTANTGOD', Live Performance, Live @ Eight, Docks Road, Galway, Ireland
2009 'Note To Self', Orpheus Building, School of Art and Design, York Street, Belfast, N. Ireland 'Note To You', Belfast City Centre, N. Ireland
2007 'Not Under Compulsion or Restraint', Operation Ambassadors – Boris Neislony, Bbeyond, Custom House Square, Belfast, N. Ireland

Awards/Nominations

2012 Travel Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2010 Celeste Prize, An International Art Prize and A Network For Art Professionals, Installation and Sculpture Finalist, Awarded Third Place, Installation and Sculpture Category
Self Arranged Residency Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Travel Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
2009 – 2010 Flax Art Graduate Residency, Flaxart Studios, 44 – 46 Corporation Street, Belfast, N. Ireland

Reviews/Publications

2012 Sugar High, "Mind Over Matter: A Stream of Consciousness", Berlin, Germany, 16th May 2012
2011 Brutal Silences, "Pure Labour: Helena Hamilton: NOTETOADISTANTGOD", A Live Art Development Agency Study Room Guide on Live Art in Ireland, Ann Maria Healy and Helena Walsh, p 41
2010 Laminate: Art and Design Culture, "Helena Hamilton, To Whom It May Concern (IEQUALSYOUEQUALSWEEQUALSME)", UK Edition, Issue 2, p 69
Celeste Prize International Catalogue 2010, "Helena Hamilton, To Whom It May Concern (IEQUALSYOUEQUALSWEEQUALSME)"
Jamison, Brendan, April 2010: “Helena Hamilton at PS2" FARB, Fine Art Review Belfast, 12 August Mutchler, Peter. “Helena Hamilton: To Whom It May Concern (IEQUALSYOUEQUALSWEUQUALSME)”, PS2 Mailing List, April 2010
Forum for Alternative Belfast, ‘To Whom It May Concern (IEQUALSYOUEQUALSWEEQUALSME)’, Image For Cathedral Quarter Festival, April 2010.
Visual Artists’ Ireland News Sheet, “To Whom It May Concern (IEQUALSYOUEQUALSWEEQUALSME)”, Issue 4, 2010, p 5

Work Shops

2009 Alfredo Jaar, Warwick Building, School of Art and Design, York Street, Belfast, N. Ireland
2007 Boris Nieslony, Operation Ambassadors, Crescent Art Centre, Belfast, N. Ireland
Marilyn Arsem, Operation Ambassadors – On Site, Crescent Art Centre, Belfast, N. Ireland

Additional Information

2010 Drawing workshop designer and facilitator, Ulster Museum, Botanic Avenue, Belfast, N. Ireland
2009 Drawing tutor, Architecture department, Queen’s University Belfast, N. Ireland
Drawing workshop, Primary 6, Inchmarlo Preparatory School, Belfast, N. Ireland