Helena Benz

Based in London, Helena Benz studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art (2002). She has taken part in a number of high profile exhibitions, projects and residences both nationally and internationally (inc Natwest Painting Prize; East International, Norwich Gallery; Solo show, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield; RA Summer Exhibition; ACME Fire Station Residency, London; Artist Residency, Sch of Vis Arts Illinois State University; and has work held in public collections across the UK (inc New Art Gallery Walsall, Nottingham Castle). She has also taught in various institutions in the UK and US. Exploring and examining the overlooked, lost, forgotten and misplaced, ideas and works originate through the experience of informed wandering. Composition, colour, detail and meeting points are collected and noted to form the basis for new work. Small in scale, and using acrylic on panel, paintings investigate geometric form, illusory perspective and bold use of colour