Helen Bur

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Helen Bur (b.1990) is a British artist based in Cornwall. Using traditionally influenced techniques in figuration, she moves between oil on canvas and emulsion on walls. Painted figures are captured in moments of quiet action or frozen amid a curious happening, concerned, uncanny. Imbued with a sense of the surreal, the works engender the feeling of something rather than explicitly outlining what it is. Sensitive and poetic narratives are used as tools to dissect and discuss experiences, where the personal often becomes global. The lack of information or clarity present in the work imitates the widespread mood of absurdity in the everyday; a reading of life between the lines.

Helen’s work can be found on walls across the globe from Brazil to India to the USA & Europe where she has participated in various notable projects and festivals. She has had solo exhibitions in the UK and Spain and has been part of group exhibitions worldwide. She co-directed the Empty Walls street art festival for 2 years in the UK alongside running The Abacus, a multifunctional creative art space in the centre of Cardiff, noting the important role active community engagement continually plays in her work. She now works with the internationally based arts collective Void Projects, coordinating and collaborating on projects worldwide as well as more locally with FOUR_ Collective in London.