HELENA HAMILTON IS INTERESTED IN REPETITION AND IN THE EXPRESSIVE AND MEDITATIVE EFFECTS CREATED BY REPEATING ACTS. SHE WORKS IN A RANGE OF MEDIA AND OFTEN UTILISES NEW TECHNOLOGIES, BUT DRAWING IS A CORE PART OF HER PRACTICE. SHE USES DRAWING AS A TOOL TO EXPLORE THE PHYSICAL AND SONIC WORLD AROUND HER AND TO CHALLENGE HOW WE PERCEIVE OUR REALITIES.
ARTIST BIO
Helena Hamilton is an artist based in Belfast who has exhibited and performed in both gallery spaces and contemporary music and sound festivals. Recent solo exhibitions include Perceptions, The Agency Gallery, London (2020) and Semblance and Event, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Northern Ireland (2018). She has had group exhibitions and showcases at insitutions including LUX, London, and Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland (2018); and the Digital Design Weekend at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2017).
An installation shot of the work Untitled at Helena Hamilton’s exhibition Semblance and Event at Millennium Court Arts Centre in Portadown, Northern Ireland, in 2018.
![Virtual Study [Immerge_01], 2021, Helena Hamilton, 29.7 x 42 cm, Ink on fine grain paper.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604f3fd76c8eba3fe77211f9/1620225424952-CGE61NFA5NJSMMGU4O5C/20210320%2BHousehold%2B079_150.jpg)
Virtual Study [Immerge_01], 2021, Helena Hamilton, 29.7 x 42 cm, Ink on fine grain paper.
HER ABSTRACT WORKS OFTEN ORIGINATE FROM HAND DRAWINGS BEFORE BEING DIGITISED EITHER IN 2D OR 3D.
![Virtual Study [Phoenix_01], 2021, Helena Hamilton, 29.7 x 42 cm, Ink on fine grain paper.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604f3fd76c8eba3fe77211f9/1620225811001-0A9WVC6VJGMFMQTX4E53/20210320+Household+075_150.jpg)
Virtual Study [Phoenix_01], 2021, Helena Hamilton, 29.7 x 42 cm, Ink on fine grain paper.
![Virtual Study [Phoenix_01] - Helena Hamilton](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604f3fd76c8eba3fe77211f9/1617737786853-YPIQP02Y2M2KGP90FOMN/20210320%2BHousehold%2B074_150.jpg)
TITLE
Virtual Study [Phoenix_01]
ARTIST
Helena Hamilton
ABOUT THE WORK:
Virtual Study [Phoenix_01] is a drawing in ink on fine grain recycled paper. This work was composed digitally and then physically drawn by a drawing machine. It is a 2D perspective drawing of a 3D model that Helena has created. The drawing is composed of 6 overlapping, repeating perspectives of the 3D model. Though this work is part of an edition, each machine drawing is unique and has the potential for marginal variation.
*Please note this work does not come framed.
DATE
2021
DIMENSIONS
297cm (w) x 420 cm (h)
MEDIUM
Ink on fine grain (200gsm) paper
ORIGINAL WORK / EDITION
Edition of 12, authenticated by the artist
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Belfast-based artist Helena Hamilton is interested in repetition and the expressive and meditative effects created by repeated acts. Sound is the foundation of most of her work as she works across a range of new technologies, with drawing being a consistent core of her practice throughout. She uses her work as a tool to explore and further understand the physical and sonic world around her from diverse perspectives.
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An installation shot of the work Order, Effect_02 at Helena Hamilton’s exhibition Semblance and Event at Millennium Court Arts Centre in Portadown, Northern Ireland, in 2018.
An installation shot of NOTETOADISTANTGOD, Helena Hamilton, blindfolded durational performance (2 hours) with black paint, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, 2018
