Helen McCullagh
Helen McCullagh
Helen is best known for her bright, contemporary and aesthetically beautiful still life oil paintings. Drawing her inspiration from both beautiful floral arrangements in her studio and images found through online media, Helen describes her artworks as a “dialogue between social realities with images chosen through social media feeds and reproduced in a new context to distort the distinctions of time and place.” Helen is
strongly influenced by the modernists and
more particularly Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Margaret Preston and Fairfeld Porter.
Helen holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Cross University. She is
a professional artist who shares her knowledge and techniques as an art educator and
previously at the Gallery of Modern Art. Her work is internationally sought after and
regularly reviewed. She is a significant prize winner and was most recently received Highly Commended in the prestigious Muswellbrook Art Prize (2015).
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31 x 30 cm
76 x 63 cm
95 x 86 cm
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65 x 70 cm
40 x 46 cm SOLD
64 x 56 cm SOLD
45 x 41 cm
51 x 50 cm SOLD
36 x 47 cm
46 x 45 cm
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90 x 80 cm
51 x 54 cm
39 x 45 cm
55 x 54 cm
59 x 62 cm
54 x 61 cm
Awards:
2015 - Highly Commended - 43rd Muswellbrook Art Prize for Painting
2014 - Finalist - Caldera Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery/Caldera Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
2010 - Winner - Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe
Shows:
2017: School’s a Gift group show, Fenton & Fenton Melbourne
2017: Home Away from Home’ The Studio, Sydney
2017 ‘Life/Still’ curated by Amber Creswell Bell – Saint Cloche Paddington Sydney
2016 'Hinterland Hues' Art2Muse Sydney 12 - 25 April 2016
2016 'Ambience Store Project' Ambience Store, Brisbane, curated by Carrie McCarthy
2016 'A Place we Dream of' - Michael Reid Gallery
2015 'Summer Group Show 15', Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2015 Fleurt, Saint Cloche, Paddington, curated by Amber Creswell Bell
2015 Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne Australia
2015 'Terrigal in Bloom' KAB Gallery Terrigal
2015 43rd Muswellbrook Open Art Prize - Highly Commended
2015 Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne Australia
2015 KAB Gallery group show, Terrigal
2014 Finalist "Caldera Art Prize" - Tweed Regional Gallery/Caldera Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
2014 "Bentley Art Prize" - Bentley
2010 Winner - "Stanthorpe Art Prize" - Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe
2010 Downlands College Art Exhibition - Toowoomba
2010 "Velveteen Dream" - Bleeding Heart Gallery - Brisbane - SOLO
2010 Padua College Art Exhibition - Padua College, Brisbane
2009 "Transit" Graduate Exhibition - Southern Cross University, Lismore
2009 Downlands College Art Exhibition, Toowoomba
EDUCATION:
2009 Bachelor of Visual Arts - Painting Major - Southern Cross University
2011 Graduate Diploma of Education - Southern Cross University - Art Education Major
Press:
Martha Stewart Magazine, International
Libelle Magazine, The Netherlands
Vein Magazine, Spain
Cultural Flanerie - Helen McCullagh's Simple Pleasures
Design Sponge: Helen McCullagh
The Jealous Curator - Helen McCullagh
Michael Reid - A Place We Dream Of
Rebecca Judd Loves - Summer Group Show
Design Sponge: Helen McCullagh for FLEURT