Helen Wright: Some stories are worth telling
There’s a thread running through Helen Wright’s artwork that ties together her concerns over environmental, social and political issues.
Through my works, I offer a personal response to human interaction with the natural world; to habitat destruction, to water degradation, to the erosion of wilderness. I want to show my alarm at what I see as the hostile state of the world at present, and express my dismay at the current denial of scientific reason and human rights.
Born in Sydney in 1956, Helen completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Tasmanian School of Art between 1977 and 1979. The following year she undertook a Post Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts at the Alexander Mackie School, Sydney and in 1986 began a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Tasmania, Hobart.
Helen has tutored at several tertiary colleges including the Tasmanian School of Art, and was part-time lecturer in printmaking at the University of Tasmania between 1991 and 1999. A founding member of the Chameleon Studios and Contemporary Art Space, Hobart; in 1989 she was artist in residence at the Verdaccio Studio, Italy.
Wright's work is included in numerous public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Art Gallery of South Australia. Helen currently lives and works in Tasmania.
