Works
Overview

Helen Ward's startlingly eye-catching 'paper entomology' artworks are inspired by her collection of rare Victorian hand-marbled papers, which she uses to create incredibly detailed cut paper insects, butterflies and bugs, with some works also incorporating gold and silver leaf. The colourful paper 'specimens' are pinned into place in compositions framed within Victorian specimen trays, paying a contemporary tribute to the golden age of collecting.

 

Bristol based artist and designer Helen Ward graduated from the University of the West of England in 2001 with a degree in Graphic Design. Helen started her career making pop-up books whilst training as a traditional bookbinder. Whilst working at the bindery, Helen developed a love for the hand marbled papers that were made to be endpapers in traditional binding. She has since crated a collection of these, some of which date back to the late 19th Century.

 

Alongside her artistic practice, Helen also designs homeware and gift ranges for several major international retailers. She regularly exhibits her Paper Entomology all over the world and her work can be found in several galleries across the UK.


Helen Ward is is represented exclusively in St Ives and Cornwall by the Porthminster Gallery.

Biography

Helen Ward biography

 

Education 

2001           BA (Hons) Degree in Graphic Design, University of West of England

 

Exhibitions 

2017           ‘Ten Years On: Showing Off’, Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

2016           Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

                   Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford

                   Foss Fine Art, London

                   Byard Art, Cambridge

2014           White Space, Totnes

                   Byard Art, Cambridge

2013           White Space, Totnes

                   Byard Art, Cambridge

                   Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford

                   The Lyndhurst Gallery, Hampshire

                   The Cube Gallery, Bristol

2012           The Cube Gallery, Marylebone, London

                   The Cube Gallery, Bristol

                   Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford

                   Covet and Collect, Hampshire

                   Byard Art, Cambridge

2011           The Cube Gallery, Marylebone, London

                   The Cube Gallery, Bristol

                   Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford

2010           'Christmas Cracker', Byard Art, Cambridge

                   The Cube Gallery, Bristol

                   The Cube Gallery, Marylebone, London

                   Edinburgh Arts Fair, Scotland

                   Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada

                   Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London

                   Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath, London

                   Affordable Art Fair, New York

                   Affordable Art Fair, Bristol

                   Affordable Art Fair, Brussels

                   ArtHamptons, The Hamptons, New York

                   'Observer Ethical Awards 2011', Victoria & Albert Museum, London

                   'Wild at Heart', Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford

                   Art Chicago, Chicago

                   Chelsea Art Fair, London

                   20|21 International Art Fair, London

                   Brownston Gallery, Modbury, Devon

2009           Edinburgh Arts Fair, Scotland

                   Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam

                   Affordable Art Fair, London

                   '10x10', Byard Art, Cambridge

2009           The Cube Gallery, Bristol

                   Affordable Art Fair, New York

                   'Paperworks 3', Bury Art Museum

                   Cambridge Art Fair, Cambridge

                   Affordable Art Fair, Paris

                   Affordable Art Fair, Bristol

                   Chelsea Art Fair, London

                   'Papercuts', Rostra Gallery, Bath

2008           The Cube Gallery, Bristol

                   Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam

                   Affordable Art Fair, London

                   Brownston Gallery, Modbury, Devon

                   'Nature's Way', The Grant Bradley Gallery, Bristol

                   '3', Square, Bristol

                   Fireworks Gallery, Bristol

 

Press

2017           Cornwall Today, March issue (‘Ten Years On: Showing Off’,

                   Porthminster Gallery, St Ives

2016           Cornwall Life, December issue

Exhibitions