Helen Grant

Helen Grant uses a variety of means and materials to produce wryly humorous objects and paintings. Her practice is intentionally erratic, veering between untidy abstraction and cartoon-like representation. She is interested in the absurd, and in the relationships between comedy and pathos, colour and form.

Alongside her practice Helen co-runs Test Space, a roving artist-led exhibition project, and works as an artist facilitator with AIM Art in Motion, a contemporary art group for people with learning disabilities. She was one-third of the notorious collective Back in 5 Squad who “made your eyes and ears burn”.

Helen has recently had work selected for ‘and you would have to believe it’ Critical Edge Collective at Copeland Gallery, London; Phony, Brighton; Future Flags, Pennant Place, Florida USA; Baggage Claim, Staffordshire Street Gallery, London and Winter Sculpture Park, London.  In 2022 she was an artist in residence at Espacio Lavadero, Granada, Spain.