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My name is Helyne Jennings and I am a passionate artist with over 40 years of experience in painting, textile art and mixed media. My artwork is inspired by nature, my surroundings, travel and human emotions. I believe that art has the power to make people feel and connect with one another. Through my paintings, I want to bring joy, peace, and inspiration to people's lives.

1957           Born in Wegberg, Germany

1976-79   Bachelor of Art, Hons. First Class, Loughborough College of Art

1977           Traveled in Egypt

1979-81    Master of Art, Royal College of Art

1981            Traveled in Egypt

1982            Set up Studio, London

1983/86    Traveled in New Zealand, Australia, & Indonesia.  

1986            Conducted lectures and workshops at the National Museum, Singapore

1988-89    Traveled in New Zealand, & Indonesia

1991            Demonstrations, Isetan Department Store, Tokyo, Japan

1993            Elise Rosa was born

1995            Moved to Devon.   

1998            Courses in Paper Embellishment at West Dean College, March and June

1999            Paper Embellishment Course, West Dean College

2000            Traveled to Australia & New Zealand

2003/4       Traveled to New Zealand

2006/7       Traveled to New Zealand

2007            Paper Embellishment Course at West Dean College.   

2008            Paper Embellishment Course at West Dean College, April & September

2009            Paper Embellishment Course at West Dean College, April

2010            Art In Action with West Dean College

2011            Joined ArtTree, www.arttree.co.uk.  Ran workshops at WOMAD  Charlton Park,

                        Became involved in Artz4Life creating workshops for dementia sufferers.

2012            ArtTree workshops at WOMAD Charlton Park and Caceres, Spain

                        ArtTree workshop at Appledore Arts Festival

                        ArtTree workshop for Route 39

                        Artz4Life workshop for North Devon AONB Alzheimer’s Project

                        Paper Embellishment course, West Dean

2014            Paper Embellishment Course, West Dean

2017            Paper Embellishment course, West Dean

SOLO & TWO PERSON SHOWS

1982            I.C.A. Side Show, London

1986           "Surface Illumination", Art Forum Gallery, Singapore.  

1987           "Transfiguration", Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland

1988           ”Transfiguration", Touring Exhibition- Barnsley; Wakefield; Derby

                       "Essential Textures: New Drawings and Paperwork's", Anderson O'Day,     London

                       "Parallels", Two Person Show, Art Forum Gallery, Singapore

1991            Solo Paper Show, Isetan Fine Art Salon, Japan

                        V&A Museum Crafts Council Shop, London (with Trevor Jennings)

                        Merilyn Saville Gallery, New Zealand

                        Art Forum Gallery, Singapore

1992           “Art in Space”, Isetan Fine Art Salon, Tokyo, Japan

1993           Craft Council Shop, London

1994           Profile Exhibition, Crafts Council Shop, Crafts Council, London

1994           Chelsea Crafts Fair, London

1996           Chelsea Crafts Fair, London

1997           Chelsea Crafts Fair, London

1998           Chelsea Crafts Fair, London

1999           Millennium Show, Dragon, Blenheim House, London

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1981           Northern Young Contemporaries, Manchester

1982           Craft Council Exhibition, Ohio, America

1983           Jugend Gestaltet, Munich, Germany

                       City Art Gallery, Leeds

                      "Paper Round", British Crafts Centre, London

                      Stubengalerie, Dortmund, Germany

1984         "Tapestries and Paper Pieces", Art for Offices, London

                     "New Work in Tapestry, Sculpture and Paper", Art Forum Gallery, Singapore

1985         "Paper Works, Constructions and Textiles", Art for Offices, London

                      Mixed exhibition, Business Art Galleries, Royal Academy, London

                     "Wall Hung Textiles", British Crafts Centre, London

                     Royal Exchange Theatre Craft Centre, Manchester

1986        "Out of the Fire", Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire

                    "New Directions in Colour and Texture", Hong Kong ; Tokyo, Japan

                     Mixed Exhibition, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London

                     Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

1987         Mixed Exhibition, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London  

1988.       "Textures", The New Academy Gallery, Business Art Galleries, London

                    Sotheby's Decorative Arts Awards 1988

                   "Making It", Edinburgh College of Art for the Edinburgh Festival

1990       “Paperwork's”, Nat West Gallery, Black Swan Guild, Frome

1991        Selected Works from Crafts Council Collection, London

                    Mixed Exhibition, Mitsukoshi, Tokyo

1992        “Of Paper and Wood”, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham

1993        ”Pulp”, Brewery Arts (Cirencester Workshops)

                    Paper Works, City of Plymouth Museums & Art Galleries

                    Christmas Show, Craze Two, London

                    Mixed show, Brewery Arts, Cirencester

                    Mixed Show, Plymouth Museum & Art Gallery

1994        Mixed Show, Primavera, Cambridge

                    Paper Jewellery - Summer Show, Hugo Barclay Gallery, Brighton

                    Mixed Paper, Ceramics & Plastic Jewellery Show, Royal Exchange Theatre Co., Manchester

                    Mixed Show, Pyramid Gallery, York

                    Mixed Show, International Art Consultants, London

                    Christmas Exhibition, The Crescent Arts Workshops, Scarborough

                    ‘Christmas at Walliswood Exhibition’,  Walliswood, Surrey

                    ‘White Christmas Exhibition’, Craft Council Shop at the V&A, London

                    Mixed Show, Walton Contemporary Art, London

1995        Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland

                    The Ark, Kirkburton

                    Mellow Yellow, Eton Applied Arts, Eton

1995       2D or not 2D, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen

                   Spirits, Yew Tree Gallery, Slad

1996       Paper Show, Crafts Council, Pentonville Road, London

                   ‘Bugs’, Facets, Dartmouth

                   Mixed Show, Black Swan Guild, Frome

                   Mixed Show, Craze II, London

1997       A Heavenly Christmas, Craft Council Shop at the V & A, London

                   Christmas Show, Facets, Dartmouth

1999       ‘Skin’, An Tuireann Art Centre, Shetland

                   Summer Exhibition. New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

                   ‘A Retrospective Future’, The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds

                   Burton Art Gallery, Bideford         

                   ‘Pulp’, Rufford Craft Centre, Newark

                   Mixed Show, Flow, London

2000       Colour Feature Exhibition, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen

2001       Mixed show, Marshal Arts Gallery, Totnes

                   A Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, The Arts Institute, Bournemouth

                   Jewellery Show 2001, The Alexander Gallery, Brighton

2002       Flow, London

                   Inhorgenta, Munich, Germany

                   Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland

                  “Textural Interpretations”. The Alexander Gallery, Brighton

                  “Feast of Colour”, Craft Council Shop at the V&A

                  pBovey Tracey Craft Fair

2003     “Pulp”, Rufford Craft Centre, Newark

                 “Tracing Paper”, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool

                 “Contemporary Crafts at Kenwood”, Kenwood House, Hampstead, London

                 “Enter Here”, Brewery Arts travelling exhibition, (Black Swan Arts Frome

                  Hitec - Lotec conference, Bristol, Devon Guild of Craftsmen Bovey Tracey,

                  Walford Mill Wimborne

                  Gracefields Craft Centre Dumfries

                  Harley Gallery, Nottingham

                  “Paper and Pulp”, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff

                   Bovey Tracey Craft Fair

2004       Bovey Tracey Craft Fair

2005       Red Barn Gallery

                   Burton Art Gallery

                   Bonhoga Gallery

                   Yew Tree Gallery.  

2006/10   Dorchester Abbey commissions

2010/14   Dorchester abbey Commissions

2015/17   St. Georges Church, Reading,.

                   Church House Design Gallery

                   Yew Tree Gallery, Penzance

                   Bonhoga Gallery, Scotland

                   Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds

                   Bluecoat Display Centre, Manchester

                   The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington

                    Burton Art Gallery, Bideford

                    New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

2021        Rome Art Week, exhibiting with S.E.W

                    Show Three, Morgans, Falmouth

                    Retrospective Show, Plough Arts, Torrington

                    Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey

                    Winter Show, Greenhill Arts, Moretonhampsyead, Devon

2022        Craft Festival, Cheltenham

                    Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey

                    Winter Show, Found Gallery, Brecon

                    Summer Show, Gallery Nine, Bath

                    Summer Show, Make Southwest

2023        Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey

                    Summer Show, Make Southwest

                    Maker Showcase Exhibitiob, Make Southwest

                    Online Summer Show, Art Gallery SW

                    ‘Stitch By Stitch’, Fine Art Textile Show, Oswestry

                    RNLI Show, Appledore, Devon

                    Devon Open Studios 

                    Winter Show, Greenhill Arts, Moretonhampstead

                    GNCCF, Manchester

2024        ‘Red’, Tinker Gallery, Ilkley, Yorkshire

                    Black Swan Arts Open Exhibition, Frome, Somerset

                    Art Upstairs Gallery, Bideford, Devon

                    Make Southwest Maker Member Show, Bovey Tracey

                    Devon Open Studios

PUBLICATIONS

1982        Crafts Magazine, July Issue

1983        Crafts Magazine, May Issue

                    New Zealand Crafts Magazine

1984        European Jeweller, January Issue

                    Homes & Gardens, February Issue

1985        Crafts Magazine, March/April Issue

                    The Times, September Issue

                    Arts Review Magazine, October Issue

                    The Doomsday Project, Channel Four

1986        The Hong Kong Times, June 4th Issue

                    The Straits Times, November 27th Issue

                    Singapore News & Publications Ltd, December 1st

                    9 o'clock News Review, Singapore, November 24th

                    Radio 1 Interview with Linda Demello, Singapore Radio, November 30th

1988        The World of Interiors, Nov./Dec Issue

                    The Daily Telegraph, August 23rd

                    Telegraph Magazine, October 8th

                    Country Living, October Issue

                    Telegraph Magazine, October 8th

1995        Homes & Gardens, October Issue

1996        Jewellery, A Practical Guide to Creative Ideas, by Miranda Innes

1997        BBC Homes And Antiques Magazine, May

2002        Devon Life Magazine, March

                    North Devon Journal, February

                    Western Morning News, February

                    Crafts Magazine, September/October

2005        Arcadia, P&O Cruises publication

PRIZES AND AWARDS

1981       Awarded Crafts Council Grant

1983       Sonderschau Jugend Gestaltet Prize

1986       Awarded British Council Travel Scholarship to Singapore

1987       Northern Arts Grant for 'One Person Show', Sunderland

1987       Crafts Council Grant for Exhibition in Sunderland

2000       South West Arts Award

                   South West Arts Travel Award for Inhorgenta, Munich

COMMISSIONS

MCL Group, BIBA (British Insurance Brokers Association), Calvin Klein

Cosmetics, British Gas, Woolwich Building Society, Mitsui Bank, Sedgwick Group Properties Ltd, Coca Cola Headquarters, Uxbridge, Touche Ross, New York, Legal & General, Saving Corporation, Capital Counties, The Royal Society of Chemists, Westin Stamford Hotel, Singapore, Johnson & Johnson, Volvo Concessionaires, J.P. Morgan, B&Q, Sumitomo, Tokyo, Sumitomo, London, Pacific Hotel, Tokyo, G.Tech, Kelly’s Telecommunications Group, Platinum Technology, Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel Daiei Group, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (1997), Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (1998), Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (1999). Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (2000). GlaxoSmithKlyne, New Headquarters, Brentford. Ferrer’s, London (2004). Cunard, (2004). Arcadia (P&O) 2005, Dorchester Abbey (2008, 2010, 2011,2012,2014). St. Georges Church Reading (2015 - … )

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COLLECTIONS

Craft Council Collection

Singapore Museum of Contemporary Art Collection

Nelson Polytechnic Contemporary Art Collection

Raffles City, Singapore

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

GlaxoSmithKlyne

Arcadia (P & O Cruise Lines)

Summitomo Golf Club, Tokyo

MEMBERSHIPS

Craft Council Directory

Craft Council Handling Directory

Make Southwest

Find A Maker

Devon Artist Network

Society For Embroidered Work – S.E.W

STOCKISTS

Make Southwest, Bovey Tracey, Devon

Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool

Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie, Scotland

Yew Tree Gallery, Morvah, Cornwall

Gallery Nine, Bath

The Burton Museum & Art Gallery, Bideford, Devon

Tinker Gallery, Ilkley, Yorkshire

White Chalk Gallery, Devizes, Somerset

The Red Barn Gallery, Melkinthorpe, Penrith

Found Gallery, Brecon, Wales

The Found Gallery, Dunbar, Scotland

Greenhill Arts, Moretonhampstead, Devon

RAM Museum, Exeter, Devon

Wave 7 Gallery, Wadebridge, Cornwall

Art Upstairs Gallery, Bideford, Devon

NOTE

From 2006 onwards most of my work was done solely to commission and I did not put work forward for exhibitions. During this period many of my main galleries retired  or closed but I am now building relationships with new galleries.