b. 1971, United Kingdom

Helen Beard Biography

Born in Birmingham, England in 1971, Helen Beard is an artist who works in various disciplines including paint, collage, tapestries and sculptures.

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Beard’s paintings use a vivid rainbow palette to create interlocking arrangements of bright primary colour, which combine to describe explicit sexual encounters. Working from found images, Beard’s work explores themes relating to gender, sexual psychology and eroticism. Situated part way between abstraction and representation, her figures are reduced to concisely defined fields of vibrant colour, on which a myriad of varied brush marks remain visible. As a feminist, she is unapologetic for female desire and takes back ownership of sexual imagery from the predominantly male gaze. The work is, at heart, a celebration of the life affirming nature of sex.

In 2017 she was included in the group show Simulation Skin: Selected works from the Murderme Collection and in the Spring of 2018, Beard was included in True Colours, a show of new works by three women artists at Newport Street Gallery, London. Beard’s work was also included in the show 21st Century Women curated by Jane Neal and Fru Tholstrup last Autumn in London.

Her work is in included in major collections worldwide.

She lives and works in Brighton, England.

Text courtesy Reflex Amsterdam.

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Honey Melondew by Helen Beard contemporary artwork works on paper
Helen Beard Honey Melondew, 2021 Oil on canvas
180 x 180 cm
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Pleasure Centre by Helen Beard contemporary artwork painting
Helen Beard Pleasure Centre, 2022 Oil on canvas
120 x 120 cm
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My Flower Keeps Its Fire by Helen Beard contemporary artwork painting
Helen Beard My Flower Keeps Its Fire, 2022 Oil on canvas
180 x 123 cm
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The Night Bright With Kisses by Helen Beard contemporary artwork print
Helen Beard The Night Bright With Kisses, 2021 Silkscreen on Somerset Tub 410gsm
100 x 100 cm
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Part of the Lunar Portfolio (Yellow Moon) by Helen Beard contemporary artwork print
Helen Beard Part of the Lunar Portfolio (Yellow Moon), 2021 Silkscreen on Somerset Tub 410gsm
80 x 75 cm
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Part of the Lunar Portfolio (Pink Moon) by Helen Beard contemporary artwork print
Helen Beard Part of the Lunar Portfolio (Pink Moon), 2021 Silkscreen on Somerset Tub 410gsm
80 x 75 cm
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