BIOGRAPHY

 

  • Helen Booth (b. 1967, Burton upon Trent) is a painter based in West Wales. She completed her Fine Art Painting...

    Helen Booth (b. 1967, Burton upon Trent) is a painter based in West Wales. She completed her Fine Art Painting degree at Wimbledon School of Art in 1989 and, in 2019–2020, undertook a residency at Hafnarborg Arts and Culture Centre, Iceland, supported by Wales Arts International, during which she spent time at Skaftafell Glacier.

     

    She has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation.

     

    In 2023 she held a solo exhibition at Oriel Davies. She regularly exhibits with Richeldis Fine Art, Loughran Gallery, and Circle Contemporary, and her work is available through Holly Hunt Design (USA).

     

    Her work has been featured in It’s a Passion Thing, The Western Mail, Homes & Gardens, and Glynn Vivian Magazine.

     

    Her work is held in private collections internationally.

  • AWARDS & BURSARIES

    Awards & Foundations

    • Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award for Painting
    • Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
    • Wales Arts International

    Bursaries & Residencies

    • Arts Council Wales – Solo Exhibition Bursary: We All Share The Same Sky – Oriel Davies Gallery, July 2023
    • Painting Bursary – 2019 (Pollock-Krasner)
    • Painting Bursary – 2019 (Adolph and Esther Gottlieb)
    • Hafnarborg Arts and Culture Centre, Artist in Residence – 2019–2020
    • Beep Painting Prize, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea — selected for exhibition and awarded the Welsh Based Artist Prize.
    • Oppenheim-John Downes 2007 - 2009