‘I’m In Love With The Sun, But He Just Burns Me’, 2022 © Helen Beard

Second Solo Show now open at Reflex Amsterdam

The Tulips Are Too Excitable, It Is Winter Here

Memories and dreams are not only matters of the mind; they are tied to objects and sites. The body is another physical repository of shared histories and memories, and is the point of exploration for Helen Beard’s new series of works. Here, she explores the bodily experience of recollection and standing at the cusp of a new season.

Beard’s practice is an exploration of the body as a geography of touch. Lips meet lips, a torso rests on the body beneath it, hands stroke the back of a neck. Skin on skin, is depicted in thick layers of oil paint applied in rhythmic strokes. In the exhibition, The Tulips Are Too Excitable, It Is Winter Here, Beard takes her audiences on a journey where colour is an evocative tool for navigation…

12th November 2022 - 23rd February 2023

https://reflexamsterdam.com/viewingrooms/helen-beard-the-tulips-are-too-excitable-it-is-winter-here/

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LYRICAL LINES at Paul Stolper Gallery

Paul Stolper Gallery - 31 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH www.paulstolper.com

Helen Beard’s latest exhibition ‘Lyrical Lines’ opens at the Paul Stolper Gallery on 12th April. Featuring four limited-edition prints all inspired by song titles and poetry.

Print sales details can be found here: https://www.paulstolper.com/store/artworks/categories/137/

First International solo show

The Desire Path

Reflex Amsterdam - until 30th September 2020

https://reflexamsterdam.com/exhibitions/helen-beard-the-desire-path

Helen Beard’s first solo exhibition in mainland Europe, The Desire Path features a series of paintings made exclusively for the show. Using her signature colour and abstraction, the works are a joyful exploration of sexuality.

“Helen’s desire path originates with colour and ends at composition as much as a kiss can end at destination orgasm” - Matt Carey-Williams, from the introduction to Helen Beard: The Desire Path, monograph published by Reflex Amsterdam, 2020.