Artist Biography: A graduate of Aberystwyth University, Wales, Helen G Blake is a painter based in County Wicklow, Ireland. Ten solo exhibitions to date include: Limerick Museum; The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin; Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast; Mermaid Arts, Bray, Co Dublin; FUTURES 14, RHA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.

Selected group exhibitions include: Art Beijing 2021, showing with the Embassy of Ireland; RA Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London; RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin; Consulate of Ireland, Shanghai, China; Hangzhou Public Library, China; 90th Anniversary exhibition, Aberystwyth University; Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast; The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin; ‘Helen G Blake, Matthew Collings, Grant Watson’, Three Works, Scarborough; ‘Art - Letter Home’, China Academy of Art CAA Museum, Hangzhou|Art Gallery of Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing|Suzhou Art Museum|Art Gallery of Shenyang Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, China; Beep Biennial Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales; RUA Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast; Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester; Alan Klucklow Fine Art, Ascot, UK; 'Modern Finance', Thames Side Studios Gallery, London.

Awards include: 2021 Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award; The Model Cara Award, Cairde Visual, Sligo; County Wicklow Visual Arts Open, Overall Winner, Mermaid Arts, Bray, Co Dublin; adjudicator Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA Royal Hibernian Academy; Artist Support Award, Wicklow Arts Office, Wicklow County Council. In 2019 she was one of 10 artists who travelled to China as part of the official celebrations marking 40 years of diplomatic and cultural relations between Ireland and China.

Details of artwork:

A watercolour and ink painting on Langton Prestige HP watercolour paper. The painting measures 10.5 x 15cm and is matted in a bevel cut off-white conservation mounting board measuring 40.6 x 30.5cm.