About me

I graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2008 with an upper 2:1 Fine Art & Illustration. Inspired to become an artist partly due to A-ha's iconic Take On Me video, my degree show "The Unreal God And Aspects Of His Non-Existent Universe" conflated re-appropriated comic book imagery from the video with theories from Philip K Dick, Jean Baudrillard, and Borges. Since graduating, I have exhibited in Norway, Lincoln, London, Berlin, Nottingham, St. Louis, Italy, Brighton, and set up Lincoln Artists' Network. I continue to live and work in Lincoln, and am currently illustrating my first graphic novel, entitled "Cloudbusting", it documents experiences of a single parent graduating as the financial crisis occurred. For further information, please see my website.

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Projects

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  Peace Painting ProjectCurrently developing a collaboration with Peace Painting in Norway to deliver Peace Painting workshops in schools in the UK.
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  Cloudbusting, the graphic novel“Cloudbusting” – a graphic novel Helen Dearnley The working title for this graphic novel is “Cloudbusting”, it is written and illustrated by Helen Dearnley BA (hons) Fine Art & Illustration University of Lincoln. The concept occurred in a dream after going to sleep reading Eric Drooker’s Flood, and conflates the dream alongside real events, graduating at the time of the 2008 recession, following previous research. Entirely conceived during the 2012 UK floods, the events that occurred over a t

Projects credited in

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  Taped From MTVAn A-ha themed comic for Canadian Funk Lordz Chromeo. Chromeo trapped in A-ha's Take On Me.

Work history

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Mar 2011 - Sep 2011Lincoln, United KingdomFreelance
Commission for author Lina Nordmeer for "Move To Oslo". Illustrated the author with Morten Harket in the iconic sketchbook style of A-ha's Take On Me video.
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Mar 2008 - Jun 2008Lincoln, United KingdomFreelance
Collaborated with artist and musician Magne Furuholmen for "Scrabble" exhibition, creating a hand crafted doll for installation in Kristiansand, Norway. Further information is on my website.

Skills

• Visual Art
• Digital art
• Animation
• Comics
• Art Curation
• Contemporary art
• Conceptual art
• Band Art

Education

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BA(Hons) Fine Art IllustrationUniversity of Lincoln
Sep 2005 - Jul 2008Lincoln, United Kingdom
Graduated with Upper 2:1 Fine Art and Illustration in 2008. Degree Show exhibition "This Is It" at the University of Lincoln, with installation entitled "The Unreal God And Aspects Of His Non-Existent Universe", and separate Illustration exhibition. Following graduation, selected illustration work exhibited at New Designers.