Helen G Blake
@helengblake.bsky.social
Visual artist
Represented by Molesworth Gallery, Dublin | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
Free 🇵🇸
https://www.helengblake.com/
Represented by Molesworth Gallery, Dublin | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
Free 🇵🇸
https://www.helengblake.com/
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Helen G Blake
@helengblake.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Latest @irishtimes.com review is centred on the @helengblake.bsky.social beautiful exhibition Let The Rules Be Soft.
I discuss Blake's process of stratification and structured absences, the human and the inhuman, and her evocation of the transcendental.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
I discuss Blake's process of stratification and structured absences, the human and the inhuman, and her evocation of the transcendental.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
Helen Blake: Let the Rules Be Soft review – An absorbing, unmissable exhibition
Visual art: At the Molesworth Gallery in Dublin, Helen Blake’s immediately recognisable paintings are profoundly compelling
www.irishtimes.com
I'm really thrilled about this beautiful review by @tomlordan.bsky.social of my exhibition in today's Irish Times. Thank you.
The review will appear in the print edition on Wednesday.
'Let the rules be soft' continues at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin until 30 September.
The review will appear in the print edition on Wednesday.
'Let the rules be soft' continues at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin until 30 September.
The Icelandic Embassy London are reprising the H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G exhibition ‘Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’, for which I made 3 works.
Artists obversed the practice of sending a postcard from a place visited. We sent altered / adjusted / intervened postcards of Seyðisfjörður to Seyðisfjörður.
Artists obversed the practice of sending a postcard from a place visited. We sent altered / adjusted / intervened postcards of Seyðisfjörður to Seyðisfjörður.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Icelandic Embassy London are reprising the H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G exhibition ‘Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’, for which I made 3 works.
Artists obversed the practice of sending a postcard from a place visited. We sent altered / adjusted / intervened postcards of Seyðisfjörður to Seyðisfjörður.
Artists obversed the practice of sending a postcard from a place visited. We sent altered / adjusted / intervened postcards of Seyðisfjörður to Seyðisfjörður.
A new iteration of Vice Versa, curated by Johanna Melvin, will be part of The Errant Collaborators (a play within a play), opening 23 October at MIRROR.
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
PLYMOUTH PL4 8AT
...
A total of 102 artists in multiple projects.
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
PLYMOUTH PL4 8AT
...
A total of 102 artists in multiple projects.
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A new iteration of Vice Versa, curated by Johanna Melvin, will be part of The Errant Collaborators (a play within a play), opening 23 October at MIRROR.
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
PLYMOUTH PL4 8AT
...
A total of 102 artists in multiple projects.
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
PLYMOUTH PL4 8AT
...
A total of 102 artists in multiple projects.
Delighted that my painting ‘In a hall of mirrors’ will be showing in the second iteration of ‘Vice Versa’ at MIRROR Gallery, Arts University Plymouth 24 October - 17 December.
Part of ‘The Errant Collaborators’, several projects/exhibitions brought together by Dan Howard-Birt.
Part of ‘The Errant Collaborators’, several projects/exhibitions brought together by Dan Howard-Birt.
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Delighted that my painting ‘In a hall of mirrors’ will be showing in the second iteration of ‘Vice Versa’ at MIRROR Gallery, Arts University Plymouth 24 October - 17 December.
Part of ‘The Errant Collaborators’, several projects/exhibitions brought together by Dan Howard-Birt.
Part of ‘The Errant Collaborators’, several projects/exhibitions brought together by Dan Howard-Birt.
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New podcast. Remembering the legendary and irreplaceable Manchán Magan who died last week. And revisiting our first chat where he told me his life story. ❤️
open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
In memory of Manchán Magan
open.spotify.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New podcast. Remembering the legendary and irreplaceable Manchán Magan who died last week. And revisiting our first chat where he told me his life story. ❤️
open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
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One chapter in, and I am going to have to also purchase this in E-reader format to annotate. I've been reading 2-3 books a month for 40+ years, and this will be the 2nd book I've ever made notes on. Beautiful writing with sharp edges; a sledgehammer to western hegemony & liberal ideology
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
One chapter in, and I am going to have to also purchase this in E-reader format to annotate. I've been reading 2-3 books a month for 40+ years, and this will be the 2nd book I've ever made notes on. Beautiful writing with sharp edges; a sledgehammer to western hegemony & liberal ideology
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Exhibition Opening Soon! ✨📚
Manuscripts & the Mind: How we read & respond to the written word opens on 24 Oct!
👉🏻 chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
#LoveDublin
#ChesterBeatty
#ManuscriptsandtheMind
Manuscripts & the Mind: How we read & respond to the written word opens on 24 Oct!
👉🏻 chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
#LoveDublin
#ChesterBeatty
#ManuscriptsandtheMind
October 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exhibition Opening Soon! ✨📚
Manuscripts & the Mind: How we read & respond to the written word opens on 24 Oct!
👉🏻 chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
#LoveDublin
#ChesterBeatty
#ManuscriptsandtheMind
Manuscripts & the Mind: How we read & respond to the written word opens on 24 Oct!
👉🏻 chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
#LoveDublin
#ChesterBeatty
#ManuscriptsandtheMind
'Hiccups', oil on linen, 30 x 24cm.
Tues 30 Sept is the final day of my show, 'Let the rules be soft' at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin. Thanks to Gallery Director Ronan Lyons, and thanks everyone who has been to see the show.
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
Tues 30 Sept is the final day of my show, 'Let the rules be soft' at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin. Thanks to Gallery Director Ronan Lyons, and thanks everyone who has been to see the show.
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
September 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
'Hiccups', oil on linen, 30 x 24cm.
Tues 30 Sept is the final day of my show, 'Let the rules be soft' at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin. Thanks to Gallery Director Ronan Lyons, and thanks everyone who has been to see the show.
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
Tues 30 Sept is the final day of my show, 'Let the rules be soft' at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin. Thanks to Gallery Director Ronan Lyons, and thanks everyone who has been to see the show.
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
'Self and yourself', oil on linen, 30 x 24cm.
From my exhibition 'Let the rules be soft', which continues at The Molesworth Gallery until 30 September.
...
For more information and to view works online, see:
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#helenblake
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
From my exhibition 'Let the rules be soft', which continues at The Molesworth Gallery until 30 September.
...
For more information and to view works online, see:
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#helenblake
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
September 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
'Self and yourself', oil on linen, 30 x 24cm.
From my exhibition 'Let the rules be soft', which continues at The Molesworth Gallery until 30 September.
...
For more information and to view works online, see:
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#helenblake
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
From my exhibition 'Let the rules be soft', which continues at The Molesworth Gallery until 30 September.
...
For more information and to view works online, see:
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#helenblake
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
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This beautiful object is a fragment from the base of a 13th-century Syrian bowl.
It is decorated with a hare in an ‘arrested’ stance, that is with one of their front paws raised, and their head turned to the rear. Their two back legs are usually unnaturally lengthened.
EA1978.2398
It is decorated with a hare in an ‘arrested’ stance, that is with one of their front paws raised, and their head turned to the rear. Their two back legs are usually unnaturally lengthened.
EA1978.2398
September 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This beautiful object is a fragment from the base of a 13th-century Syrian bowl.
It is decorated with a hare in an ‘arrested’ stance, that is with one of their front paws raised, and their head turned to the rear. Their two back legs are usually unnaturally lengthened.
EA1978.2398
It is decorated with a hare in an ‘arrested’ stance, that is with one of their front paws raised, and their head turned to the rear. Their two back legs are usually unnaturally lengthened.
EA1978.2398
I'm really thrilled about this beautiful review by @tomlordan.bsky.social of my exhibition in today's Irish Times. Thank you.
The review will appear in the print edition on Wednesday.
'Let the rules be soft' continues at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin until 30 September.
The review will appear in the print edition on Wednesday.
'Let the rules be soft' continues at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin until 30 September.
Latest @irishtimes.com review is centred on the @helengblake.bsky.social beautiful exhibition Let The Rules Be Soft.
I discuss Blake's process of stratification and structured absences, the human and the inhuman, and her evocation of the transcendental.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
I discuss Blake's process of stratification and structured absences, the human and the inhuman, and her evocation of the transcendental.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
Helen Blake: Let the Rules Be Soft review – An absorbing, unmissable exhibition
Visual art: At the Molesworth Gallery in Dublin, Helen Blake’s immediately recognisable paintings are profoundly compelling
www.irishtimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm really thrilled about this beautiful review by @tomlordan.bsky.social of my exhibition in today's Irish Times. Thank you.
The review will appear in the print edition on Wednesday.
'Let the rules be soft' continues at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin until 30 September.
The review will appear in the print edition on Wednesday.
'Let the rules be soft' continues at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin until 30 September.
Lockdown project still keeping going… 🎉😅
September 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Lockdown project still keeping going… 🎉😅
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I visited the opening of @helengblake.bsky.social 's phenomenal Let The Rules Be Soft at the #Molesworth Gallery during the week. Exquisite, visually inventive, phenomenologically rich abstract painting. Really looking forward to writing my review - so much to grapple with!
#helenblake
#helenblake
September 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I visited the opening of @helengblake.bsky.social 's phenomenal Let The Rules Be Soft at the #Molesworth Gallery during the week. Exquisite, visually inventive, phenomenologically rich abstract painting. Really looking forward to writing my review - so much to grapple with!
#helenblake
#helenblake
My exhibition 'Let the rules be soft' opens this week at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin; showing from 4 - 30 September 2025.
Image: 'In the atom and the ether, oil on linen, 100 x 125cm
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
Image: 'In the atom and the ether, oil on linen, 100 x 125cm
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
September 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My exhibition 'Let the rules be soft' opens this week at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin; showing from 4 - 30 September 2025.
Image: 'In the atom and the ether, oil on linen, 100 x 125cm
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
Image: 'In the atom and the ether, oil on linen, 100 x 125cm
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
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Let The Rules Be Soft | Helen Blake at Molesworth Gallery
Helen Blake is a painter whose practice focuses on colour, engaging with rhythm and formalism, chance and deliberation.
visualartists.ie/events/let-t...
Helen Blake is a painter whose practice focuses on colour, engaging with rhythm and formalism, chance and deliberation.
visualartists.ie/events/let-t...
Let The Rules Be Soft | Helen Blake at Molesworth Gallery
Helen Blake is a painter whose practice focuses on colour, engaging with rhythm and formalism, chance and deliberation. Using a working method where process and
visualartists.ie
August 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Let The Rules Be Soft | Helen Blake at Molesworth Gallery
Helen Blake is a painter whose practice focuses on colour, engaging with rhythm and formalism, chance and deliberation.
visualartists.ie/events/let-t...
Helen Blake is a painter whose practice focuses on colour, engaging with rhythm and formalism, chance and deliberation.
visualartists.ie/events/let-t...
'Three kinds of time' continues. By appointment.
“Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
...
The Cash Shop is a long term project by conceptual artist, organiser, and curator, Jim Ricks.
jimricks.info/thecashshop/
“Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
...
The Cash Shop is a long term project by conceptual artist, organiser, and curator, Jim Ricks.
jimricks.info/thecashshop/
August 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
'Three kinds of time' continues. By appointment.
“Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
...
The Cash Shop is a long term project by conceptual artist, organiser, and curator, Jim Ricks.
jimricks.info/thecashshop/
“Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
...
The Cash Shop is a long term project by conceptual artist, organiser, and curator, Jim Ricks.
jimricks.info/thecashshop/
Reposted by Helen G Blake
Just FOUR days remaining to view the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition in association with McCann FitzGerald - it ends this Sunday.
View the exhibition online at rhagallery.ie
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195 #GoFurther #McCannFitzGerald #AlwaysFreeAdmission
View the exhibition online at rhagallery.ie
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195 #GoFurther #McCannFitzGerald #AlwaysFreeAdmission
July 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Just FOUR days remaining to view the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition in association with McCann FitzGerald - it ends this Sunday.
View the exhibition online at rhagallery.ie
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195 #GoFurther #McCannFitzGerald #AlwaysFreeAdmission
View the exhibition online at rhagallery.ie
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195 #GoFurther #McCannFitzGerald #AlwaysFreeAdmission
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aption: 🚨Boycott Pepsi!
The newest reports of Q2 2025 are in!
And they don’t look good for Pepsi
The newest reports of Q2 2025 are in!
And they don’t look good for Pepsi
July 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
aption: 🚨Boycott Pepsi!
The newest reports of Q2 2025 are in!
And they don’t look good for Pepsi
The newest reports of Q2 2025 are in!
And they don’t look good for Pepsi
Who is going to stop this monstrous suffering, which is being inflicted before our eyes on an entire population?
July 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Who is going to stop this monstrous suffering, which is being inflicted before our eyes on an entire population?
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I HATE AI prompts in word. How the fuck is it good to encourage people to outsource thinking about things that should be sweet & nourishing. "Write a funny poem to wish a happy birthday to my 5 year old sister" It's literally discouraging people from creative & meaningful & life-affirming stuff
July 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I HATE AI prompts in word. How the fuck is it good to encourage people to outsource thinking about things that should be sweet & nourishing. "Write a funny poem to wish a happy birthday to my 5 year old sister" It's literally discouraging people from creative & meaningful & life-affirming stuff
Not long left to see the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition; final day Sunday 3 August. Delighted my painting is included.
‘Drift’, 2023, oil on linen, 50 x 60cm.
...
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
15 Ely Place
Dublin D02 A213
@rha-arts.bsky.social
#RHAAnnual
#RHA195
‘Drift’, 2023, oil on linen, 50 x 60cm.
...
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
15 Ely Place
Dublin D02 A213
@rha-arts.bsky.social
#RHAAnnual
#RHA195
July 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Not long left to see the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition; final day Sunday 3 August. Delighted my painting is included.
‘Drift’, 2023, oil on linen, 50 x 60cm.
...
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
15 Ely Place
Dublin D02 A213
@rha-arts.bsky.social
#RHAAnnual
#RHA195
‘Drift’, 2023, oil on linen, 50 x 60cm.
...
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
15 Ely Place
Dublin D02 A213
@rha-arts.bsky.social
#RHAAnnual
#RHA195
Statement by President Higgins on death of those seeking aid in Gaza.
Read the full statement on president.ie
Read the full statement on president.ie
July 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Statement by President Higgins on death of those seeking aid in Gaza.
Read the full statement on president.ie
Read the full statement on president.ie
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We’re closed today but don’t forget that you can view and purchase art from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition at rhagallery.ie.
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition in association with McCann FitzGerald showcases photography, painting, print, mixed media, drawing, architectural models, and sculpture.
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition in association with McCann FitzGerald showcases photography, painting, print, mixed media, drawing, architectural models, and sculpture.
July 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We’re closed today but don’t forget that you can view and purchase art from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition at rhagallery.ie.
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition in association with McCann FitzGerald showcases photography, painting, print, mixed media, drawing, architectural models, and sculpture.
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition in association with McCann FitzGerald showcases photography, painting, print, mixed media, drawing, architectural models, and sculpture.
For the past two years I've been making work for my fifth solo exhibition at Molesworth Gallery, which will open in September.
In the meantime, here's a painting from my previous show there in 2023:
'Mid-century side-step', oil on linen, 24 x 30cm
#helenblake
#contemporarypainting
#dublingalleries
In the meantime, here's a painting from my previous show there in 2023:
'Mid-century side-step', oil on linen, 24 x 30cm
#helenblake
#contemporarypainting
#dublingalleries
July 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
For the past two years I've been making work for my fifth solo exhibition at Molesworth Gallery, which will open in September.
In the meantime, here's a painting from my previous show there in 2023:
'Mid-century side-step', oil on linen, 24 x 30cm
#helenblake
#contemporarypainting
#dublingalleries
In the meantime, here's a painting from my previous show there in 2023:
'Mid-century side-step', oil on linen, 24 x 30cm
#helenblake
#contemporarypainting
#dublingalleries
Cold Comfort, 2016, oil on linen, 45 x 36cm
from “Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
...
The Cash Shop is a long term project by conceptual artist, organiser, and curator, Jim Ricks.
jimricks.info/thecashshop/
from “Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
...
The Cash Shop is a long term project by conceptual artist, organiser, and curator, Jim Ricks.
jimricks.info/thecashshop/
July 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Cold Comfort, 2016, oil on linen, 45 x 36cm
from “Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
...
The Cash Shop is a long term project by conceptual artist, organiser, and curator, Jim Ricks.
jimricks.info/thecashshop/
from “Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
...
The Cash Shop is a long term project by conceptual artist, organiser, and curator, Jim Ricks.
jimricks.info/thecashshop/