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/
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
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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.
'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For more information and to view works online, see:
molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/...
#helenblake
#molesworthgallery
#dublingalleries
Lockdown project still keeping going… 🎉😅
September 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Lockdown project still keeping going… 🎉😅
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
'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
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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/
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?
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.
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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.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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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/
“Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
Opening reception: Saturday, the 21st of June, 12 to 2pm.
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
Opening reception: Saturday, the 21st of June, 12 to 2pm.
June 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Three kinds of time”
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
Opening reception: Saturday, the 21st of June, 12 to 2pm.
Solo show by Helen Blake
21 June – 16 August 2025
The Cash Shop, Bridge St., Gort, Co. Galway, H91VH21
Opening reception: Saturday, the 21st of June, 12 to 2pm.
I was recently invited to take part in writer Henry Martin's Mini Proust publishing project on Substack. Such thought-provoking questions; we chatted about colour, memory, concern, and Ancient Greece. And much more...
open.substack.com/pub/miniprou...
#miniproustquestionnaire #substacknewsletter
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#miniproustquestionnaire #substacknewsletter
June 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I was recently invited to take part in writer Henry Martin's Mini Proust publishing project on Substack. Such thought-provoking questions; we chatted about colour, memory, concern, and Ancient Greece. And much more...
open.substack.com/pub/miniprou...
#miniproustquestionnaire #substacknewsletter
open.substack.com/pub/miniprou...
#miniproustquestionnaire #substacknewsletter
I’m working on a series of new paintings for a solo exhibition this autumn.
I also have a solo project coming up later this month, more info shortly.
In the meantime here’s a little painting from a show I had at Molesworth Gallery in 2021:
‘Portal 3’, 2020, oil on linen, 14 x 17cm.
I also have a solo project coming up later this month, more info shortly.
In the meantime here’s a little painting from a show I had at Molesworth Gallery in 2021:
‘Portal 3’, 2020, oil on linen, 14 x 17cm.
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I’m working on a series of new paintings for a solo exhibition this autumn.
I also have a solo project coming up later this month, more info shortly.
In the meantime here’s a little painting from a show I had at Molesworth Gallery in 2021:
‘Portal 3’, 2020, oil on linen, 14 x 17cm.
I also have a solo project coming up later this month, more info shortly.
In the meantime here’s a little painting from a show I had at Molesworth Gallery in 2021:
‘Portal 3’, 2020, oil on linen, 14 x 17cm.
My friend @janeclarkson.bsky.social 's first novel is out now and, like her, it's brilliant; full of wry observations about modern life in perfectly turned phrases. Congrats Jane!
*Friends since we were 4.
I bought from Irish booksellers @kennysbookshop.bsky.social always excellent service.
*Friends since we were 4.
I bought from Irish booksellers @kennysbookshop.bsky.social always excellent service.
June 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My friend @janeclarkson.bsky.social 's first novel is out now and, like her, it's brilliant; full of wry observations about modern life in perfectly turned phrases. Congrats Jane!
*Friends since we were 4.
I bought from Irish booksellers @kennysbookshop.bsky.social always excellent service.
*Friends since we were 4.
I bought from Irish booksellers @kennysbookshop.bsky.social always excellent service.
Varnishing Day at the RHA; always a great day out. Thank you and congrats to all @rha-arts.bsky.social.
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The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition is open now and is on until 3 August.
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195 #GoFurther #McCannFitzGerald #AlwaysFreeAdmission
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The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition is open now and is on until 3 August.
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195 #GoFurther #McCannFitzGerald #AlwaysFreeAdmission
May 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Varnishing Day at the RHA; always a great day out. Thank you and congrats to all @rha-arts.bsky.social.
...
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition is open now and is on until 3 August.
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195 #GoFurther #McCannFitzGerald #AlwaysFreeAdmission
...
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition is open now and is on until 3 August.
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195 #GoFurther #McCannFitzGerald #AlwaysFreeAdmission
My third and final contribution to ‘Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’: Correspondence 3, 2025, acrylic on postcard, 10.5 x 15cm.
Part of ‘World Building’, Sluice Expo 2025.
www.hardpainting.com
sluice.info
www.lungaschool.is/en
#PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður
#H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G
#sluice
#LungAschool
Part of ‘World Building’, Sluice Expo 2025.
www.hardpainting.com
sluice.info
www.lungaschool.is/en
#PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður
#H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G
#sluice
#LungAschool
May 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My third and final contribution to ‘Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’: Correspondence 3, 2025, acrylic on postcard, 10.5 x 15cm.
Part of ‘World Building’, Sluice Expo 2025.
www.hardpainting.com
sluice.info
www.lungaschool.is/en
#PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður
#H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G
#sluice
#LungAschool
Part of ‘World Building’, Sluice Expo 2025.
www.hardpainting.com
sluice.info
www.lungaschool.is/en
#PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður
#H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G
#sluice
#LungAschool
'Drift', 2023, oil on linen, 50 x 60cm.
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition opens to the public on Monday 26 May, I'm delighted that this painting has been selected. Many thanks to all @rha-arts.bsky.social, looking forward to Varnishing Day.
rhagallery.ie
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition opens to the public on Monday 26 May, I'm delighted that this painting has been selected. Many thanks to all @rha-arts.bsky.social, looking forward to Varnishing Day.
rhagallery.ie
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195
May 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
'Drift', 2023, oil on linen, 50 x 60cm.
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition opens to the public on Monday 26 May, I'm delighted that this painting has been selected. Many thanks to all @rha-arts.bsky.social, looking forward to Varnishing Day.
rhagallery.ie
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195
The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition opens to the public on Monday 26 May, I'm delighted that this painting has been selected. Many thanks to all @rha-arts.bsky.social, looking forward to Varnishing Day.
rhagallery.ie
#RHAAnnual #RHAAnnualExhibition #RHA195
The 2nd of my ‘Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’, a project by H-A-R-D-P-A-I-N-T-I-N-G. Part of ‘World Building’ Sluice expo 2025. 'Correspondence 2, 2025, acrylic on postcard. www.hardpainting.com sluice.info www.lungaschool.is/en #PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður #H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G #sluice #LungAschool
May 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The 2nd of my ‘Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’, a project by H-A-R-D-P-A-I-N-T-I-N-G. Part of ‘World Building’ Sluice expo 2025. 'Correspondence 2, 2025, acrylic on postcard. www.hardpainting.com sluice.info www.lungaschool.is/en #PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður #H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G #sluice #LungAschool
The first of my ‘Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’; a project by H-A-R-D-P-A-I-N-T-I-N-G.
Part of ‘World Building’ Sluice expo 2025.
'Correspondence 1, 2025, acrylic on postcard
www.hardpainting.com
sluice.info
www.lungaschool.is/en
#PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður
#H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G
#sluice
#LungAschool
Part of ‘World Building’ Sluice expo 2025.
'Correspondence 1, 2025, acrylic on postcard
www.hardpainting.com
sluice.info
www.lungaschool.is/en
#PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður
#H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G
#sluice
#LungAschool
May 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The first of my ‘Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’; a project by H-A-R-D-P-A-I-N-T-I-N-G.
Part of ‘World Building’ Sluice expo 2025.
'Correspondence 1, 2025, acrylic on postcard
www.hardpainting.com
sluice.info
www.lungaschool.is/en
#PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður
#H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G
#sluice
#LungAschool
Part of ‘World Building’ Sluice expo 2025.
'Correspondence 1, 2025, acrylic on postcard
www.hardpainting.com
sluice.info
www.lungaschool.is/en
#PostcardsforSeyðisfjörður
#H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G
#sluice
#LungAschool
Some photos of the PV for VICE VERSA last Wednesday, see previous post for more images…
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The show runs to 31.05.25
Open daily 10-4pm. Invigilated Sat & Sun
Curated by @johannamelvin
@terrace_gallery Lea Bridge Library, London E10 7HU
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The show runs to 31.05.25
Open daily 10-4pm. Invigilated Sat & Sun
Curated by @johannamelvin
@terrace_gallery Lea Bridge Library, London E10 7HU
May 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some photos of the PV for VICE VERSA last Wednesday, see previous post for more images…
...
The show runs to 31.05.25
Open daily 10-4pm. Invigilated Sat & Sun
Curated by @johannamelvin
@terrace_gallery Lea Bridge Library, London E10 7HU
...
The show runs to 31.05.25
Open daily 10-4pm. Invigilated Sat & Sun
Curated by @johannamelvin
@terrace_gallery Lea Bridge Library, London E10 7HU
Some photos of the PV for VICE VERSA last Wednesday, see next post for more images…
...
The show runs to 31.05.25
Open daily 10-4pm. Invigilated Sat & Sun
Curated by @johannamelvin
@terrace_gallery Lea Bridge Library, London E10 7HU.
...
The show runs to 31.05.25
Open daily 10-4pm. Invigilated Sat & Sun
Curated by @johannamelvin
@terrace_gallery Lea Bridge Library, London E10 7HU.
May 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Some photos of the PV for VICE VERSA last Wednesday, see next post for more images…
...
The show runs to 31.05.25
Open daily 10-4pm. Invigilated Sat & Sun
Curated by @johannamelvin
@terrace_gallery Lea Bridge Library, London E10 7HU.
...
The show runs to 31.05.25
Open daily 10-4pm. Invigilated Sat & Sun
Curated by @johannamelvin
@terrace_gallery Lea Bridge Library, London E10 7HU.