‘eerie, compelling, and haunting.' RealTime Arts Magazine
‘hallucinatory and uncompromising…with powerful contemporary resonance’ Marina Warner
‘sensual and disturbing; beautiful yet grotesque.’ Total Theatre Magazine
‘…surreal and striking…intense and original work by a superb performer.’ The Stage
Helena Hunter is a UK artist based in London; her diverse output of work includes live performance, performance for camera, film and photographic works. Her work explores the intersections between visual art, performance art, theatre and dance incorporating sonic art and lighting design. Hunter addresses complex cultural issues relating to the politics of the body, the construction of gender, and the formation of desire. Her work incorporates the body and movement, and utilises the body as text, site and sculptural tool. Hunter’s practice is research based and process led, employing independent studio based research and dynamic collaboration. Her practice builds on the history of contemporary art & performance and is informed by research into visual culture, gender studies, psychology, science, philosophy, literature and anthropology.
Hunter’s performances have toured throughout the UK and Europe in galleries, theatres and site-specific locations. She has delivered lectures, artist talks, workshops and professional development schemes nationally and internationally. Her work has been presented at major British and European festivals and venues, including The Barbican Centre, The Royal Opera House, Chelsea Theatre and The Foundation for Women’s Art; at The City of Women Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia; the FEM Festival in Girona, Spain and INSTANTANEE Festival at Kollatino Underground in Rome, and the International Body Art Festival in France.
Hunter was featured in the SPILL Tarot Exhibition at The Barbican Centre as part of SPILL Festival of Performance, her work was selected for the UKYA British Arts Showcase in 2010. In 2011 Hunter produced Displacements a retrospective performative exhibition of her work at Jerome Zodo Contemporary Gallery in Milan. She performed Luminosity by Marina Abramović and Mirror Check by Joan Jonas as part of The 11 Rooms Group Show curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist at Manchester International Festival. Hunter has received various awards including the Artsadmin Bursary and a grant from Arts Council England; she was short-listed for the Arts Foundation Award 2011.
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