Helen Pynor
Helen Pynor has been exploring the intersections of art and the life sciences for more than a decade, in
particular the relationship between consciousness and materiality, the ambiguous edges between life and
death, and development an ‘empathic’ language for the body’s interior. Pynor holds a Bachelor of Science
(1st Class Hons), a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a practice-based PhD. Pynor’s practice spans large-scale
installation through to small intimate works drawing on a range of media including photography, video, media
art, biological art, sculpture and performance.
Pynor has exhibited widely internationally, most recently in solo exhibitions at Galerija Kapelica (Slovenia,
with Peta Clancy), The Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney), GV Art gallery (London), Dominik
Mersch Gallery (Sydney), Performance Space (Sydney, with Peta Clancy), and Leonardo Electronic
Almanac (online, with Peta Clancy). Her work has featured in group exhibitions at Ars Electronica (Linz),
International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA2013, Sydney), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts,
National Centre for Contemporary Art (Baltic Branch, Russia), Science Gallery Dublin, Wellcome Collection
(London), Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester), Powerhouse Musuem (Sydney), GV Art gallery
(London) and Bargehouse (London). In 2012 Pynor was awarded an Honorary Mention in the Hybrid Arts
Category of Prix Ars Electronica for her collaborative work with Peta Clancy ‘The Body is a Big Place’ and
she has received national awards in Australia including the RBS Emerging Artist Award (2009) and The
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (jointly, 2008). Recent residencies include The Heart
and Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent’s Hospital (Sydney), SymbioticA (Perth), Performance Space (Sydney),
A.R.T. (Tokyo), The Australia Council Studio (London) and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
(Paris).
particular the relationship between consciousness and materiality, the ambiguous edges between life and
death, and development an ‘empathic’ language for the body’s interior. Pynor holds a Bachelor of Science
(1st Class Hons), a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a practice-based PhD. Pynor’s practice spans large-scale
installation through to small intimate works drawing on a range of media including photography, video, media
art, biological art, sculpture and performance.
Pynor has exhibited widely internationally, most recently in solo exhibitions at Galerija Kapelica (Slovenia,
with Peta Clancy), The Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney), GV Art gallery (London), Dominik
Mersch Gallery (Sydney), Performance Space (Sydney, with Peta Clancy), and Leonardo Electronic
Almanac (online, with Peta Clancy). Her work has featured in group exhibitions at Ars Electronica (Linz),
International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA2013, Sydney), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts,
National Centre for Contemporary Art (Baltic Branch, Russia), Science Gallery Dublin, Wellcome Collection
(London), Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester), Powerhouse Musuem (Sydney), GV Art gallery
(London) and Bargehouse (London). In 2012 Pynor was awarded an Honorary Mention in the Hybrid Arts
Category of Prix Ars Electronica for her collaborative work with Peta Clancy ‘The Body is a Big Place’ and
she has received national awards in Australia including the RBS Emerging Artist Award (2009) and The
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (jointly, 2008). Recent residencies include The Heart
and Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent’s Hospital (Sydney), SymbioticA (Perth), Performance Space (Sydney),
A.R.T. (Tokyo), The Australia Council Studio (London) and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
(Paris).
