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What lies between the arts is theatre.

Miichael Fried

We have tended to fall between two stools, between people who want to see theatre and people who want to see performance art without any wry self-consciousness.

Julian Maynard Smith, Station House Opera

Helen Morse Palmer explores the use of theatricality within art. Recognising key components of the theatre (costume, script, set, sound, music, movement, lighting, direction) she finds ways of applying these considerations to everyday life. Her work displaces established signifiers - the icon of the wedding dress, the red-dot ‘sold’ sticker on an artwork, the voice of the opera singer ­ to challenge or question the motives and structures of an event. Through a practice that flirts between performance art, acting and installation, Helen combines the art of making a moment with the natural moments which may be discovered or highlighted through the making of art.

Major projects, exhibitions, performances,
residencies, screenings and awards

2008
2008 ‘Monkey’. Performance for Hayley Newman. Tate Britain.
2008 ‘Mind Out’. Performance with Station House Opera. International tour.
2008 ‘What’s Wrong With the World’. Performance with Station House Opera. Soho Theatre Bar.

2007
2007 ‘Mind Out ’. Performance with Station House Opera. B.A.C. London.
2007 ‘Intimacy as Event’. Performance led and devised by Lauren Goode. Goldsmiths College. University of London.
2007 ‘Silhouettes in Cross Stitch’. A Body of Paintings. Solo Show. Greenwich. London.
2007 ‘Urban Wildscapes’. Conference. Guest speaker. Representative of Lookoutpost. Sheffield University.
2007 Lewisham Collaborations award. Funding for major group show.
2007 Awards for All. Funding for major group show.
2007 ‘Upstaging Nature’. Performance/installation. Group Show. Sydenham Hill Woods. London.
2007 ‘Backwards’. Performance with Station House Opera. Shunt Lounge. London.
2007 ‘Mind Out’. Performance with Station House Opera. B.A.C. London
2007 ‘What If?’ Performance Development week. Collaboration with Joanna Morse Palmer. Ciromedia. Bristol.
2007 ‘Blind Fold’. Performance. Artists Review Series. Goldsmiths College, University of London.

2006
2006 ‘Eco Vandalism’. A Lookoutpost project. Co-curation and production of major group show.
2006 ‘The Judgment of Paris’. Painting and drawings. Solo Show. The Space. London.

2005
2005. ‘The Art of Permanence & Change’. Performance/installation. Group show. Sydenham Hill Woods. London.
2005. ‘Wedding Day - 12 hour as a bride’. Performance documentation. Solo show. Hoxton Square. London.

2004
2004.‘Puppet Picnic’. Performance and Film. Group performance. Greenwich
Park. London.
2004. ‘Shadow Puppets’. Film. Circus project. Sefton Park. Liverpool.
2004. Artist Run Project (1 week). Collaboration with John Stocker Middle School. Exeter,Devon.
2004. ‘Glass Harp’. Sculptural installation. Group Show. Deptford X , London.
2004. ‘Which Came First?’. Sculptural Installation. Commission. Honiton Bienale, Devon.

2003
2003. ‘1000 Faces’. Sculptural Installation. Commission. Northcott Theatre, Devon.
2003. Artist Run Project (1 week). Collaboration with Morchard Bishop Primary
School. Devon.
2003. ‘MA Show’. Performance/sculptural installation. Group Show. Central St.
Martins. London.
2003. ‘Puppets’. Performance/painting. Solo Show. Oxo Tower. South Bank, London.
2003. ‘Blind Fold’. Performance. Group Show. East London Studios, London.
2003. ‘Romance’. Performance. Collaboration with Joanna Morse Palmer. Cobern Club. London.

2002
2002. ‘AHRB’ Scholarship. Funding to study at MA level.
2002. ‘The Enchantment’. Performance/Installation. Collaboration with Joanna Morse Palmer. Phoenix Gallery, Devon.
2002. ‘Kicking Off Grant’. Arts council of England grant for early career artists.
2002. ‘Puppets’. Performance/painting. Solo Show. Boston Tea Party, Devon.
2002 ‘1000 Birds’. Sculptural installation. Group Show. Phoenix Gallery, Devon.
2002. Artist Run Project (1 week). Collaboration with St. Margarets School. Devon.
2002. Artist Run Project (2 weeks). Collaboration with Joanna Morse Palmer and Broad Hembrey Primary School. Devon.

2001
2001. ‘1500 Windmills’. Sculptural installation. Collaboration with John Stocker Middle School . South West Water Meadow. Devon.

2000
2000. ‘Angels’. Sculptural installation. Collaboration with John Stocker Middle School. Exeter Cathedral. Devon.
2000. Artist in residence (1 year). Collaboration with John Stocker Middle School. Exeter, Devon.
2000.‘1000 Birds’. Sculptural installation. Group Show. Diawa Gallery. London.
2000. ‘BA Show’. Performance/installation. Group show.ReadingUniversity.Reading.

Ongoing experience with art/performance groups

Station House Opera. Led by Julian Maynard Smith. www.stationhouseopera.com
Live Art Garden Initiative. Led by Lauren Goode. www.liveartgardeninitiative.org.uk
Lookoutpost. In collaboration with John Deller. www.lookoutpost.co.uk

Previous experience with performance groups

The Man Who Was Asleep. Theatre company. Lead by Ewen Caden Moore.
Punchdrunk theatre. Led by Felix Barrett.
Kaos theatre. Led by Xavier Lerrett.
R.U.D.S theatre group. Led by Nicola Larder/Jamie Saffer

Education

2003. MA Fine Art. Central St. Martins. London.
2000. BA Fine Art, First Class Hons Degree. Reading University.

Further training

Shaolin Fung Fu, Hung Kuen Five Animals. Black Belt.
Associated Board of Music. Grade 7 Pianoforte; Grade 6 Violin.
Royal Academy of Dance. Senior Grade.

Images

Images of Helen Morse Palmer's work:-

• Title:Silhouettes in Cross Stitch. About: A body of paintings by Helen Morse Palmer. First exhibited: Thursday 22nd November 2007. Greenwich, London

Urls

Images by Helen Morse Palmer published on This Week
8 April 2006 Untitled images.
22 November 2007 Silhouettes in Cross Stitch.

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