Helen Maurer

Helen Maurer Work in progress 2022 Danielle Arnaud Venice Glass, overhead projector

Helen Maurer is an artist and educator, working primarily with glass, light and sound to create site-specific installations. She lives and works in London. Having spent many years living on a boat, water and reflection are recurring themes within her practice. Through experimenting with materials, research and conversation, Maurer endeavours to find a poetic narrative in response to a place/ idea. She originally studied Fine Art and Theatre and was a fellow at Central Saint Martin's School of Art before completing an MA at the Royal College of Art. As well as making work for exhibition and commission, she enjoys collaborating with other artists and musicians.

'By using reflection, foreshortening and anamorphic distortion, the complexity of Maurer's intricate installations is not resolved until the light hits the walls, when all is transmuted, through a mesmerising alchemy of light, into a series of plausible scenes' - Roy Exley

Helen Maurer re Connected re Creation Commission by Illuminate York for Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York October 2016 Overhead projectors, glass, spotlights, sound Photo by Angela Moore

Helen Maurer re Composing re Creation Solo exhibition at Danielle Arnaud, London November 2016 Overhead projector, spotlight, blown glass, dried plants, acetate, fan chimes Photo by Oskar Proctor

Helen Maurer Eclipsed by the Boy 2011

Glass, mirror, wood, plastic, halogen spotlight $22\times 25\times 70\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$$22\times 25\times 70\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$22 xx25 xx70cm22 \times 25 \times 70 \mathrm{~cm}$22\times 25\times 70\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$ Photo by Tom Gold

Helen Maurer Alter Corner shelf series 2017-2019

Glass and halogen light $50\times 47\times 11\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$$50\times 47\times 11\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$50 xx47 xx11cm50 \times 47 \times 11 \mathrm{~cm}$50\times 47\times 11\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$ Photo by Sebastian Sharples

Helen Maurer Glass Fountain II 2013

Antique glasses, wood, motor and light Photo by Angela Moore

Helen Maurer Cave Painting 2003 Glass, wood, overhead projector, plastic Model dimensions: $33\times 33\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$$33\times 33\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$33 xx33cm33 \times 33 \mathrm{~cm}$33\times 33\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$ Projection: $3\times 3\mathrm{m}$$3\times 3\mathrm{m}$3xx3m3 \times 3 \mathrm{~m}$3\times 3\mathrm{m}$ Photo by Angela Moore

Helen Maurer re Composing re Creation Solo exhibition at Danielle Arnaud, London November 2016

Overhead projector, book, Approx. $3\times 3\mathrm{m}$$3\times 3\mathrm{m}$3xx3m3 \times 3 \mathrm{~m}$3\times 3\mathrm{m}$ Photo by Oskar Proctor

Helen Maurer Glass Fountain III 2022 Glass, light and motor

Maurer's work has been shown nationally and internationally at venues including Pumphouse Gallery London (solo show 2006); Angel Row Gallery Nottingham (solo show 2006) Fragil Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vincente, Spain (2008); UKGLASS Glazenhuis, Belgium (2014); Synthetic Landscapes Weston Park (2017); Art of Glass National Museum of Scotland (2018); A Trick of the Light Grundy Art Gallery Blackpool (2019); YOKAI White Conduit Projects London (collaboration with photographer Angela Moore) solo show (2022); A Christmas Selection and 25 Years Danielle Arnaud London (2020). Commisssioned works include From page to Pavement Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture (2019); Illuminate York Holy Trinity Church York (2016); Tatton Park Biennial Manchester (2010); The Big Chill Art Trail Wales, (2008); Towner Art Gallery (off - site commission) Winter Gardens Eastbourne (2008). Maurer has work in both The Arts Council and Crafts Council collections and is a former winner of The Jerwood Prize: Glass, awarded in 2003 for her unique approach to glass.