Helen Li Newbold

Helen Li Newbold is a recent art graduate based in the East Midlands. Her current practice is concerned with topics of fragmentation, destruction, religion, and interpersonal relationships, usually taking the form of drawing or sculpture. She uses her work to personally navigate the ambiguity these themes raise: struggling through the discomfort of uncertainty until she can accept it as an inevitable part of her life, extending an invitation to others to also make peace with it. This struggle is visualised through abstraction and the appropriation of religious - usually Christian - iconography. By repositioning such imagery in a new context, the artist reflects on her role in meaning-making for things that are believed to be unmoving and inerrant, and in turn looks to the myriad ways in which they have been presented in the past. How do we decide which meaning is correct? Or is there a way to embrace the element of mystery?

Instagram: @somethingbyhelen

UKNA Projects:

New Artist Collective #3 - People, Place and Practice: Four Happenings