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What has interested me all my life is how we move through our lives, connected to place and time, and challenged by the constancy of change. I am drawn to historical, literary, and personal narratives and the way we are bound to the physical world emotionally, psychologically, and philosophically; our stories emerge from this world.

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Drawing, painting or printmaking, paper is the vehicle for my expression; it is fragile and resilient at the same time, akin to the human spirit.

Contact me: helenbran@hotmail.com or on the Contact page on this website

Instagram: helenbrancatisano

 

CV

 

Education:

2016 - Bachelor of Visual Arts, Federation University, Nepean Campus

2010 - Diploma of Fine Arts, Sydney Gallery School, Meadowbank.

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Solo Exhibitions

2020   Conjuring Act, Gaffa Gallery, Clarence St, Sydney

2017   Voices From An Island, The Watch House, Balmain

2011   Back from Black, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Prize

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

Finalist, Into the Light, Whitewall Art Projects, Berrima

Finalist, Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery

30x30 Group Exhibition, Whitewall Art Projects Gallery, Berrima

2022

Red-Palette of Life, Open Bite Printmakers, Concourse Art Space, Chatswood

Finalist, Past, Blackstone Gallery Works on Paper Prize, Newcastle

Finalist, Whitewall Art Prize, Into the Light, Berrima

Sydney Contemporary, Open Bite Printmakers, Carriageworks

Finalist, North Sydney Art Prize

2021

Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown

Transitions, Open Bite Printmakers, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

2019

Sydney Contemporary, Open Bite Printmakers, Carriageworks 

2018

Finalist, Hunter's Hill Art Prize

2017

Finalist, KAAF Art Prize

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award

Invited Artist, Hawkesbury Art Fair, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

2016

Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award

Finalist, Waverley Art Prize

Finalist, Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition

InVerse, Open Bite Printmakers, Gosford Regional Gallery

2015  

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award

Finalist, Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition

2014  

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award

Finalist, Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition

2013  

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

Finalist, Warringah Art Exhibition

Finalist, Waverley Art Prize

Finalist, Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition

Camden Art Prize

Finalist, Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney

2012  

Finalist, Blake Prize, Director's Cut        

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award

Finalist, Warringah Art Prize

Finalist, Waverley Art Prize

Finalist, Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition

2011  

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award

Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize

Finalist, Warringah Art Exhibition

Finalist, Waverley Art Prize

2010  

Finalist, Blake Prize Director's Cut

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award

Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize

Finalist, Warringah Art Exhibition

Finalist, Waverley Art Exhibition

Finalist, Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition

2009  

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award

Finalist, Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition

2008  

Finalist, Gallipoli Art Prize

Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize

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Awards

2016   Winner, Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition, Smaller Works Prize

           Winner, Student Art Award, WSI, Nepean 

2014   Winner, Printmaking Section, Hornsby Art Prize

2013   Winner, Open Section, Camden Art Prize

2010   Award for Distinction in Printmaking in Diploma of Fine Arts, Sydney Gallery School,                                    Meadowbank

           Award for Distinction in Painting in Diploma of Fine Arts, Sydney Gallery School 

           First Prize, Printmaking, Sydney Royal Easter Show

2007   First Prize Drawing, Parramatta Foundation Week Art Awards

           

 

Memberships

Open Bite Printmakers: https://www.openbiteprintmakers.org/