SCAF Emerging Artists 2022 Exhibition Catalogue

BARBARA HELLOWELL
Huddersfield-based artist and wire Sculptor
In 2019 the Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield opened a
new gallery publicised in the local and national press. Barbara is
an Artist in Residence at the theatre and my studio/workshop is
an integral part of the gallery and her work is always on display
in her studio.
Barbara has had a lifelong interest in Art and while bringing up
three children attended various Art classes. She finally realised
after taking an Access Course at Huddersfield Art and Design
College in 2003 that even at her time of life (now with family
grown up) that she had the opportunity to start learning to be
an Artist.
The Access Course which included Art History, Painting,
Drawing, Printing, Sculpture and Ceramics gave her a rounded
knowledge of the different Art mediums and grew her
knowledge enough to take a art foundation course the following
year. Much to her surprise and delight, a year later she found
herself enjoying a Contemporary Art Practice degree at Leeds
University. She qualified in July 2007 with a BA(Hons) 1st class
degree.
By now Sculpture had become the Art medium for her.
Her final exhibition at the University was all sculpture based
on the presence left behind when people are no longer there.
Obtaining a first gave Barbara the confidence to move on
with her chosen medium.
www.barbarahellowell.co.uk
Scott Creative Arts Foundation