Helen Pallikaros’ multidisciplinary practice aims to engage on an emotional level, exploring feminist themes drawn from the domestic realm and the internal psychological state. A focus of her practice is to use the body for the external mapping of internal conflicts and psychological landscape. She sources forms and images to create a visual dialogue that explores the interconnection between the human emotive conditions and primal origins. The space between the private and public self is explored via the application/negation of the trappings of identity and gender.
Pallikaros lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
EDUCATION
2014 Masters of Contemporary Art, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne.
2011 Contemporary Art Practice (Community Access Program), Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne.
2010 Studio Art Program in Sculpture, Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne.
2009 Graduate Certificate in Visual Art, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne.
2004 Certificate II & III in Floristry, Marjorie Milner College.
1990 Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Radiations), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Within Without, Jarmbi Gallery, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey
2014 Eyefall, Seventh Gallery, Brunswick
2014 New Work, The Rumpus Room, Maribyrnong
2012 Lost and Evil, The Substation, Newport
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Eyefall Performance, Blender Studios Art Party, Blender Studios, West Melbourne.
2018 Family Portrait, Collaboration with Sarah Rudledge, Arcade Project Space, Footscray
2017 Lampheads: Portrait piece, Performance, Blender Studios, Docklands Victoria
2017 Out of Body Experience, Curated by Marcus Encel, Black Cat Gallery, Collingwood.
2017 Soft Meat Tender Edges, Curated by Travis John and Sarah Rudledge, Compass Pizza apartment, Brunswick East
2015 Wyndham Art Prize 2015, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee.
2015 Streamer Intervention, City of Darebin Active Spaces, Northcote
2014 She…2014, The Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, Dandenong.
2013 VCA School of Art - Masters Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Student Gallery, Southbank
2013 Luminescence, The Windsor Art Prize, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne.
2012 That which lies beneath, Curated by Ashlee Laing, The Substation, Newport
2012 25%, Curated by Rafaat Ishak, Victorian College of the Arts, Student Gallery, Southbank
2011 The Rest is silence, Curated by Claire Lambe and Elvis Richardson, Death Be Kind, Brunswick.
2011 Grieving Widows, Curated by Claire Lambe and Elvis Richardson, Death Be Kind, Brunswick
2011 Sufferance, Trocadero ArtSpace, Footscray
2010 Of Snowflakes and Spacetime – life, symmetry and the evolution of the universe, Curated by Ken Wong, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Toyota Australia, Port Melbourne.
2010 Art after hours Studio art and Academy Art end of year exhibition 2010, Faculty of VCA and Music, Victorian College of the Arts, Student Gallery, Southbank.
2009 Proud to be VCA, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank
2009 ArtCRAFT 2009, The Substation, Newport
2007 Graduate Certificate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Student Gallery, Southbank.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2015 Finalist, Wyndham Art Prize 2015, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee.
2014 Winner, She….2014, The Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, Dandenong.
2013 Finalist, The Windsor Art Prize, Luminescence The Hotel Windsor. Melbourne.
2009 Finalist, August Arts Contemporary Art prize, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wyndham Art Gallery, January - June 2020 Art Gallery exhibition guide. Melbourne 2020
Macaulay, Charlene, Werribee’s Art Starter, Wyndham Star Weekly, 20th May 2015.
Faculty of the VCA and Music, The University of Melbourne, 2013 School of Art Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, Melbourne, 2013.
Lambe, Claire & Richardson, Elvis, The Rest is Silence book and exhibition catalogue, Death be Kind, 2012.
VCA School of Art, University of Melbourne, 2011 Art Afterhours postcard and Winter School brochure, Melbourne 2011
Cannon, Anthea, Spotlight on Families, Maribyrnong Leader, 12th April 2011
Gatt, Charlene, First Night Nerves, Footscray Star, 12th April 2011
Faculty of the VCA and Music, The University of Melbourne, 2010 School of Art Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, Melbourne, 2010.
Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Of Snowflakes & Spacetime, life symmetry and the evolution of the universe Exhibition Catalogue, Melbourne, 2009
Faculty of the VCA and Music, The University of Melbourne, 2009 School of Art Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, Melbourne, 2009.
COLLECTIONS
Wyndham City Council
Private collections in Australia