Helen Sinclair
Artwork for Helen Sinclair
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How would you describe the work you do and why?
Loosely figurative sculpture made from various materials (eg: clay, plaster, wax, cardboard, found/reclaimed wood) and cast into limited editions in either stone-resin or foundry-cast bronze.
For you what does being an artist mean?:
Making and exhibiting sculpture.
Describe what you call yourself/your practice?:
Sculptor
Your practice & activities include e.g workshops, teaching:
I served as the President of the Society of Women Artists from November 2021 - January 2026. I still work with the SWA but that is my only commitment outside of making/exhibiting. used to teach many years ago but I have earned my living entirely from my sculpture for over thirty years.
CV & Education, relevant & leading to your artistic practice:
Born 27/02/54 - Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, UK
Married since 1976 to sculptor/painter Terry Ryall
Education Llanelli Girls’ Grammar School 1965 – ‘72
Dyfed School of Art 1972 – ‘73
Wimbledon School of Art 1973 – ‘76
Qualifications B.A. (Hons) – Sculpture (second class / upper division) 1976
A.L.A.M. (Teaching - LAMDA 1976)
Professional membership
Membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (since 2006)
Membership of the Society of Women Artists (since 2015)
(and winner of the SWA’s £2,000 ‘President’s Award’ in 2015)
President Society of Women Artists since 2021 (Vice-President 2020 - 2021)
Employment 1976 – ’78 and 1987 – 1991 various Adult Ed. teaching
1978 – ’88 Head of Art&Craft, Ffynone House School, Swansea
1988 onward - full-time self-employed sculptor
Exhibitions in the last 3 years:
- My own one-person stand annually at the Chelsea Flower Show
- One-person exhibition at MoMA, Machynlleth, Sept - November 2025
- Byard Gallery, Cambridge
- Mixed exhibitions at:
- Ffin y Parc Gallery, North Wales,
- Stephenson's Gallery, York
- Society of Women Artists’ Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol
- Pashley Manor Gardens, Suffolk
Your gallery outlets/stockists:
Catto Gallery, Hampstead
Fairfax Galleries, Norfolk and Tunbridge Wells
Golden Sheaf Gallery, Pembrokeshire
Canfas Gallery, Cardigan
Attic Gallery, Swansea
Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge, Herefordshire
Ann Goodfellow, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
The Sculpture Park, Farnham