Helen Dunn

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My practice primarily focuses on emotion and autobiographical perspectives. Heavily influenced by my own mental health struggles, I channel my emotions and experiences into creating expressive and vibrant abstract, surrealist and conceptually expressive artworks. My focus is painting; however, I aspire to experiment and gain skill in sculpture making. Major inspirations towards my methodology and style are primarily from avant-garde sources, within the art, music, and fashion industry, as well as the style and influences from the 1960’sand 1970’s. Movements such as surrealism, conceptualism, and both expression and abstraction expressionism have played large roles in influencing the development of my contemporary practice. Whether it be the painting technique, practice ideologies, working concepts, or influence in the art world.

My works express a perception of emotions associated with, and experienced by those suffering mental health issues; specifically borderline personality disorder (BPD) and Bipolar (II). My pieces are a representation of the emotions and experiences I tend to face, living with these conditions. My aim is to provide a perspective of the condition and of how turbulent the mind can feel: and to provide insight into the conditions. Each piece is a representation of a particular symptom, or a narrative of a personal experience caused by a reaction to a symptom.