About
Port Stephens artist, Helen Jackson, creates both figurative and functional art.
Helen is also the creative owner of Hand Crafted Ceramics. She began her ceramic art journey in the early 80’s at a local community hall in suburban Newcastle NSW. Throughout the years of variously bringing up young children, studying, working and running a business, she continued drawing and painting, and kept returning to clay as her mainstay of self-expression. Her ongoing general interest in visual arts led her to sporadically participate in assorted pottery and painting groups, short courses, and TAFE and University studies.
Mostly residing on the east coast of NSW, with a few years in Tasmania, Helen has an affinity with the ocean, beach and lush forest environments. Her small apartment in Nelson Bay is adorned with beautiful objects collected from nature and which inspire her ceramic work. Her garage looks onto a pleasant parkland reserve and provides a pleasant work area. Her learning continues and informs her current art practice.
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ART PRIZES
2023 Highly Commended – 3D section Anderson Award, Tea Gardens NSW
2019 Winner – Sculpture made from Recyclables Newcastle Ag. H. & I. Assoc. Show
2019 Highly Commended – Toys Dolls Clowns Newcastle Ag. H. & I. Assoc. Show
2014 Winner of Sculpture Section Tilligerry Festival Art & Craft Show
2013 Winner of Indoor Sculpture Section Sculpture at the Bay, Nelson Bay
2009 Winner of Sculpture section Port Stephens Art Prize
2006 Highly Commended in Sculpture section Tea Gardens Grange Art Awards
2004 Winner of Sculpture section Port Stephens Art Prize
EXHIBITIONS
Sept 2022 The 3 Alchemists at Back to Back Galleries Cooks Hill, NSW
Feb 2021 SOLO: Life’s Journey at Back to Back Galleries Cooks Hill, NSW
March 2019 Tides of March at Back to Back Galleries Cooks Hill, NSW
July 2018 Flow at Back to Back Galleries Cooks Hill, NSW
March 2017 Interior Motifs at Back to Back Galleries Cooks Hill, NSW
February 2017 Raymond Terrace Library Art Space Raymond Terrace, NSW
September 2016 Smart Arts Pop-up Shop at the Marina Nelson Bay, NSW
2016 to current Newcastle Studio Potters Cooks Hill, Newcastle, NSW
2015 to 2016 Swan Bay Woodworks & Pottery Gallery Swan Bay, NSW
2012 to 2013 Artefacts Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre Hobart, TAS
2008 to 2014 Huon Art Exhibitions Group Gallery Cygnet, TAS
