Helen Denerley

Sculptor

Photo of Helen

Biography

 

  • 1956 Born Roslin, Midlothian
  • 1977 Graduated from Grays School of Art, Aberdeen
  • 1995 Elected Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists

 

Commissions

2025 Kingussie, Highlands, Life sized Wolf to open the Wolf of Badenoch trail.

2023 Stockport  Heaton Mersey Village conservation Group, Two Lurchers.

2022 Haddo Estate, Lord Aberdeen Memorial Sphere.

2022 Lochinver, Delilah’s restaurant. Peacock made from kitchen implements.

2022 Dundreggan, Trees for Life. 4.5m tree of life for a new rewilding centre.

2022 Lord Aberdeen memorial

2021 Peacock for Delilah’s restaurant, Lochinver

2020 Loanhead, 26 starlings for railings at a new housing scheme

2020 Life sized Aberdeen Angus bull, Private

2019 Life sized pony, Private

2018 Hen and Chicks fountain, Thyme Cookery School garden, Southrop

2016 Hong Kong, 6m giraffe for private client

2015 Westhill Shopping Centre, wild boar with piglets

2015 Montejaque, Spain, Goat for the village square

2012 West Side Primary School, Lewis. Raven sculptures for entrance to new school.

2008 Duloch Park, Dunfermline sheep and poultry for a new shopping centre.

2008 Miller’s Yard, Cromarty: Ammonite. (Winner of the IAA Awards for architecture)

2007 Stirling University Courtyard: 3 Oyster Catchers.

2006 Glan Clwyd Hospital, N Wales: Humming Bird Memorial Sculpture

2005 Omni building, Edinburgh: Dreaming Spires. 2 larger than life giraffes on the pavement.

2004,2005 Eniwa Garden Project, Hokkaido: Japan. Dragon railings, arches and birds.

2004 Horizon Scotland, Forres: Sheep and lamb, HotDogs, and Birds for new Enterprise building

1999 Clackmannanshire Council, Tillycoultry: The Devonside Sculptures

1999 Alford Academy Sculpture Garden: The Alford Panther

1997 Safeway PLC, Inverurie: “A Flying Visit”

1994 Princess Royal Trust For Carers, Aberdeen: Commemorative Piece

1994 Govan Housing Association, Glasgow: The Govan Milestone

1991 Grampian Regional Council, Inverurie: The Inverurie Sundial

1980 Belmar Engineering and Atlantic Drilling, Aberdeen

1980 Carronhall Engineering, Stonehaven: The Carronhall Dinosaur

1979 William Wilson & CO, Aberdeen

1978 Aberdeen District Council: The Hazlehead Pterodactyl

1977 Aberdeen District Council: Musical Play Sculpture

Private Commissions Worldwide

 

Solo and Two-Artist Exhibitions

2024 Summerhall, Edinburgh, Flux, an exhibition as part of the Fringe Festival

2023 Kilmorack Gallery, Salvage, A solo exhibition of retrospective ideas.

2019 Moncrieff Bray gallery, Petworth, Sculpture and Drawings

2018 Rhue Gallery, Ullapool. Across the Equinox, exhibition with poet Michael Longley.

2014 Rhue Gallery, Ullapool. Molto in Parvo, Miniature sculpture

2013 Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Positive Space

2011 Pittenweem Arts Festival Invited artist

2010 Harley Gallery, Wellbeck, Mechanimals

2009 Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly: Fight or Flight.

2008 Gleneagles: Sculptures in the Garden

2007 Beaux Arts, Bath: The Space Between.

2006 Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen: Between the Lines.

2003 Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly: Hare Moon and Sky Hawk

2002 Milton Gallery, Aberdeenshire: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea

2001 Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen: Cabras and Perros

2000 Champs Hill, West Sussex: Wild Wood

1999 Timespan Gallery, Highlands: Time and Tide

1998 Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly: Running with Wolves

1997 Conoco UK LTD, Aberdeen: Durer’s Rhinoceros

1996 The Kenny Gallery, Galway Faith: Hope and Clarity

1995 Woodwick House, Orkney: Beauty & the Beast

1994 Warehouse Gallery, Banff: Objects of Desire

1993 The Ulster Arts Club, Belfast: The Sculptor and the Weaver

 

 

Group Exhibitions

2020 Gallery Heinzel. 30th Anniversary Exhibition

2019 SOC Gallery, Aberlady, Interpretations, sculptures of birds

2019 Caol Ruadh Sculpture park, Colintraive,

2019 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow. The Art of Drawing

2019 Scottish Ornithologists Club, Aberlady, Interpretations

2018 Duff House, Banff. Invited artist at Aberdeen Artist’s Society Annual Exhibition

2017 British Art Portfolio, The Sicily Oak Gallery Cheshire

2017 Tatha Gallery Fife, Connections

2015 Oseana Museum, Bergen. Crocodile and Hen Harrier Food pass, permanent collection,

2014 Knebworth House, The British Art Portfolio Sculpture Exhibition

2014 Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Sculptors’ drawings

2014 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Summer show

2013 Caol Ruadh Sculpture Park, Kyles of Bute, Maritime Exhibition

2013-1991 Scottish Society of Artists, Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2012 Antarctic Exhibition, Moncrieff Bray Gallery Petworth

2011 Rhue Art Exhibition at Dovecot Studios Edinburgh

2011 Chichester Cathedral, Sculpture in Paradise

2010 An Talla Solais,Ullapool,In Response 2 Norman MacCaig

2010 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, Design Collection

2009 Cambo Snowdrop Festival, St Andrews

2007/2009 Touring Britain, Seeing Dragons in the Clouds.

2006 Philharmonic Arts Centre, Florida

2005 The Gallery in Cork Street, London, Kilmorack Gallery

2005 Beaux Arts, Bath

2004 Art Parks International, Guernsey

2004 Philharmonic Arts Centre, Naples, Florida

2003 Q2 Gallery, Dundee,

2003 Royal Glasgow Institute, Annual Exhibition. (Prize winner)

2003 Invited artist at Burghley Sculpture Garden, Lincolnshire.

2003 Art Outside, Savill Garden, Windsor Park.

2002 F.T. Sabin Gallery, London, Sculpture Under English Skies

2001 The Lennox Gallery, London, Contemporary Highland Art

1998 Ghent Art Fair, Belgium

1997 City Arts Centre, Edinburgh and touring UK, Animal Magic

1997 John Martin of London, On a Grand Scale

1996 Mayfest (SSA), Glasgow, Brave Art

1995 Art Connoisseur, London, The Beltane Spirit

1995 Artspace Galleries, Aberdeen, Sunset Song

1994 The Kenny Gallery, Galway, Heroes & Heroines 

Events

2015 Artist in residence with Plan B contemporary arts co.

2015 Shuffle, a theatre event featuring collaborations with musicians Tom Blasdale and Gregor Donaldson

2014 Shuffle, a theatre event featuring a collaboration with theatre director John McGeoch

2012 Crocodile sculpture used for promotional film by Visit Scotland

2011-2013 Artist in Residence with ACES. Working with scientists for an international conference on Conservation Conflicts

2006 “The exquisite cupola” A furnace made by several international artists for the Iron conference in Ironbridge

2004 Invited by the government of South Georgia to make a life size whale from the scrap in an old whaling station. Visited the island in January to carry out a feasibility study and while there produced a small whale.

2002 “Flight of Fancy” A British romantic comedy featuring sculpture as part of the set. Starring Jason Flemyng and directed by David Fairman.

2001 “Boundaries” A collaborative Iron Pouring event with Professor George Beasley; broadcast live to The International Sculpture Conference, Pittsburg

1998 “Running with Wolves” A cross art form performance commissioned by the Highland Festival combining sculpture, painting, dance, music and lighting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

email: helen@helendenerley.co.uk

Work available at:

Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly
Rhue Gallery, Ullapool,
Tolquhon Gallery, Tarves
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Moncrieff-Bray Gallery Petworth
Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen