Helen graduated at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College in Farnham, (now UCA) with Fine Art BA Hons and then went on to The University of Reading in 2008,  to gain a PG Diploma, ‘The Body and Representation'.  

For the last four years Helen’s work has been grounded in printmaking at South Hill Park (SHP) in Bracknell however, she is now extending this into digital and mixed media, and attends the Digital Media Centre at SHP.

After moving home many times within Berkshire Helen has now settled in North Devon with her husband, Tony and youngest daughter, Emily.  Her work draws upon the experience of displacement as the basis of understanding the idea of belonging. Gaston Bachelard’s ‘The Poetics of Space’ is a very important reference for her work, which examines the latent significance of intimate spaces.  She has exhibited in the UK and internationally.  

Helen moved into her studio at the Old Sawmills in February 2010

See more of Helen’s work at www.helentranckle.net or contact her at the Old Sawmills on 01598 760658 or email helen@360trust.org.

Why choose a studio at 360° ? “.......the 360° Trust provides a triumph of space with magnificent light and the luxury of professionalism rarely encountered outside London”.