Helena Tobin is an artist, curator, researcher and educator based in rural Co. Tipperary. She holds an MA in Visual Art Practices from IADT, Dun Laoghaire and BA Fine Art from Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork. Through the use of mixed media and installation, Helena explores and questions structures of belief; how these often hidden beliefs affect our idea of culture, our place in society and our concept of history.
Helena became the Artistic Director of South Tipperary Arts Centre in March 2019. Prior to this appointment she was co-founder of SITEATION, an artists’ collective and project space in Dublin (2012-2014), was an invited artist in residence at the Kilkenny Arts Festival (2013) and has worked as assistant curator at the Fenton Gallery (2003-2009) during which time she was assistant editor and project co-coordinator on the publication ‘Representing Art in Ireland’, (2008). She has been a member of Ormond Studios, Dublin, and the Backwater Studios, Cork. Helena has also worked as a photography tutor and workshop facilitator. Her work has been exhibited throughout Ireland and is in the collections of the OPW and Cork Institute of Technology.