Helen Spencer

I am an emerging artist having just completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours at the University of Tasmania in 2025 and was awarded a University Medal. After a career in education, I am now focussed on establishing a conceptually driven art practice spanning painting, drawing, collage and other artforms. A fundamental aspect of my work is a deep commitment to social justice, quietly resisting systems of power and exclusion.

Recent work has centred on the burden of trauma, explored through a painting practice on repurposed cardboard. This material holds both symbolic and practical significance, allowing me to investigate themes of fragility, damage and weight.