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Helen Pynor

Darramurragal and Gadigal Country
NSW, AUSTRALIA

www.helenpynor.com

Dr Helen Pynor is a Sydney and London-based Artist and Researcher whose practice explores philosophically and experientially ambiguous zones, such as the life-death boundary. Her work is informed by in-depth residencies in scientific institutions, most recently The Francis Crick Institute, London and The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden. Since 2011 Pynor’s work has been exhibited widely nationally and internationally including at The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; FACT – Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool UK; and ISEA – International Symposium on Electronic Art. Pynor has received an Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica for her collaborative work ‘The Body is a Big Place’ exploring organ transplantation (2012) and national awards in Australia.

Pynor holds a PhD, a Bachelor of Visual Arts, (both from Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney) and a Bachelor of Science (1st Class Hons) (Macquarie University).
Exhibition

Spectra: The Art and Consequence of Collaboration (2018-2019)
Exhibition

Experimenta Life Forms (2019-2023)

Helen Pynor
Habitation

Habitation explores how animate-inanimate boundaries are collapsing due to the widespread use of medical prosthetics, and was prompted by hip replacement surgery Pynor recently undertook.

Helen Pynor
Development of the Visual Circuit of Drosophila melanogaster in 3 Acts: Larva; Pupa I; Pupa II

Helen Pynor
Fallen (11-17)
Experimenta Life Forms

Workshop
Tooth Fairies For Adults with Helen Pynor

Helen Pynor
Sun 12 Dec 2021, 10:30AM – 12:30PM
Tweed Regional Gallery
Experimenta Life Forms

Tooth Fairies For Adults: Reimagining Rituals For Our Tissues
Workshop with Helen Pynor

Helen Pynor
Sun 12 Sep 2021, 1PM – 3PM
Online Workshop
Experimenta Life Forms

University of Newcastle:
Helen Pynor Lecture

Helen Pynor
Mon 9 Aug 2021
Online Event
Experimenta Social Series

Experimenta Social (Distancing) #37:
Liminal Spaces

Sophie Kahn and Helen Pynor
Wed 19 Aug 2020, 2PM – 3PM
Online Event
December 12, 2021

Workshop Reflections ⟶ Tooth Fairies for Adults: Rituals for our Tissues

Written & Facilitated by Helen Pynor Hosted by Tweed Regional Gallery (NSW) Tooth Fairies for Adults: Rituals for our Tissues was an Experimenta workshop that explored the fate of our tissues once they leave our bodies. For this workshop we were able to meet at Tweed Regional Gallery (NSW), a very different experience after previous workshops […]
September 12, 2021

Workshop Reflections ⟶ Tooth Fairies for Adults: Rituals for our Tissues

Written By Helen Pynor Tooth Fairies for Adults: Rituals for our Tissues was an Experimenta workshop I facilitated that explored the fate of our tissues once they leave our bodies, and how to create more respectful fates for these tissues. It took us into the new terrain of running a workshop online, in response to the […]
February 19, 2021

Experimenta Life Forms
ATOM Study Guide

The ATOM Study Guide is a PDF resource designed to complement a visit to the Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art exhibition.

October 1, 2020

In Development Interview: Helen Pynor and ‘Habitation’

In this interview we spoke to Helen Pynor about her multifaceted work ‘Habitation’, which challenges the animate-inanimate boundary in the body. Helen discusses her personal experience of surgery, the artists and academics whose ideas inform this ambitious artwork, the alchemical process of turning bone into china, and her upcoming residency with SymbioticA. Experimenta: What led […]