Helen Jones

Documenting public and private spaces Jones explores isolation and nostalgia. Selecting details that are both specific and generic, the photographs meditate on her experiences during the COVID-19 lockdowns. With attention to shape and shadow, Images of the the sites of previous cinemas and the interior of her parents’ home convey a sense fragmented connection to the past.

  • Untitled, 2022

    Oranges, from Notes from Home, 2020

    Untitled, 2022

    Everyday, from Notes from Home, 2020

    Tomatoes, 2020

    All 4 Polaroids flipping from The Lost Picture Shows, 2020

Helen Jones Helen Jones (b.Scotland) is a visual artist working primarily in the field of photography, often using a combination of alternative processes to explore ideas of what the photograph is/ can be. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Recent exhibitions include ‘Notes from Home’ (2022) at Street Level Photoworks Glasgow, ‘Magpie’ (2020) featured in Edge of Humanity Magazine, ‘Magpie’ (2019) 3rd place in the Jill Todd Photographic Award, ‘When The Light Shifts’ (2017) at the Glasgow Womens Library, ‘Collective Memory’ (2016) at the Bushwick Open Studios New York, and‘ College Natural’ (2016) Group Exhibition at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China.

In her work, she uses the photograph as her start point to explore themes of decay, loss and the fragmented nature of memory and traces thereof.

Jones has an interest in the way we use photography to frame our memories, whether accurate or not. She is especially interested in the gaps in between.