Helen Britton
1966 Born in Lithgow, AU. 1990-1994 Edith Cowan University, Perth, AU. 1999 MFA, Curtin University, Western Australia, AU. 2003-2005 Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, class for jewellery and objects under Prof. Otto Künzli, Munich, Diploma. Since 2002 workshop in Munich with David Bielander and Yutaka Minegishi.
Awards (selection)
1997 Australian Postgraduate Research Award, AU. 2005 Herbert-Hofmann-Preis, Munich. DAAD Scholarship for Foreign Students, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich. 2006 Bayerischer Staatspreis, Munich. 2007 Stadtgoldschmiedin Erfurt. 2009 Scholarship from the Prinzregent-Luitpold-Stiftung, Munich. 2013 Förderpreis für Schmuck der Landeshauptstadt München, Munich.
1997 Australian Postgraduate Research Award, AU. 2005 Herbert-Hofmann-Preis, Munich. DAAD Scholarship for Foreign Students, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich. 2006 Bayerischer Staatspreis, Munich. 2007 Stadtgoldschmiedin Erfurt. 2009 Scholarship from the Prinzregent-Luitpold-Stiftung, Munich. 2013 Förderpreis für Schmuck der Landeshauptstadt München, Munich.
Works in public collections (selection)
Curtin University of Technology, Perth, AU. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AU. Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US. Hermitage St. Petersburg, RU. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB. The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, AU. CODA Museum Apeldoorn, NL. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbaine, AU. National Gallery of Victoria, AU.
