Born and raised in Wales, Helen Sinclair has established herself as a significant figure in contemporary British sculpture. She completed her foundation course at Carmarthen School of Art (1972–73) before studying sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art, graduating in 1976. She has worked as a full-time, self-employed sculptor since 1988. Helen currently serves as the President of the historically important Society of Women Artists. She exhibits widely throughout England and Wales and has been a regular exhibitor at the Chelsea Flower Show for over thirty years. Her work is held in private collections across five continents. Based on the Gower Peninsula, she lives and works alongside her husband, the painter and sculptor Terry Ryall. Selected Public Commissions‘The Mother and the Child’ – All Saints Church, Fulham‘Doo Wah Diddy’ – Royal Free Hospital, London‘Crucifix’ – Brecon Cathedral‘Four Seasons’ – Marie Curie Hospice, West Midlands‘Life’s Journey’ – Marymount Hospital, CorkArtist Statement 'I have been making sculpture for over thirty years and the practice is still a delight to me. With every piece I make, I find the working process both comfortingly familiar and refreshingly surprising. Although not the only subject I work from, the human form is the one I keep coming back to, however loosely at times. Most of my work is cast in limited editions and I model the originals in mixed media (plaster, clay, wax, cardboard, paper, resin, wood). The materials I work with are as stimulating to me as the subject matter. I live by the sea and collect driftwood, discarded plastic debris and other beach-found ‘stuff’, all of which regularly introduce new and unexpected vocabulary with which to work.With the help of a full-time technician, I do my own mould-making and resin casting. My bronzes have been cast in Pembrokeshire for thirty years.'