helena@atkin.london
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Helena (London, 2001) is a British-Estonian artist-musician with an interest in notation and its unsounding residue and resonance. Through her work, she questions how we might navigate the wider world as score-like, inescapably loaded with the ‘unsound’ of all that might have come or might yet be. Much of her work and research also explores language and textuality, transcription and inscription, and the subversive power of fantasy and mundanity in the face of Soviet rule.
She holds a Master’s in Contemporary Performance and Composition (CoPeCo) from the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon and a Bachelor’s in Music (composition & piano performance) from The University of Manchester. She frequently collaborates with artists from a range of creative backgrounds and has showcased her work across Europe.
Helena is also a passionate educator and teaches regularly, both professionally and as a volunteer.
RESIDENCIES
31.03 - 04.04.25
01.10 - 13.11.24
12.05 - 18.05.23
03.01 - 09.01.23
KUNSTNIKUD ON KOHAL at NARVA ART RESIDENCY - Narva, EE (funded by The British Council)
MAAJAAM ARTISTIC RESIDENCY - Otepää, EE
ActInArt INTENSIVE with STUDIO HANDBENDI - Hvammstangi, IS
COPPER LEG with CoPeCo - Vaskjala, EE
COMMISSIONED COMPOSITIONS
12.06.26
21.03 - 22.03.25
DREAMING & HUGGING by Zeb Anderson - UAL Camberwell, London, UK
THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE by Finleigh Zack Dance - Chisenhale Dance Space, London, UK
EXHIBITIONS
03.09 - 06.09.26
14.08 - 14.09.26
17.07 - 10.08.26
07.07.25
07.05 - 25.05.25
PORI BIENNALE VII - CACHE - Narva Venice, Narva, EE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Dniprostir, Dnipro, UA
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Lviv Municipal Art Center, Lviv, UA
OPEN HOUSE KOLINGEN MAKERS SPACE 2025 - Studio Kolingen, Riddarhyttan, SE
HOOLIMISE KEELED - Narva Art Residency, Narva, EE
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
27.09.25
12.07.25
08.01.25
17.06.24
17.05.24
01.02.24
26.05.23
11.04.23
10.01.23
10.12.22
09.10.22
RITES IN BERMONDSEY with Opsis & Stefan Szczcelkun - South Bermondsey Festival, London, UK
SOMEWHERE SWAN with Psychonaut Theatre - Theatre Deli, London, UK
PHI X ARCANE EXHIBITION - The Dublin Castle, London, UK
TELEMATIC MUSIC CONCERT with Georg Hajdu – Ligeti Zentrum, Hamburg, DE
TAOI 24-1 with Vlatko Kučan - The Art of Improvisation, Rezonanzraum, Hamburg, DE
LABOPÉRA – ENSATT, Lyon, FR
TORNET #1 with Hara Alonso - Hagalunds Vattentorn, Stockholm, SE
SUDDENLY, IT IS MISSING - KMH Lilla Salen, Stockholm, SE
UNCOMMON THREADS - EMTA Blackbox, Tallinn, EE
IMPROTEST - Mustpeade Maja, Tallinn, EE
JOHN CAGE 110 - Eesti Kontsert, Tallinn, EE
WORKSHOPS
21.02.26
19.02.26
17.02.26
21.12.25
20.12.25
18.12.25
06.11.25
31.03-04.04.25 16.12.22
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - Hilltops Ukrainian Support Community, UK
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: KHARKIV - Kharkiv Municipal Art Gallery, Kharkiv, UA
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: KHARKIV - Kharkiv Municipal Art Gallery, Kharkiv, UA
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: LVIV - Lviv Municipal Art Center, Lviv, UATAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: TALLINN 2 - Eesti Kunstiakadeemia Galerii, Tallinn, EE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: NARVA - Narva Art Residency, Narva, EE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: TALLINN 1 - Vabaduse Kool, Tallinn, EE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: LONDON - The Pigment Press, London, UK
KUNSTNIKUD ON KOHAL - Narva-Jõesuu Kool, Narva-Jõesuu, EE
HELIHOOL with CoPeCo - Tallinna Laste Turvakeskus, Tallinn, EE
PRESENTATIONS & INTERVIEWS
23.11.25
08.11.25
13.06.25
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Interview for Ukrainian Field Notes XLIX, A Closer Listen
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Interview with Olha Plyushch, Unity Voices Podcast
IN TOUCH WITH THE INVISIBLE - LUUK! Dance Conference, Vaskjala, EE