Aly Helyer

Selected Works

Exhibitions

Biography

This image depicts an artwork by Aly Helyer titled "On Your Side." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 24" x 18" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 45.72 x 3.81 cm). Its medium is Oil on panel. — **Aly Helyer**
“On Your Side,” 2024
Oil on panel
24" x 18" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 45.72 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #ALY1010
Signed, dated and titled verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Richard Ivey

This image depicts an artwork by Aly Helyer titled "A Handful of Love." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 16" x 12" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (40.64 x 30.48 x 3.81 cm). Its medium is Oil on panel. — **Aly Helyer**
“A Handful of Love,” 2024
Oil on panel
16" x 12" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (40.64 x 30.48 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #ALY1014
Signed, dated and titled verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Richard Ivey

This image depicts an artwork by Aly Helyer titled "A Young Icarus." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 65 ³⁄₈" x 44" [HxW] (166.07 x 111.76 cm). Its medium is Oil on polyester. — **Aly Helyer**
“A Young Icarus,” 2023
Oil on polyester
65 ³⁄₈" x 44" [HxW] (166.07 x 111.76 cm)
Inventory #ALY1003
Signed, dated and titled verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Richard Ivey

This image depicts an artwork by Aly Helyer titled "A Higher Love." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 56" x 43 ¹⁄₄" [HxW] (142.24 x 109.86 cm). Its medium is Oil on linen. — **Aly Helyer**
“A Higher Love,” 2024
Oil on linen
56" x 43 ¹⁄₄" [HxW] (142.24 x 109.86 cm)
Inventory #ALY1006
Signed, dated and titled verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Richard Ivey

This image depicts an artwork by Aly Helyer titled "Thief." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 48" x 36 ¹⁄₄" [HxW] (121.92 x 92.08 cm). Its medium is Oil on linen. — **Aly Helyer**
“Thief,” 2024
Oil on linen
48" x 36 ¹⁄₄" [HxW] (121.92 x 92.08 cm)
Inventory #ALY1007
Signed, dated and titled verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Richard Ivey

Aly Helyer: Everything is Borrowed

April 6 — May 18, 2024

Vielmetter Los Angeles, Gallery III

Education

: MA Painting, Chelsea College of Art & Design

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024: "Everything is Borrowed," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022: "The Look of Love," The Cabin, curated by Danny First, Los Angeles, CA
: "How to Fight Loneliness," PM/AM Gallery, London, UK
2020: "Silent Charmers," The Cabin, curated by Danny First, Los Angeles, CA
2019: "The Forerunners," Draw Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, New Art Projects, London, UK
2017: "Nobody’s Business," Angus-Hughes, London, UK
2014: "Soft Subversions," Herrick Gallery, London, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023: "Group Show: Alec Egan, Aly Helyer, Sylvia Ong," Almine Rech, Paris, France
: "Celebrating Picasso Today: Infinite Modernism," Almine Rech, London, UK
: "The Artist as Beast," Project Space on the Inside, a curated selection of paintings from the collection of Edwin Oostmeijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
: "Feeling of Light," Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium
2022: "A Play of Features," Union Gallery, co curated by Aly Helyer and William Gustaffson, London, UK
: "The Power to Dream," Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2021: "10," PM/AM Gallery, London, UK
: “Holding Hands,” Union Gallery, London, UK
2020: "Melancholympics," The Wunderwall, curated by Sasha Bogojev, Antwerp, Belgium
2019: "What Spirit is This?," Sim Smith Gallery, London, UK
2017: "DUMB," Mercer Chance Gallery, curated by Kris Day London, UK
2016: "The Good,The Bad and The Ugly," Charlie Smith Gallery London, UK
: "Endgame," Turps Gallery, London, UK
2015: "Ludic," (Two person show with Joel Tomlin), at Herrick Gallery, London, UK
: "Lucy In The Sky," Transition Gallery, London, UK
2013: "SPEAK, CLOWN!," Fold Gallery, curated by Hotel Swirly-Whirly, London, UK
: "HARTMANN. HELYER. LYDDON. BONILLA. & BAJT," We sell pornography here, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, UK
: "Unknown Sitter," Lion & Lamb Gallery, curated by Covadonga Valdes, London, UK
: "This Me of Mine," APT London, curated by Jane Boyer, London, UK (Traveling exhibition)
2009: "Configuration," curated by Day and Gluckman, London, UK
2002: "The Jerwood Drawing Prize," (Traveling exhibition)

Residencies

2022: La Brea Residency, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

2024: Nys Dambrot, Shana. "GALLERY ROUNDS: Aly Helyer Vielmetter Los Angeles," Artillery, May 9 (Link)
2021: Artelove Staff. "Aly Helyer: The Stunning Expressionism Of A Great Brush," Artelove, December 13
2020: Bogojev, Sasha. "Silent Charmers: Aly Helyer @ The Cabin, LA," Juxtapoz Magazine, November 13
2019: Irvin, Rebecca. "Painter Aly Helyer reinterprets traditional portraiture with expressionistic colour," Its Nice That, July 4
: Irwin, Rebecca. "Its Nice That," The Forerunners, July 4 (Link)
2018: "Interrogating representations of the self," ArtMazeMag, Issue 8, Summer Edition, September 1 (Link)
2013: Boyer, Jane. "This Me of Mine: Self, Time & Context in the Digital Age," Xlbris, October 25
2012: Boyer, Jane. "ANCHORS OF OBSERVATION," This Me Of Mine, March 7

Awards, Fellowships, and Grants

2012: Exeter Contemporary Audience Choice Award