Helen Seiver

Helen Seiver is a regional artist, having graduated in 2000 with BA vis arts (hons). She has received many awards and has work in numerous public and private collections including Holmes à Court, City of Bunbury, Shire of Mundaring, Horn Collection.

Using a variety of media, Seiver’s processes often involve long and sometimes quite laborious and repetitive processes which allows time to reflect deeply on concerns and concepts. Making art gives her processes to investigate, and a platform from which to talk about the things that really matter; be they environmental, political or intensely personal issues.

FEATURED WORK

YEAR: 2021-22

Seiver has been working with a Martu friend in the Pilbara since 2019 on a personal contribution to the larger picture of Reconciliation. This work is inspired by traditional Mardu Papirri, traditionally

worn on the head of all people taking part in a discussion where it becomes the container to hold

the weight of grief present in the words. It is an enlarged version of many made together and

represents a willingness to sit on Country and speak the truth in the spirit of reconciliation.

This work hangs above visitors’ heads so that all might feel the weight, the need for, reconciliation.