Helen Clapcott (born 1952) is an English painter.

Life

Helen Clapcott was born in Blackpool in 1952, moving to

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

with her family when she was ten. She now lives in Macclesfield with her husband, the illustrator, Ian Pollock Her work concentrates on the Stockport valley, the

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, and the effects that humankind has on the landscape. Clapcott studied Fine Art at the

Liverpool School of Art The John Lennon Art and Design Building (formerly the Art and Design Academy) in Liverpool, England, houses Liverpool John Moores University's School of Art and Design. The school was formerly located at the Grade II listed Liverpool College of ...

between 1971 and 1975. She won a David Murray Landscape Award which allowed her to paint in Morocco. She undertook postgraduate studies at the

Royal Academy Schools The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

during 1978 and 1979, where she attended alongside her friend and fellow artist Mary Mabbutt.The Northern School: A Reappraisal, Martin Regan At the Academy Schools she won the David Murray Prize three times and the academy purchased her painting ''Life School in the Royal Academy'' for its collection. After graduating from the academy she won the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation scholarship.

Exhibitions

Clapcott has had exhibitions at Osborne Samuels, Messums and Gallery Oldham. In 1984 Clapcott had a series of solo exhibitions at Salford City Art Gallery, the Stockport War Memorial Gallery and at the Ginnel Gallery in Manchester. She also had a solo show in 2003 at Scolar Fine Art.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clapcott, Helen 1952 births Living people 20th-century English painters 21st-century English painters 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English women artists Alumni of Liverpool College of Art Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools English women painters People from Blackpool