Nigel Helyer b. 1951

Also known as Dr Sonique
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (New Media Artist),
  • Curator
Nigel Helyer is an independent sculptor and sound-artist. He is the director of a small multi-disciplinary team “Sonic Objects; Sonic Architecture” with an international reputation for large scale sound-sculpture installations, museum interactives and new media projects.
Tags: Synapse, Sculpture, Sound artist, BEAP, Installation
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participated in
Synapse 6: Dr Nigel Helyer and University of Tasmania
Date
2011
Description

The Synapse initiative supports creative partnerships between scientists and artists through the residency program, a database of international art/science collaborations, an archived discussion list and the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage program, which supports longer-term partnerships between artists and scientists in academic research settings …

Type
Other event
Website
http://scanlines.net/node/5011
curator of
Sonic Difference, Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP)
Date
2004
Place
The Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA
Description

Part of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (Same Difference), staged between 10 September and 12 December 2004.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
BEAP, Sound art, Audio
exhibited at
Sonic Difference, Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP)
Date
2004
Place
The Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA
Description

Part of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (Same Difference), staged between 10 September and 12 December 2004.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
BEAP, Sound art, Audio
exhibited at
Immersion, Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP)
Date
2002
Place
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA
Description

Part of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (Locus), which was staged between 31 July and 15 September, 2002.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Digital, Technology, Body, New media, Electronic art
exhibited at
Metamorphosis
Date
2001
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

An acoustic sculpture installation

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
GNSW annual report & archive index cards; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Metamorphoses / Nigel Helyer. [Sydney]: Art Gallery of New South Wales, c2000
1 folded sheet (5p) : ill (chiefly col) ; 30 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Installation, Sound
exhibited at
Siren song
Date
1992
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

A sculpture/sound installation accompanied by a cassetalogue.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Siren song [sound recording] / Nigel Helyer and Tony McGregor. [Sydney]: Sonic Objects: Sonic Architecture and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, c1992
1 sound cassette (ca 30 mins)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Sculpture, Installation, Sound
exhibited at
Big bella beta
Date
1992
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Big bella beta. Perth: PICA Press, 1992
ISBN 1875386106

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Installation, Sound

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