Isabella Helms, Digital Curator
Isabella obtained her MA in Art History and Museum Curating from the University of Sussex in 2020. Her studies had a strong focus on museum inclusivity and social justice within the arts sector. She currently works for a Fine Art Gallery in the South West.
Isabella’s work for Agora has drawn her interest to Digital Art’s positive impact on artistic communities. With endless ways to exhibit, discuss and learn, Isabella believes that digital platforms are elevating contemporary art, with female and non-binary artists at the forefront of this exciting movement. She is thrilled to be working alongside Agora’s curatorial team to create engaging exhibitions, residencies and podcasts.
Isabella Helms’ s Portfolio for Agora
Curator and Talk Moderator
Artists Residencies
Stories and Podcasts
Honey I’m Home – Amiss Collective
What springs to mind when you think about the ‘domestic space’? Do your thoughts take you to the comforts of home or the place you can be most yourself? Isabella Helms | Ed [...]
Honey, I’m Home 😉 – Amiss Collective
Residents: Raluca Moldoveanu and Alice Prum (Amiss Collective) Amiss Collective, Honey, I'm Home 😉 (2021) © Courtesy of the artists Raluca Moldoveanu and Alice Prum. [...]
Mothers in Digital Art – Wednesday Kim and Flavia Visconte
Beyond the romanticised idea of (m)otherhood, does this "condition" changed with the symbiosis of technology and the artist's life? What are the stereotypes at play? Isabella Helms | Ed YoungMi Lamine | recorded: [...]
Wednesday Kim
Wednesday Kim Through sharing her perception of trauma, human psychology and identity, Wednesday Kim creates Digital Art with a human touch. Isabella Helms | Ed Peter Traynor | 27 June 2020 [...]
wwwunderkammer from XR to social VR – Carla Gannis
wwwunderkammer from XR to social VR – Carla Gannis wwwunderkammer appeals to the 16th century “Cabinets of Curiosity” to consider the uncanny complications of grounded reality and virtual reality, nature and artifice, science [...]
The Immersive Kind: A Space for Emerging Interdisciplinary Digital Artists with an X-factor
Many have tried to create an artistic community that welcomes non-binary and emerging artists. UK-based, global collective The Immersive Kind are experts in the matter, providing a 24/7 inclusive online community and platform for [...]
Claudia Hart: How Her Latest Digital Art Exhibition Got Meta
While today’s reality is bound to four walls for most of us, digital art offers us endless ways to reimagine it, for example online or in a gallery space. How we chose to engage [...]
Seeking Perfection in Imperfection
The mark of what determines ‘perfection’ is one that is constantly changing, particularly regarding the female body. Isabella Helms | Ed YoungMi Lamine | 25 October 2020 [...]
(M)otherhood: Online, Offline and in Lockdown
Benigson uses the terms “Fattening” and “flattening” are words that we can physically feel on our fingertips. As something expands and contracts, our mind is drawn to matters of the flesh; the fullness of [...]
How women subvert the art world using digital art
Can women artists beat men with their own tools? That's what we going to discover with Gretchen Andrew and Penny Slinger in this first Agora Talk. Isabella Helms | Ed Francesca Gransden | [...]