Helen Bodycomb, Artistic Director

Movimento nelle foglie	Madonna and Child	Flora
Helen's recent mosaics

Helen was born in Adelaide , South Australia in 1964. Her art training includes completion of a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (majoring in Painting) from Victoria College in 1990, and a Graduate Diploma of Fine Art (Painting - Monash University). Helen began working as a Mosaicist in 1996.

In 1997 Helen commenced a fruitful working partnership with Turkish born and trained mosaicist, Enver Camdal. As Camdal and Bodycomb, Enver and Helen were awarded back-to-back major public art commissions in Melbourne and Sydney over a three year period.

In 2000 Helen was honoured to be invited by one of Italy's most highly respected glass mosaic companies - Bisazza, to undertake a mosaic sabbatical based at the world acclaimed 'Scuola di Mosaicisti del Friuli' in Spilimbergo, 1 hour north of Venice. With funding assistance from the Australia Council for the Arts and from Arts Victoria, in June 2001 Helen went to Italy to develop her work under the mentorship of Mosaic Maestro, Giulio Candussio.

Since 2001 Helen has further developed HBM's unique mosaic work by merging ancient and contemporary laying styles and techniques, executed with the highest level of expertise. Inspired by her Italian experience, Helen now brings an even richer range of skills and exciting visions to clients in Australia and overseas, who are seeking a genuinely innovative approach to mosaic.

Helen is the Artistic Director of Helen Bodycomb Mosaics, a Board Member of Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and is a Mosaic Tutor with the Council of Adult Education in Melbourne, Victoria. Helen has been invited to present at the Mosaic Association of Australia's Mosaic Symposium in Sydney May 2005 and she is involved in organizing a major exhibition of mosaics from the 'Scuola di Mosaicisti del Friuli' Italy, to tour regionally in Australia in 2006.