Helen Marshall is a British visual artist based in London, United Kingdom. Her practice is rooted in fine art photography, storytelling and new media. She often works with archives, collecting thousands of photographs to tell a story or commemorate an important moment in social and cultural history. Her work is exhibited outside the gallery or museum and is held in private and public collections. In 2016 she incorporated her company The People’s Picture in London and the USA delivering participatory projects in the public realm.

Her portfolio includes exhibitions and commissions for the Kennedy Space Center, The Horniman Museum, The National Memorial Arboretum, Royal College of Surgeons, BBC Television, Tate Britain, The Photographers’ Gallery, Financial Times and Canary Wharf Group. She is an Honorary Member of the Townswomen Guilds, one of the largest women’s organisations in the UK. She won the Nikon Photo International Award in 2002 and she holds a World Record for creating the largest photo mosaic in Birmingham in 2008. She has completed residencies and commissions internationally, and worked in arts and health settings including hospices and hospitals.

She holds a Masters’s Degree in Photographic Arts from Westminster University, London, a Degree in Photography from Bournemouth University, a BA First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from Cardiff University and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Reading. Her additional training and interests include a Postgraduate Certificate in Art Psychotherapy from Goldsmiths College, London, Thai Yoga Massage and an ART Level 1 International in Authentic Relating, Bali.

CNN – A 1,000 square foot mosaic of Ida B. Wells is being installed at Union Station in DC| 2020

Washington Post – Ida B. Wells gets her due as a Black suffragist who rejected movement’s racism| 2020

Smithsonian Magazine – A 1,000-Square-Foot Mosaic of Ida B. Wells Welcomes Visitors to D.C.’s Union Station| 2020

Washington News 4 Tommy McFly – Mosaic at Union Station Honors Pioneering Civil Rights Leader Ida B. Wells| 2020

Washingtonian – A Massive Ida B. Wells Mosaic Is Coming to Union Station| 2020

Washington Post – The best things to do — virtually and in person — while quarantined in the D.C. area| 2020

Now This News – Ida B. Wells Honored With Stunning Mosaic That Celebrates Suffrage & Civil Rights Work| 2020

Fox 5 Washington DC – Massive portrait honouring civil rights leader Ida B. Wells coming to Union Station| 2020

WUSA9 – Women’s suffrage mosaic of Ida B. Wells in Union Station stops travellers, as hundreds of protest photos echo 2020

BBC South East Today | Rainbows for the NHS | 2020

Evening Standard | Art installation celebrating NHS ‘stories of hope’ launches in Piccadilly Circus | 2020

ITV News | NHS ‘Stories of hope’ light up London’s Piccadilly Circus | 2020

NASA Events – Events Celebrating Apollo’s 50th Anniversary – 2019

The New York Times – Apollo 11 Anniversary: How to Celebrate This Weekend – 2019

The Times – Going back to the Moon – 2019

Space.com – Apollo 50th Celebrations to Span 50 States, Times Square, Washington Monument – 2019

Daily Mail – A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on another world – 2019

The Sun – Washington Moonument lit up by spectacular footage of Moon landing to mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 – 2019

BBC London – Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing with Tom Kerss and Helen Marshall – 2019

ITV News – Thousands of selfies help create a mosaic of suffragette – 2018

Royal Photographic Society – The Face of Suffrage – 2018

The Telegraph – Pictures of the Day – 2018

2023 QUEEN’S GREEN CANOPY – Queen’s Green Canopy, UK

2023 LUMBER JILLS – Forestry England, UK

2023  FACES OF SURGERY – Royal College of Surgeons, UK

2022 OUR RIVER – Luton Borough Council, UK

2022 Faces of NHS London – NHS England, UK

2021 #MASSISOLATIONFORMAT – FORMAT Photography Festival, UK

2020 OUR STORY: PORTRAITS OF CHANGE – Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, Washington D.C, USA

2020 RAINBOWS FOR THE NHS – NHS, Piccadilly Lights, UK

2019 THE PEOPLE’S MOON – Kennedy Space Center, USA

2019 I AM HAMMERSMITH – Romulus, 3 Shortlands London, UK

2019 MONA LISA – EY & Atomized Studios, Rome, Italy

2018 MY SNOWMAN – Penguin Random House, Brighton Museums, UK

2018 THE FACE OF SUFFRAGE – Arts Council England, Birmingham New Street, UK

2017 THE FACE OF STOKE-ON-TRENT – City Centre, Stoke-on-Trent Council, UK

2017 DIGITAL GRAFFITI FESTIVAL – Alys Beach, Florida, USA

2017 MARK ZUCKERBERG – Financial Times, London, UK

2016 PROJECT TOBONG – Solo Show, Horniman Museum & Gardens, London, UK

2016 EYE ON THE ROAD – Tower Bridge – Southwark Council, London, UK

2016 ARBORETUM – Exhibitions Centre, The National Memorial Arboretum, UK

2021 FORMAT21: CONTROL, Format Photography Festival, Derby, UK

2020 OUR STORY: PORTRAITS OF CHANGE, Union Station, Washington D.C, USA

2020 RAINBOWS FOR THE NHS, London Piccadilly Lights, UK

2019 THE PEOPLE’S MOON, London Piccadilly Lights, UK

2019 THE PEOPLE’S MOON, Times Square, New York, USA

2019 THE PEOPLE’S MOON, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida, USA

2019 THE PEOPLES MOON, ArtScience Museum, Singapore

2019 THE PEOPLE’S MOON, DG2019 – 12th Annual Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, Florida, USA

2017 NIGHTFALL, DG2017 – 10th Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, Florida, USA

2017 TRADITIONS – The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London, United Kingdom

2016 DRIVE THRU Q PARK – Level -3 , Cavendish Square, London, United Kingdom

2016 PROJECT TOBONG TOURING – Horniman Museum and Gardens, London, United Kingdom

2015 PROJECT TOBONG – Open 1, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2014 PROJECT TOBONG – Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards, Malaysia