Helen Britton is an Australian artist who lives and works in Munich, where she has developed a formidable reputation as one of the world’s most noted jewellers. Her work is informed by her experience of the vast and layered history reflected in the built environment, as she meticulously constructs pieces using precious metals, glass, stones and occasional collected components.  As well, Helen’s work is a meditation on her own history as she engages with artefacts that act as powerful triggers to memory and association.

After completing her MFA by research at Curtin University in Western Australia, she studied under professor Otto Künzli at the Academy of Fine Art, Munich, as part of a post-graduate study project.  In 2002 she established her own studio in Munich working alongside Yutaka Minegishi and David Bielander. Her work continues to be exhibited internationally and is kept in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.