Helena Foster

Helena Foster (b. 1988, Benin City, Nigeria) is a London based painter. She graduated from Camberwell College of Art, London, with a BA in Painting in 2010. Foster’s paintings seek to capture the day-to-day conflicts and complexities that engulf every household. Working with photography as her starting point, she rephotographs pre-existing imagery taken from family photo albums and film, often referencing Nigerian Cinema.