Her PhD thesis "The Gendered Economic and Symbolic Values in Contemporary British Painting" was subsequently acquired by the publishers I.B.
[3] Helen Gørrill's artwork explores ideas about time, history and reality; using contemporary imagery that juxtaposes with the Old Masters she sets out to reappropriate.
Helen Gørrill's collaged and painted portraits have been commissioned from prestigious clients such as the new Bankside Hotel adjacent to Tate Modern in London.
[8] She also writes for The Guardian on matters of equality and diversity in the arts, arguing that publicly funded museums are partly responsible for discrimination and the low visibility of contemporary female artists operating today.
[11] Gorrill's book Women Can't Paint: Gender, the Glass Ceiling and Values in Contemporary Art was published in 2020.