Beatrice Helg

Beatrice Helg
Born1956 (1956) (age 64)
Geneve
NationalitySwiss
Known forPhotography, visual arts

Beatrice Helg is a Swiss photographer.

Biography

Béatrice Helg was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1956. Firstly, she studied cello at the Geneva Music Conservatory. After that she studied photography at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland as well as in Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. She also studied photography at International Center of Photography in New York. Helg took part in the organization of La Fotografia in Venice 79 photography exhibition. Helg lives and works in Geneva. Béatrice Helg is known for fusion of still life photography with geometric abstraction as well as using industrial materials.[1]

Exhibitions

Solo
  • 1983 "Unnamed exhibition" Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1983 "Stille Gesichter" Galerie für Fotografie, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 1983 "Stille Gesichter" Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 1983 "Visages de Silence". Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland [2]
  • 1994 "Architectonic Illusion", Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida.[3]
  • 2006 "Béatrice Helg – an accrochage", Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland.[4]
  • 2012 "Risonanze", Museo Fortuny, Venice, Italy.[5]
  • 2014 "Résonances", Ditesheim & Maffei Fine Art SA, Neuchâtel, Switzerland [6]
  • 2015 "Cosmos", Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris, France.[7]
  • 2015 "Cosmos", as part of "Paris Photo", Grand Palais, Paris, France.[8]

Group
  • The AIPAD Photography Show, Joel Soroka Gallery, The Park Avenue Armory, New York City, United States[9]

Collections

Helg's works are part of public galleries and museum collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[10] Minneapolis Institute of Art,[11] Albert H. Small Collection,[12] National Gallery of Canada,[13] George Eastman Museum, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Maison européenne de la photographie, Musée de l'Élysée, Museum Tinguely.

Bibliography
  • Béatrice Helg : à la lumière de l'ombre (in French). Arles. 2006. ISBN 2742761756.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2016-02-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Beatrice Helg". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. http://www.kingchampbooks.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=5729
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.invenicetoday.com/musei/mostre/palazzo_fortuny/mostra_beatrice_helg_risonanze.htm
  6. https://www.artsy.net/show/ditesheim-and-maffei-fine-art-beatrice-helg-resonances-photographs
  7. http://www.thessa-herold.com/pages/expositions/expositions-passes.html
  8. http://www.parisphoto.com/paris/artists/beatrice-helg
  9. "2015 The AIPAD Photography Show New York". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  10. "Béatrice Helg". Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  11. "Helg Beatrice". Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  12. "The Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection". Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  13. "Béatrice Helg". Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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