BEATRICE HELG, née à Genève, Suisse, en 1956, a d'abord étudié le violoncelle au Conservatoire de musique de Genève 

avant de poursuivre des études de photographie au California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland et au Brooks Institute, 

Santa Barbara, Californie ; puis à l'International Center of Photography (ICP) de New York. En 1979, elle participe à 

l'organisation de Venezia '79 – la Fotografia à Venise. En 1981-1982, elle travaille au département des expositions de l'ICP 

à New York.

Béatrice Helg vit et travaille désormais à Genève.


L’oeuvre de l'artiste suisse Béatrice Helg occupe une place unique dans la tradition de la photographie mise en scène et 

construite, développée pour la première fois dans les années 1980. En effet, ses photographies sont loin des images 

hyperréalistes ou narratives, des reconstitutions artificielles de scènes de la vie quotidienne ; au lieu de cela, son travail 

présente des formes abstraites ainsi que des mondes lumineux.



EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES


1979                          Sunprint Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

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1983                          Stille Gesichter, Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich, Suisse

                                      Stille Gesichter, Galerie für Fotografie, Stuttgart, Allemagne

                                      Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Canada

                                      Visages de Silence, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Genève, Suisse

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1984                          Intemporel, Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne, Allemagne

                                      Galerie Pro Photo, Nuremberg, Allemagne

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1986                          The Witkin Gallery, Inc, New York

                                      Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Canada

                                      Visages de Silence  et Géométrie, Fondation Nationale de la Photographie, Lyon

                                      Visages de Silence, Konishiroku Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japon

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1987                          Fotografie, Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Allemagne

                                      Géométries, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, France

                                      Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Genève, Suisse

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1988                          FotoFest – The International Month of Photography, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas

                                      Pierce Street Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

                                      Fotogalerie 68, Hoensbroek, Pays-Bas

                                     The Photographer’s Gallery, Londres, Grande Bretagne

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1989                          Recent cibachrome and Polaroid Photographs, The Witkin Gallery, Inc, New York

                                      Torino Fotografia ’89-Biennale Internationale, Turin, Italie

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1991                          Découvertes 91 : Art Actuel - Photographie, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Grand Palais, Paris

                                      Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris

                                      Perspectives, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Genève, Suisse

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1992                          Perpendiculum, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

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1993                          Theaters of light : Photographs by Béatrice Helg, The Museum of Contemporary Photography,Columbia  College, Chicago, Illinois

                                      Théâtres de la lumière, Derby Photography Festival 1993 : The City, old Crown Court, Derby,  Grande Bretagne

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1994                          Escaliers, dans le cadre de Stairs Genève de Peter Greenaway, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Genève

                                      Artchitectonic Illusion, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona, Floride

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1995                          Spatial Illusions, Jayne H.Baum Gallery, New York

                                      Espace-lumière, à l’occasion de la réouverture du Musée de la photographie, Charleroi, Belgique

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1996                          Espai-llum, Primavera Fotografica 1996, Verena Hofer Galeria d’art, Barcelone, Espagne

                                      Theater of light : Cibachrome prints 1990-95, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

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1997                          Theater of light : Cibachrome prints 1990-95 - part II, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen

                                      Scala, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Suisse

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1998                          Espace-lumière, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Genève, Suisse

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2000                          Annual Meeting 2000 of the world Economic Forum, Centre des Congrès, Davos, Suisse

                                      A la lumière de l’ombre, Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris

                                      Présence et transparence, Galerie Ditesheim, Neuchâtel, Suisse

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2001                          Béatrice Helg: ten years, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, Californie

                                      Presence, Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, Californie

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2002                          Equilibrium, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

                                      De l’ombre à la lumière, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Genève, Suisse

                                      Equilibrium- Part II, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

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2003                          Equilibrium- Part II, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

                                      Matières d’oeuvre(s), Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse

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2004                          Art Chicago 2004, Joel Soroka Gallery, Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

                                      Eloge de l’Ephémère, Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris

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2005                          Luminous Space, Jan Krugier Gallery, New York

                                      Light, Space, Matter : Recent works, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

                                      Crépuscule, 6è rencontres photographiques en Sud-Gironde, Eglise Saint-Martin de Montphélix,  Pondaurat, France

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2006                          Béatrice Helg, Museum Tinguely, Bâle, Suisse

                                      IVAM, Institut Valencià d’Art Moderne, Valence, Espagne

                                      Rencontres d’Arles, Chapelle Saint-Martin du Méjan, Arles

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2007                          Twilight, Martin Summers Fine Arts Ltd, London, Grande Bretagne

                                      Dans la lumière de l’illusion, Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris

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2008                          Métamorphoses, Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Genève, Suisse

                                      A Metaphysical World, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

                 

        

COLLECTIONS (sélection)


ALLEMAGNE      Deutsche Leasing AG, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Germany


AUTRICHE            International Polaroid Collection, part of the OstLicht Collection, Vienna, Austria

                            

BELGIQUE             Musée de la photographie à Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium

                                      S.W.I.F.T., Brussels, Belgium


CANADA                Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

                                      National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

                                      Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

                                      National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada


ETATS-UNIS          American General Corporation, Houston, Texas
                                      Bank One, Houston, Texas

                                      Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection, New York
                                      Goldman Sachs & Co, New York

                                      International Center of Photography, New York
                                      International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
                                      Prudential Insurance, New York
                                      Allen and Kelli Questrom Collection, Dallas, Texas
                                      Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas
                                      Albert Small Collection, Washington D.C.
                                      Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida

                                      The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                      The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas

                                      Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
                                      American General Corporation, Houston, Texas

                                      Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection, New York
                                      Goldman Sachs & Co, New York

                                      International Center of Photography, New York
                                      International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York

                                      Prudential Insurance, New York
                                      Allen and Kelli Questrom Collection, Dallas, Texas
                                      Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas
                                      Albert Small Collection, Washington D.C.
                                      Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida

                                      The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                      The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas


ESPAGNE               IVAM – Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain


FRANCE                  Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France

                                      Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France

                                      Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse, France
                                      Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens, France
                                      Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
                                      Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France


LUXEMBOURG  Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat du Luxembourg, Luxembourg

                                                

SUISSE                      Bank Julius Baer, Geneva Branch, Geneva, Switzerland

                                      Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland
                                      Bank von Ernst & Co. Ltd., Geneva, Switzerland
                                      Banque Cantonale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

                                      Cabinet cantonal des estampes, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland

                                      Cabinet des estampes du Musée d’art et d’histoire, Genève; Geneva, Switzerland
                                      Credit Suisse, Geneva, Switzerland

                                      Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny (Geneva), Switzerland
                                      Fonds d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
                                      Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

                                      Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur, Switzerland

                                      Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland
                                      Hôpital Cantonal de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

                                      Musée d’art et d’histoire de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
                                      Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

                                      Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland

                                      Trafigura Beheer B.V. Amsterdam, Geneva, Switzerland
                                      Unigestion, Inc. Geneva, Switzerland
                                      UBS, Geneva, Switzerland
                                      Unigestion, Inc. Geneva, Switzerland
                                      UBS, Geneva, Switzerland




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