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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