Swiss
Swiss may refer to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internation ...
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
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the mo ...
in Oakland as well as in
Brooks Institute
The Brooks Institute was a private for-profit art school in Ventura, California. It was formerly the Brooks Institute of Photography and was originally based in Montecito and Santa Barbara.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.
Exhibitions
Solo
*1983 "Unnamed exhibition" Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Canada
*1983 "Stille Gesichter" Galerie für Fotografie,
Stuttgart
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Southeast Museum of Photography
The Southeast Museum of Photography is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, on the campus of Daytona State College. It opened in 1992, and moved to a new facility (the Mori Hosseini Center) in 2007.Daytona Beach, Florida
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.
*2006 "Béatrice Helg – an accrochage", Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland.
*2012 "Risonanze",
Museo Fortuny
The Museo Fortuny or Fortuny Museum is an art museum in San Marco, in central Venice, Italy.
The museum is housed in the Palazzo Pesaro Orfei, now often known as Palazzo Fortuny, where Mariano Fortuny (1871–1949) had a studio in the late ni ...
,
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
, Italy.
*2014 "Résonances", Ditesheim & Maffei Fine Art SA,
, Switzerland
*2015 "Cosmos", Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris, France.
*2015 "Cosmos", as part of "Paris Photo", Grand Palais, Paris, France.
Group
* The AIPAD Photography Show, Joel Soroka Gallery, The Park Avenue Armory, New York City, United States
Collections
Helg's works are part of public galleries and museum collections, including
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Build ...
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
The Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (; es, link=no, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno; English: "Valencian Institute of Modern Art"), also known by the acronym IVAM, was the first center of modern art created in Spain, opening in 1989 in the ...
Musée de l'Élysée
Musée de l'Élysée is a museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, entirely devoted to photography. It is a government-supported institution founded in 1985 by Charles-Henri Favrod. It was housed in an 18th-century mansion until October 2020.