Hélène Jacqz
Born in Paris on 10 February 1964, Hélène Jacqz grew up in Fontenay-aux-Roses. She moved to Paris in 1982 and enrolled at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris (Beaux-Arts) in 1986, drawing from nature and at Le Louvre. An admirer of the Nabis, she obtained her Beaux-Arts diploma in 1991 as well as two scholarships, in 1991 and 1992, to study at the Parsons School of Art in New York (Fullbright and Lavoisier). She returned to France in 1996 and stayed in Fontenay aux roses with her husband, a jazz musician and her daughter. Since this time, she has worked in her studio in Montrouge and exhibits her work in gallerys, art centres and in international exhibitions in France - and - abroad.
The New York Period
Her five years spent in New York, radically influenced Hélène’s artistic concept. She felt the limitations of her realist approach to painting, and began to paint freely, following her emotions, and departed from the reassuring analysis of her work. Inspired by the Cobra movement, and especially by Joan Miro, her work with lines and blotches brought subconscious expression into question. Encountering American painting, in particular that of Motherwell and de Koenning, inspired more personal explorations. Evolution has been the cornerstone of Hélène’s work ever since, and specific influences therein are continually less and less identifiable.
www.helenejacqz.com
Born in Paris on 10 February 1964, Hélène Jacqz grew up in Fontenay-aux-Roses. She moved to Paris in 1982 and enrolled at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris (Beaux-Arts) in 1986, drawing from nature and at Le Louvre. An admirer of the Nabis, she obtained her Beaux-Arts diploma in 1991 as well as two scholarships, in 1991 and 1992, to study at the Parsons School of Art in New York (Fullbright and Lavoisier). She returned to France in 1996 and stayed in Fontenay aux roses with her husband, a jazz musician and her daughter. Since this time, she has worked in her studio in Montrouge and exhibits her work in gallerys, art centres and in international exhibitions in France - and - abroad.
The New York Period
Her five years spent in New York, radically influenced Hélène’s artistic concept. She felt the limitations of her realist approach to painting, and began to paint freely, following her emotions, and departed from the reassuring analysis of her work. Inspired by the Cobra movement, and especially by Joan Miro, her work with lines and blotches brought subconscious expression into question. Encountering American painting, in particular that of Motherwell and de Koenning, inspired more personal explorations. Evolution has been the cornerstone of Hélène’s work ever since, and specific influences therein are continually less and less identifiable.
www.helenejacqz.com
