Emma Helle b. 1979

Born in Stockholm, 1979 | Lives and works in Helsinki

Emma Helle is a Finnish sculptor who casts the spotlight on marginalized creatures, usually relegated to secondary status in art history. Relaxed, unpretentious, and generous in her style of portrayal, she lends soft, curvaceous shapes to the bodies with a breadth and richness of expression that evokes canonical works from art history. Throughout the ages, there have always been specific conventions that have dictated the portrayal of the human body, a legacy that Helle addresses through a dual lens of art history and corporeality. Lush, thriving vegetation entwines itself around human figures in Helle’s sculptures. The plants cling to the space and the figures, supporting them and themselves being supported. 

Emma Helle is a graduate of the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts. Her work is represented in many private and public collections, including the State Art Collection, the Helsinki Art Museum HAM, and the Pro Artibus Collection. She has had several solo exhibitions, including the Turku Art Museum, and she has taken part in group exhibitions at the Mänttä Art Festival, Kunsthalle Helsinki, and the Espoo Museum of Modern Art EMMA, Finland.
 

Galerie Forsblom has been representing Emma Helle since 2018.