Hélène Chean

Canalisation, Beaux-Arts de Paris 2018, Oil on Canvas 200x200 cm — **Canalisation**, Beaux-Arts de Paris 2018, Oil on Canvas 200x200 cm

Hélène Chean, born in 1992 in Tremblay-en-France, is a French painter who questions the conflict between man and his environment. Painting, a place of expression to represent unrealistic unrealism, allows him to testify to the vulnerability of humans and nature.

(left to right) Canalisation, Beaux-Arts de Paris 2018, Oil on Canvas, 200x200 cm Autoportrait / Self portrait, Beaux-Arts de Paris 2018, Oil on Canvas 200x240 cm — *(left to right)* **Canalisation**, Beaux-Arts de Paris 2018, Oil on Canvas, 200x200 cm **Autoportrait** / Self portrait, Beaux-Arts de Paris 2018, Oil on Canvas 200x240 cm

Canalisation & Self portrait

Sensitive to epic stories (those which amplify the cruelty of nature) I question the conflict between humans and their environment. Painting, as place of expression to represent unconstrained unrealism, allows me to testify to man's vulnerability to natural hazards. In a context where ecological balance inevitably depends on human intervention, I am also interested in polluted and toxic areas for biodiversity, including humans themselves.
The polluted spaces that I paint reflect traces and itineraries. It could be a street corner I walked through the day before, a hazy memory, or a photo from a trip to the countryside. In the case above (left) these are pipes seen in China.

On the right, the self-portrait which takes the form of a "walk" reflects homelessness. Walking allows me to identify with a place, to develop emotional links with it.

Cycle

To form a fresco at the edge of fiction and reality, the iconography of my paintings brings together a large panel of images including universal myths (Kraken, Umi-Bozu, Nâga ...), the history of art, my personal history (Cambodian memory, childhood), newspapers etc.

Pour former une fresque à la lisère de la fiction et de la réalité, l’iconographie de mes peintures regroupe un large panel d’images incluant des mythes universels (Kraken, Umi-Bozu, Nâga...), l’histoire de l’art, mon histoire personnelle (la mémoire cambodgienne, l’enfance), les journaux etc.

Para formar un fresco al borde de la ficción y la realidad, la iconografía de mis pinturas reúne un gran panel de imágenes que incluyen mitos universales (Kraken, Umi-Bozu, Nâga ...), la historia de arte, mi historia personal (memoria camboyana, infancia), periódicos, etc.

Les poissons volants

Memory of a suspended landscape in Portugal to which I added "flying fish". I frequently resort to fish because they represent easy prey in the face of Man's mad desires for conquest and expansion.

Lavabo, Villa Belleville 2020, Oil on Canvas / huile sur toile / Óleo sobre lienzo , 33x24 cm — **Lavabo**, Villa Belleville 2020, Oil on Canvas / huile sur toile / Óleo sobre lienzo , 33x24 cm

Le lavabo / The sink in which I cleaned my brushes during my residency at Villa Belleville. A painting through which I point out my own behavior to circulate waste in water.

Barbecue

Calm hiking trail in Le Locle (Switzerland) taken in 2019 to which I transposed a rudimentary barbecue photographed in 2014, in a Chinese village near the city of Wenzhou. The canvas (without frame) is suspended and evokes the tarpaulin.

Hélène Chean graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in Paris in 2018, she lives and works in Paris. At the end of her diploma, she became artist in residence in Hamburg as part of the Art School Alliance program and then at the Villa Belleville at the end of 2019.

WEB : http://helenechean.com

Hélène Chean, born in 1992 in Tremblay-en-France, is a French painter who questions the conflict between man and his environment. Painting, a place of expression to represent unrealistic unrealism, allows him to testify to the vulnerability of humans and nature.

Hélène Chean graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in Paris in 2018, she lives and works in Paris. At the end of her diploma, she became artist in residence in Hamburg as part of the Art School Alliance program and then at the Villa Belleville at the end of 2019.

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