Emma Helle
Tervehtijä, 2022
Anagama stoneware, ash-glazing
60 x 22 x 22 cm / 24 x 9 x 9 in
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Emma Helle
Helleborus, 2023
Glazed, gilded anagama porcelain
36 x 18 x 18 cm / 14 x 7 x 7 in
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Emma Helle
Metsänvartija, 2023
Glazed, gilded stoneware
60 x 44 x 18dcm / 24 x 17 x 7 in
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Emma Helle
Green Man Kiss/Metsä suutelee, 2023
Glazed, gilded stoneware
80 x 39 x 32 cm / 32 x 15x 13 in
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Emma Helle Exhibition 2023
Emma Helle
Les gargouilles, 2021
Glazed, Gilded Red Clay
67 x 40 x 40 cm / 26 x 16 x 16 in
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Emma Helle
Coriolis, 2021
Glazed, Gilded Stoneware
67 x 55 x 60 cm / 26 x 22 x 24 in
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Emma Helle
Sottobosco, 2019
Glazed and gilded stoneware
68 x 55 x 40 cm / 26.7 x 21.6 x 15.7 inches
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Emma Helle
Cloudbanker, 2019
Glazed and gilded stoneware
47 x 60 x 35 cm / 18.5 x 23.6 x 13.7 inches
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Emma Helle
Medusa of Pears, 2019
Glazed and gilded stoneware
30 x 15 x 15 cm / 11.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inches
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Emma Helle
Marie Antoinette at Night, 2019
Ceramic (unique)
67 x 42 x 35 cm / 26.3 x 16.5 x 13.7 inches
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Emma Helle exhibition 2019
Emma Helle
Prinsessa Sama, 2018
Glazed, Gilded Stoneware, Gold leaf
67 x 34 x 27 cm / 26.38 x 13.39 x 10.63 inches
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Emma Helle
The Dolphin is Angry, 2018
Glazed, Gilded Stoneware
41 x 58 x 38 cm / 16.14 x 22.83 x 14.96 inches
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Emma Helle
Bergère / Paimentyttö, 2018
Glazed, Gilded Stoneware
43 x 22 x 14 cm / 16.93 x 8.66 x 5.51 inches
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Emma Helle exhibition, 2018
photo: Iina Terho
Born in Stockholm, 1979 | Lives and works in Helsinki
Emma Helle is a Finnish sculptor who casts the spotlight on the marginalized creatures, usually relegated to secondary status in art history. She portrays cherubs and feminine sprites in the starring role, as active agents. Relaxed, unpretentious, and generous in her style of portrayal, she lends soft, curvaceous shapes to the feminine 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.
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.
Emma Helle Takes part in the group show Garden of the Future, at Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva
Emma Helle and Peter Frie take part in a group show at the National Museum in Stockholm
Emma Helle takes part in a group show at the BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
"Along with ART HISTORY, the two are united by a bold, even extravagant use of materials. In Marila's works, the paint literally bursts from the surface of the canvas, and Helle's figures are sensually fleshy. In both cases, the sophistication of the motifs is contrasted by the roughness of the expression."
"The Finnish artist's abundant ceramics are conquering the world: Now the works can be seen in Stockholm alongside Rubens and Matisse"
Read an article about Emma Helle's participation in the group show at the National Museum in Stockholm.
