Hélène Delprat
Biography

Hélène Delprat

Biography

Hélène Delprat (born in 1957) lives and works in Paris.

She has been teaching drawing at the Beaux-Arts de Paris since 2014 and is head of the studio since October 2019 (Les Explorateurs/Les Inventeurs). She was resident at the prestigious Villa Medici in Rome (IT) from 1982 to 1984.

In the last 5 years, Delprat has had a solo exhibition at galerie carlier I gebauer, Berlin (DE) - September 2018; Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris (FR) - September 2017; Musée des Beaux Arts de Caen (FR) - March 2018, La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR) - June 2017. These last two initiatives were accompanied by the publication of an exhibition catalogue. She also participated in the group exhibition "Mask" at the Kunsthaus Aargauer, Aarau (CH) - August 2019. Her work has already been exhibited, among others, at the Musée Gustave Moreau, the Jeu de Paume or the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, for the Festival Hors Pistes. A monograph Hélène Delprat, Works & Days, was published in September 2017 by Editions Dilecta.

In March 2020, Hélène Delprat opened a solo exhibition "WITH MY VOICE I'M CALLING YOU" at the Kunsthalle in Giessen (DE) and was part of the group exhibition "Sans titre" from the Pinault Collection at the Punta Della Dogana in Venice (IT).

In 2021, her work will be honoured with a solo exhibition: at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona (ES) and at the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris (FR). She will be also part of the group show: Napoléon! Encore?, at the Musée de l'armée for whom the curator is Eric de Chassey.

Collections

Barrett Barrera's Collection, Saint-Louis (US)

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (FR)

Bibliothèque universitaire, Bâle (CH)

Musée cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne (CH)

Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris (FR)

CNAP (Centre National d'Arts Plastiques), Paris (FR)

Collection Emerige, Paris (FR)

FMAC (Fonds Municipal d'Art Contemporain) de la Ville de Paris (FR)

FNAC (Fonds National d'Art Contemporain), Paris (FR)

Fondation Cartier, Paris (FR)

FRAC Alsace (FR)

FRAC Picardie (FR)

FRAC Auvergne (FR)

Collection Antoine de Galbert, Paris (FR)

MoMA, New York, (US)

Musée cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne (CH)

Musée d'Art moderne, Belfort (FR)

Musée d'Art moderne, Strasbourg (FR)

Musée national d'Art moderne, Paris (FR)

Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers (FR)

Museum Ludwig, Budapest, Hongrie (HU)

Musée Russe, Saint Petersbourg, Russie (RU)

Pinault Collection, Paris (FR)

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)

Université d'Alberta, Alberta (CA)