Details

First Name

Heli

Last Name

Fouchard

Username

helif

Bio

Heli Fouchard, visual artist, originally from Finland,  based now in Panama. She graduated in Art Photography from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. Fouchard navigates the realms of photography and ink with a minimalist approach, seeking to unveil the hidden essence of the world.Living an expatriate life, Heli constantly finds herself in the embrace of change, hopping between countries with a life shaped by arrival and departure dates. This transient lifestyle infuses her work with a unique perspective, capturing the beauty found in the intermediate spaces where one journey ends, and another begins.By delicately exploring the interplay between time and intermediate spaces, delving into the nuanced beauty that exists within the unseen.  By employing a minimalistic aesthetic, Heli invites viewers to appreciate the subtleties of existence, sparking contemplation on the transient nature of time and the spaces that lie between.  

Website

helifouchard.com

Country of residence

Panama

Statement

Statement

In my works, I strive to understand the essence of time and the spaces it creates. Time, as we know, adheres to strict rules, but paradoxically, our emotions have the power to change its pace. This imparts an abstract form to time, a form I incorporate into my works. My personal journey places me in these in-between spaces, moving between different countries, constantly aware of the time of arrival and departure. I aim to make these in-between moments visible by integrating them into the concrete world we see.

In my creative process, I perceive my minimalistic art as an attempt to fathom the complexity of life by looking through the metaphorical lens of a microscope. Instead of solely examining external elements, I also turn inward, delving into the depths of my own being.The theme of time weaves through my work, capturing fleeting moments and the eternal movement of existence. The spaces in between become the intersection of belonging and detachment—a reflection of the dichotomy of the foreign experience. The tension between feeling rooted somewhere and drifting away.

I primarily create photographic art, but in recent years, I have started to use different methods, such as ink on paper, to infuse a sense of process and the sensations of time passing.My art is ultimately an introspective journey, a visual exploration of the complex threads that weave the tapestry of our existence. It is an attempt to understand the complex, impossible, and delicate balance of belonging and detachment.