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Hélène Bizouerne dissects and reconfigures traditional notions of painting, using media traditionally used in parallel industries and weaving them as the subjects themselves. Blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, imagery and media, her work frequently includes plays on art historical references and traditions. Paintings expand to sculptural forms and sculptures are presented as the remnants of a long gone civilization. Using the process of trial and error with new technique and honing her craft in traditional bronze making, she uses technology to enhance traditional techniques .

Her unconventional methods such as using discarded construction material, moulding packaging material and used fabrics remnants are central to her practice as she continues to explore art-making processes and material in relation to her experiences. Dealing with issues of the fragility of the human life, nature's extraordinary ability to adapt, survive and be reborn, Bizouerne's connection to the environement and human nature is at the forefront of her investigation of tangible languages using the transcendental qualities of artworks, delving into the realm of spiritual or philosophical.

Born in France, Bizouerne currently lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand. She received a BA in Fashion Design from Central St Martins in London in 1996, followed by a MFA from Elam, the University of Auckland in 2023. She worked in the fashion industry in New York for 12 years and started painting full time in Chicago where she lived for 7 years . Witnessing first hand the excess and damages of the apparel industry, she established her own business based on circularity and social justice before moving away from the industry completely. She was a finalist for the Adam Portraiture award in 2022 and shows her work in Auckland. 

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