Helena von Beust (CH, 1988)

Helena von Beust is a journalist, a video artist and a versatile creator. Her work deals with cultural mediation, history and artistic creation. Daughter of a jewelry engraver and a frame gilder, Von Beust was naturally introduced to manual work and drawing; after studying museology, history, art history and journalism, she specialized as a television journalist, dedicating herself in particular to topics such as history and gender equality. In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Swiss women obtaining the right to vote, in 2021 she created ten statues representing prominent women from the Biel/Bienne region and the Bernese Jura and five animated films about their lives, giving life to the ExceptionnELLES project; in 2025 she participated in the Festival of Lights in Morat with the installation “Vasi comunicanti”. She divides her time between Biel/Bienne and Florence.