Visual Artist- Researcher
Dr. in Art and Art Sciences
Lives and works between Saudi Arabia and France
Hélène Mutter is a French visual artist, Dr. in Arts and Art Sciences and academic researcher. In 2020, She obtained her PhD thesis entitled « War and Image Challenges. Art and Visual Devices », awarded by the Marie-Antoinette Van Huele thesis prize of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Free University of Brussels in 2022.
Sensitive to political and social transformations around us using an approach focus on images, she questions the way of looking at the world and documenting it, and especially conflict situations.
In addition to her academic pursuits, she has contributed to peer-reviewed publications and several exhibitions. Helene Mutter's past accomplishments include being a laureate of various awards and grants, her work has been showed and exhibited in France, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and recognized by organizations like the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Ministry of the French Community of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
Since 2023, she lives and works between France and in Saudi Arabia, where she oversees various cultural programs, brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of visual arts and research by following an approach at the crossing of art and theoretical thinking.