The following selection retraces 40 years of artistic creation without following a strict chronology. They reflect Ella Helman's artistic experiments with colour, texture and movement.

Sans titre, 1986. Pastel on cardboard. 50 x 65 cm

Voyage dans mes pensées (Voyage through my Mind) series | 2018—2024

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Chupi à Paris, 2018. Oil, acrylic, and pastel on three assembled canvases. 168 x 149 cm

Jardin suspendu, 2022. Oil, acrylic, chain, plastic pot of paint and nails on canvas. 152 x 50 cm

Le roi en vacances, 2018. Oil, acrylic, pastel, tiles, wood, and bolts on two assembled panels. 167 x 154 cm

Voyage dans mes pensées, 2020. Oil, acrylic, bolts and wood on assembled canvases. 106 x 135 cm

Que fis-tu Socrate?, 2019. Oil, acrylic, fragments of newspapers, wood, and bolts on assembled canvases. 150 x 130 cm

Surchauffé, 2018. Oil, acrylic, and pastel on three assembled canvases. 191 x 202 cm

Marcel Proust, 2022. Oil, acrylic, pigment and medicines on plastic plates. Multiple sizes

Voyage dans mes pensées, 2022. Acrylic and various materials glued onto canvas. 113 x 225 cm

Van Gogh, 2020. Painted shoes mounted on a wooden frame

Voyage dans mes pensées, 2020. Oil, acrylic, pastel, wood and bolts on three assembled canvases. 111 x 157 cm

Réalités oniriques II, 2018. Oil, acrylic, pastel, wood panel and frame on two assembled canvases. 175 x 181 cm

Paysage, 2020. Oil, acrylic, rope and plastic on three assembled canvases. 183 x 253 cm

Danse ta vie (Dance your life) series | 2012—2024

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I Can Fly, 2015. Oil, acrylic, and pastel on canvas. 114 x 146 cm

Gravité des anges, 2020. Oil, acrylic, textile, nuts, and bolts on two canvases and two wooden panels to be assembled. 151 x 169 cm

Trois Muses, 2014. Polyptych made of 6 canvases. Oil, acrylic, and pastel on canvas. 240 x 360 cm

La danse, 2015. Quadriptych. Oil, acrylic, and pastel on canvas. 240 x 240 cm

Les trois grâces, 2014. Oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas et pastel. 146x204 cm

Trois Muses III, 2015. Oil, acrylic, and three sketches glued on canvas. 114 x 146 cm

Photo of Ella Helman in front of the work La danse (2015)

Visage du monde (World Face) series

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Fils de l'homme, 2017. Acrylic, oil and pastel on canvas. 120 x 120 cm

La putain du roy, 2010. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 146 x 114 cm

Vénus, 2012. Acrylic on canvas. 130 x 97 cm

Bibliothèque africaine II, 2015. Oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas. 92 x 73 cm

Vénus, 2014. Oil, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas. 130 x 97 cm

Paysages (Landscapes) series | 2017—2018

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La pensée, 2017. Oil, acrylic, pastel, and newspapers fragments glued on linen canvas. 146 x 114 cm

La piscine, 2017. Oil, acrylic, pastel, and newspapers fragments glued on linen canvas. 146 x 114 cm

Îles des Saintes III, 2017. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 146 x 114 cm

Paysage Îles des Saintes, 2018. Acrylic and beach sand on paper. 42 x 30 cm

Paysage Îles des Saintes III, 2017. Oil, acrylic and beach sand on canvas. 146 x 114 cm

Pythagore, 2017. Acrylic and bqch sqnd on pqper. An ensemble of four drawings. 42 x 30 cm each

View of Ella Helman's studio during her residency in Guadeloupe, 2017–2018