Hélène Longval

Helene Longval lives and works in Montreal. She has more than twenty years of experience as an artist, enriched by her university studies in visual arts and education. She intuitively explores the richness of mixed media through an abstract style on canvas, wood, or paper.

Helene Longval’s works are part of the Desjardins Securities collection (30 paintings acquired in 2015–2016). Her career has been marked by numerous exhibitions in Quebec and internationally (Austria, France, Italy, Indonesia, Morocco).


Artistic Approach

Helene Longval transforms the canvas into a realm where chaos and harmony coexist in a unique way.

Her creative process begins with a visceral impulse, guided by the unconscious: the artist builds and deconstructs, layer by layer, with intensity and in a random manner, before her reflection steps in to structure the space and calm the gesture. In her abstract compositions, which combine acrylic with mixed media, Helene Longval crafts an archaeology of memory by incorporating her own papers—featuring repetitive patterns or scribbles, scrap paper, or fragments of earlier works.

True slices of history, these fragments—whether visible or not—symbolize the passage of time, while spontaneous brushstrokes bring the material to life. By exploring the silence and the interplay of forms, Helene Longval presents an authentic body of work that serves as a refuge from the current reality of the world.