BIOGRAPHY

Helia Correia is a visual artist with a background in painting, collage, and digital art. Born in Portugal and raised in Northern California, Helia is a dual citizen of the United States and European Union. From a very early age, art has been at the forefront of her identity. She is classically trained as an artist and filmmaker, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Art University, in San Francisco. Her professional trajectory led her to Los Angeles, where she built a successful career in unscripted and documentary television, while continuing to explore her visual style as an interdisciplinary artist. She is known for her surrealist and evocative collage works that explore themes of memory, dreams, and the overlooked beauty in everyday life. Helia lives in New York City, where she continues to cultivate her creative identity as a mixed media artist.

My mixed media and digital collages pay homage to humanity’s collective memories and dreams. Made from recycled bits of old books, magazines, and photographs, I endeavor to create ethereal dreamscapes, exploring themes such as memory, love, loss, and the complexity of feminine energy. Like a Proustian memory, the juxtaposition of seemingly insignificant imagery sometimes has the power to jolt us back into more emotionally potent times- sometimes bringing darkness, but also lightness, joy, and wonder. Through my art, I attempt to visualize some of the most ineffable feelings that we experience throughout our brief journeys on earth, collapsing time, so dreams and reality can become one.

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