Greet Helsen presently resides and works in the vicinity of Basel, Switzerland. In 1986, Helsen established her own art school in Dortmund, Germany, which she directed for the ensuing twelve years. Born in 1962 in Hoogstraten, Belgium, Helsen completed her art studies in 1984 under the guidance of Italian painter B. Assenza and continued her independent pursuit of education and artistic endeavors. Helsen conducted art classes at the Assenza Visual Art School Basel in Münchenstein, Switzerland until 2012. Subsequently, she assumed the leadership of the NetzWerk Malerei art school, also located in Münchenstein, Switzerland.
In her abstract works she uses mainly acrylic, but utilizes the medium like watercolor, bringing a lightness into her paintings. The shimmering colors are transparent and are accentuated by ink lines and reflecting and highlighting large swathes of color. This process gives the paintings unmistakable lightness and softness with harmonious combinations of bright color blocks and lines set against white backgrounds.
