My work focuses on responsibility and interconnectedness. I strongly believe that Western society, dominated by greed and control, needs to open the heart in order for the next generations to survive. I started using the arts for social change after working with a Lakota activist in 2005. I am in ongoing conversations with an enrolled member of San Felipe Pueblo, NM, an activist who cares about the community and its future. 

I see the artist as one who inquires, one who challenges, one who bridges, one who can hopefully bring about some healing, or at least start conversations, with communities at large, across the board. 

My collages use simple geometric shapes, which can be contrasted with more organic ones. I use some markings and incorporate various worn materials. Structures can be challenged, revisited, shifted, and reframed, both visually and metaphorically. 

Hélène Falcon is a French-American artist based in Salem, Massachusetts. She recently exhibited at the Van Der Plas Gallery in New York City;  the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA; and the Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA. The artist holds a BFA from Paris VIII University and a Master in Art History from Panthéon-Sorbonne. She maintains a studio in Salem. Her work is in private collections in the US and France.