Gini Helie

Virginie Helie was born in Nice, in the South of France in 1975. She studied graphics and photography, and worked as a freelance photographer and stylist for 6 years in London UK. One of her clients was LODOWN magazine.
She then moved to Sydney, where she developed a passion for drawing and painting on wood pieces that she found in the streets. Her work is a criss-cross between realistic portraits and abstract patterns, using watercolours, pencils and fluro pens.
She has exhibited at the Artroom Gallery, OUR SPOT Gallery, MonsterChildren Gallery, ZOE MOU Gallery, Spacejunk Gallery, Fat Stores, Dobry Den store and CURVY Book /Yen Show in Sydney.
She is now back to her roots in the South of France and lives on a mountain top where she concentrates on her band MILENKA (which means LOVE in Czech).
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