About Eleni

Eleni Elsa Léone Gertsch is a self-taught artist who was born and raised in the french part of Switzerland. Though interested in experimenting with all kinds of mediums, Eleni focuses mainly on painting, photography and video.

Being an only child, she spent a lot of time questioning life and art around her. Her father, having an immense passion for art, particularly cinema, shared a lot of his interests with her, giving her an incredible variety of images, sounds and emotions to experience, that helped her build her sensibility towards visual arts in general.

Having grown up in a world in which she didn’t always feel at home, art has always been the way she found to comprehend and to then express abstract feelings and emotions. For her, her artistic process dives deep into her essence as a woman, allowing her to open up and express without fear or restraint.