This appointment follows a recruitment process conducted by the City of Lyon, in association with the Ministry of Culture, the Metropolis of Lyon, and the Lyon Biennale. Hélia Paukner succeeds Isabelle Bertolotti.
This nomination aims to strengthen the ties between the Biennale and macLYON, two institutions recognized for their contribution to the dynamism of contemporary creation in Lyon and their international influence.
Born in 1983, Hélia Paukner studied at ENS de Lyon between 2003 and 2008. She is also a graduate of the École du Louvre and Sciences Po Paris. Her career includes significant experience, notably as a scientific assistant to the director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon in 2016 and an editorial collaboration with mac Lyon on the Robelin collection in 2022.
A heritage curator specializing in Historical Monuments, from the Institut national du patrimoine (Prosper Merimée class of 2017), she also completed internships at the MoMA in New York and the Louvre Museum. Since 2019, she has been leading the contemporary art department at the Mucem in Marseille.
Hélia Paukner has also participated in various art school juries and artistic residency programs, and contributed to the allocation of creation grants for the DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur between 2020 and 2025.
