BIOGRAPHY
RIA DE HENAU (°1954, Geraardsbergen, Belgium) lives and works in Ghent.
Ria De Henau develops a body of work centred on perception, memory and psychological presence.
Using classical oil painting techniques derived from the Old Masters, she constructs her paintings through a slow process of layered glazing, allowing light to emerge
from within the image rather than from its surface.
Her practice moves between figuration and conceptual reflection.
Photographic precision is combined with deliberate restraint: the image appears familiar, yet remains elusive. Faces, children, animals and fragments of environment
are not de picted as narrative subjects but as carriers of psychological tension and silence.
Time is an essential component of her method. Paintings evolve over extended periods, sometimes years,
in which technical control and observation are used to distil an image to its essential form.
The work does not aim at representation alone, but at presence.
Alongside her studio practice, De Henau founded the Platform for Art and Technique (PKT),
where she transmits traditional oil painting methods to advanced painters.
Her work is held in private collections.
Biographie (FR)RIA DE HENAU (°1954, Geraardsbergen, Belgique) vit et travaille à Gand.
Ria De Henau développe une œuvre centrée sur la perception, la mémoire et la présence psychologique. À l’aide de techniques classiques de peinture à l’huile inspirées
des maîtres anciens, elle construit ses tableaux par un lent processus de glacis successifs, laissant la lumière émerger de l’intérieur de l’image plutôt que de sa surface.
Sa pratique se situe entre figuration et réflexion conceptuelle. La précision photographique y est associée à une retenue volontaire : l’image semble familière tout en
demeurant insaisissable.
Visages, enfants, animaux et fragments d’environnement ne sont pas représentés comme des sujets narratifs, mais comme porteurs de tension psychologique et de silence.
Le temps constitue un élément essentiel de sa méthode. Les peintures évoluent sur de longues périodes, parfois sur plusieurs années, durant lesquelles
maîtrise technique et observation permettent de réduire l’image à sa forme essentielle. L’objectif n’est pas seulement la représentation, mais la présence.
Parallèlement à sa pratique d’atelier, De Henau a fondé le Platform for Art and Technique (PKT), où elle transmet les méthodes traditionnelles de peinture à l’huile
à des peintres avancés.
Ses œuvres font partie de collections privées.
CV
2025
* KUNSTGALERIJ BART WOUTERS - Brasschaat - www.bartwouters.be - permanent representation (B)
2024
* "WATER ECHOES" - group exhibition 10/05 - 22/06 - Warnars & Warnars Art Dealers -Haarlem/ Naarden www.warnarsartdealers.com - (NL)
2023
* KNAF - KNOKKE ART FAIR (B)
* SOLO - exhibition - "WATER" ANTWERPEN - ART GALLERY (B)
* Galerie PAUL JANSSEN,-permanent representation - ST - TROPEZ - (FR))
2022
* EXPO ANTWERPEN (B)
° 10th BIENALE OF LIEGE contemporary ART- l’Espace Prémontrés à Liège. (B)
° GALERIE VON BRAUNBEHRENS -permanent representation - STUTTGART - (G)
* Galerie PAUL JANSSEN,- -permanent representation - ST TROPEZ - (FR))
2021
° GALERIE VON BRAUNBEHRENS - "MOUNTAINS " - " BERGE" - group exhibition - STUTTGART - (G)
° GALERIE VON BRAUNBEHRENS - "TISCHLEIN DECK DICH" group exhibition - STUTTGART - (G)
- GALLERY VAN DUN – OISTERWIJK + permanent representation (NL)
- Galerie PAUL JANSSEN, ST -TROPEZ -permanent representation (FR))
2020
° GALLERY VAN DUN – OISTERWIJK – duo exhibition HARALD SMITZ – SMELTZER and RIA DE HENAU + permanent representation (NL)
- Galerie PAUL JANSSEN, ST -TROPEZ -permanent representation (FR)
- SMART COAST GALLERY - Napels Sorrento - permanent representation (IT)
- Galerie PAUL JANSSEN, ST -TROPEZ exhibition « CLAIR OBSCURE » (FR)
2019
* Galerie PAUL JANSSEN, -permanent representation - ST -TROPEZ - (FR)
- H2EAU - Galerie PAUL JANSSEN, ST -TROPEZ (FR)
- SMART COAST GALLERY - Napels Sorrento (IT)
2018
* Galerie PAUL JANSENS _ ST - TROPEZ : LUXEMBOURG ART FAIR - foire internationale d'art contemporain LUXEXPO THE BOX (LU)
- Galerie PAUL JANSSEN - 1 Place de l'Eglise - 83310 GRIMAUD “ HYPERREALISM & SUMMER VIBES “ (FR)
2017
* LE BEAU BIZARRE - château de WAROUX -World Art Day , birthday of Leonardo Da Vinci, director of the exhibition : LUCIEN RAMA - group- exhibition (B)
- GALERIE PAUL JANSSENS ST -TROPEZ & GRIMAUD - (FR)
2016
* AD Gallery, Ghent (B)
2015
* RDH on show – open studio at the artist’s home in Ghent (B)
- FK Gallery, Grand Sablon, Brussels : permanent representation (B)
- Albemarle Gallery, London : ‘Realisme’ exhibition (UK)
- Art Fair Luxemburg (LU)
2014
° Red Sea Gallery, Singapore: permanent representation (SG)
- Liehrmann Gallery, Liège : ‘Art de vivres’ exhibition (B)
- Kunstencentrum België, Hasselt : ‘Re:Inspiration’ exhibition (B)
- Leonhard’s Gallery, Antwerp-Brasschaat : permanent representation (B)
- Red Sea Gallery, Singapore: permanent representation (SG)
- Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges-Knokke : permanent representation (B)
2013
° Leonhard’s Gallery, Antwerp-Brasschaat : permanent representation (B)
- Red Sea Gallery, Singapore: permanent representation (SG)
- Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges-Knokke : permanent representation (B)
- De Chêne Gallery, Merksplas : ‘Inspiring Encounters’ exhibition (B)
- Schortgen Gallery, Beaumont, Luxemburg (LU)
2012
° Selected member of ‘World-Class Painters of Today’, Gallery France (FR)
- Art Ghent, Ghent (B)
- RDH on show: open studio at the artist’s home in Ghent (B)
- De Chêne Gallery (B)
- ARTE Gallery, Mullem (B)
2011
° Lineart Art Fair, Flanders Expo, Ghent (B)
- Absolute Art Gallery -Wintersalon, Knokke & Bruges (B)
- Absolute Art Gallery - Zeedijk 806, Knokke : opening (B)
- Groepstentoonstelling ‘ISEL’ – Be-PART Waregem (B)
2010
° Absolute Art Gallery- Lineart International Art Fair, Flanders Expo, Ghent (B)
- Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges : solo exhibition (B)
- Amaterasu Gallery, Wouwse Plantage (NL)
- Art Laren, art fair, Laren (NL)
- Kunstsalon, Eindhoven (NL)
2009
° Absolute Art Gallery, Lineart International Art Fair, Flanders Expo, Ghent (B)
- Leonhard Gallery, Antwerp (B)
- Art Thema Gallery, Brussels (B)
- Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges : ‘Summer Connections’ group - exhibition (B)
2008
- Absolute Art Gallery - International Art Fair, Flanders Expo, Ghent (B)
- Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges : solo exhibition (B)
2007
° Absolute Art Gallery, permanent representation BRUGES (B)
- Veen en Vendelbosch Gallery, Dordrecht SOLO EXHIBITION (NL)
2006 - 1986
- Cheffertons, Antwerp : permanent representation (2004-2006) (B)
- Horse Parade, Eeuwfeestpaleis, Brussels (2004) (B)
- Classics, Kortrijk (2003) (B)
- C. Berquin antiques, Knokke : permanent representation (2002-2005) (B)
- Roeselare : dual exhibition Waldo Vangheluwe & Ria de Henau : home NUYTTENS (1986) (B)
PRESS & PUBLICATION
2021
° ART ALAM STUTTGART https://www.art-alarm.de/galerie-von-braunbehrens
2020
- Magazine Pure Saint-Tropez JUILLET
- Galerie PAUL JANSSEN, Saint-Tropez www.galeriepj.com exhibition « CLAIR OBSCURE » (FR)
2019
- Magazine Pure Saint-Tropez AOUT
2015
- ‘LANGS WEGEN VAN LICHT’, Jean-Paul Van Der Poorten. Art and poetry by Dutch-speaking Belgian artists and poets (B)
- M.A. – MUTUAL-ART.com – Ad for collective exhibition of contemporary realist paintings, Albemarle Gallery, London (UK)
- Tim Forrest’s E & A – Art and Antiques – Albemarle Gallery (UK)
- ART SLANT LONDON magazine – collective exhibition, Albemarle Gallery, London (UK)
- TWEED TUNNEL – Albemarle Gallery, London (UK)
2014
- DE BLAUWE ENGEL – cultural magazine (B)
- LOCHRISTINAAR – publication ‘Buiten de lijntjes’ – guest speaker at opening of exhibition, WZC Sint-Pieter, Lochristi (B)
- EXPAT LIVING, magazine, Red Sea Gallery, Singapore
- THE AMERICAN CLUB, Red Sea Gallery, Singapore
- CULTUURPLATFORM – Hasselt Limburg – Re:Inspiration – Art and Music by Fien Descheemaker (B)
2013
- BRUGES EXCLUSIVE – magazine – Absolute Art Gallery (B)
2012
- ONDER OX magazine - De Chène Gallery, Merksplas (B)
- maXLlife magazine – ARTE Gallery – Harmony of Tranquillity and Art in Beautiful Mullem (B)
- The designmobius – bloglist Tom Mulliner – Photorealists and Hyperrealists (UK)
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- OUT by Netevents – group exhibition – Absolute Art Gallery (B) (2011)
- ISEL magazine no. 38 – Be-Part – Platform for Contemporary Art, Waregem (B) (2010)
- ISEL lifestyle magazine – Hugo Brutin (B) (2010)
- LIGHT-BRIDGE book & exhibition – Absolute Art Gallery (B) (2008)
- FLANDERS TODAY magazine – Stephanie Duval for Absolute Art Gallery (B) (2008)
- FINE ARTS MAGAZINE – ‘TABLEAU’ – exhibition at Veen and Vendelbosch Gallery, Dordrecht (NL) (2007)
- LOOK OUT magazine, 2006-2007 (B) (2007)
- De Standaard – Horse Parade (B) (2005)
- STEPS – Ronny De Schepper (B) (1996)
- FLAIR – Hilde Bouchez (B) (1996)
- HET VRIJE LEVEN – interview met Farida 0’Seery (B) (1995)
WORK IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Germany
- France
- The Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- St Petersburg
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Singapore
- New York
- Miami
- Monaco
- Libanon
- New - Zealand