Belynda Henry as a multiple Wynne and Archibald prize finalist is one of Australia’s leading landscape painters. She is also a member of Australian Watercolour Society.
Reception Henry is known for her 'evocative paintings' and her works have been exhibited over 30 solo shows. The Age recently included her in the feature story, ‘Seven Artists You Should Invest in Now’. In 2019 Henry has been featured in Thames & Hudson’s tome, ‘A Painted Landscape’ – featuring the works of landscape artists including, Elizabeth Cummings, John Olsen, Ann Thompson, Rick Amor among other notable landscape painters. Most recently in a sell-out show in New York, a majority of her works were acquired by style arbiter and collector Christian Louboutin.
Notable works In 2020 Henry's solo exhibition at the Australian Galleries featured the sounds of recorded bird calls from around the artist's studio as well as a suspended sculptural installation by floral artist Tracey Deep. The exhibition To Paint Is To Love was reported to be a 'sensory and immersive experience' for the audiences as Vogue mentioned, "Henry is creating an immersive show that will capture the sounds and sights of her rural Central Coast studio to give visitors a sense of where her pieces are formed and how she works".
Selected solo exhibitions
2020 ‘to paint is to love’, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2020 ‘The Space Between’, Olsen Gruin, New York 2019 ‘Waterfalls and Waterholes’, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2019 ‘Reflections’, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne 2018 ‘Landscape Lines’, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2017 ‘Wanderer’, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne 2016 ‘Distance’, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne 2016 ‘Living colour’, Olsen Irwin Works on Paper, Small Paintings and Sculpture, Sydney 2016 ‘Mountain Sky’, The Design Files, Sydney 2016 Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne 2015 ‘Higher’, Koskela, Sydney 2014 ‘Open House’, The Design Files, Melbourne 2014 ‘Overgrown’, The Design Files, Melbourne 2014 ‘Jigsaw’, Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, QLD 2012 ‘Colour My World – New Sculptures and Paintings’, Richard Martin Art, Sydney 2010 ‘Overview’, Richard Martin Art, Sydney 2007 ‘Shimmer’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth 2007 ‘Shadows of Nature’, Richard Martin Art, Sydney 2006 ‘Recent Paintings’, Libby Edwards Galleries, Brisbane 2005 ‘Life and Paddocks’, Richard Martin Art, Sydney 2005 ‘New Paintings’, Gallery 460, Green Point, NSW 2005 ‘Driving’, Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney 2004 ‘Still Life Paintings’, Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne 2004 ‘New Paintings’, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide 2004‘New Paintings’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth 2003 Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney 2002 Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne 2002 ‘Paddock Lines’, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide 2001 ‘Floating Over Paddocks’, Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW 2001 ‘Light and Paddocks’, Avoca Fine Arts Gallery, Avoca, NSW 1999 ‘Love, Light and Paddocks’, Avoca Fine Arts Gallery, Avoca, NSW 1996 ‘And Anywhere Is’, Avoca Fine Arts Gallery, Avoca, NSW 1994 ‘Playing in the Secret Garden’, Avoca Fine Arts Gallery, Avoca, NSW
Sources
Art Almanac, April 2014, p. 54 Feagins Lucy; "Jigsaw", The Design Files, March 2014 Giles Auty; "After the Bald was over", The Weekend Australian, March 2000 McClelland, Anna: “Celebrated artist Belynda Henry exhibits at Koskela”, Buro 24/7, March 2015 Parker Loni; "Autumn Colours", Adore Home Magazine, March 2014 Style curator, October 2014 Vogue Living, July – August 2018, p. 36 Vogue, July 2018, p. 76 – 77 "Works on paper", Inside Out Magazine, August 2014, p. 40
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