About henrie Richer
Henrie is developing a multi-disciplinary body of work in painting, photography and engraving with the objective to combine these different mediums.
She is inspired by the great colourists Matisse and David Hockney and women figurative artists, such as Alice Neal, Marlene Dumas, and Mickalene Thomas. Also the pioneering photographers Ute Barth, Sara Moon, Saul Leiter and Yolande.
Her work draws from myth, Western art history and current visual culture to celebrate the resilience of women. Currently she is building a body of work that denounces violence against women and in particular femicide, the intentional murder of women or girls because they are women.
« Feminism never killed anyone.
Misogyny kills every day. »
Benoîte Groult
Writer, Feminist, Politician, Journalist and Novelist (1920 – 2016)
background
Henrie was born (July 1964) and raised in the south of England. As a child, she wanted to be a painter, like her mother. However, after failing the entrance exam for art school, she went on to study French, Italian and Art history at the University of Kent, in Canterbury.
She left the UK after graduating to live in Paris with her future husband, with whom she has two daughters. She worked in English language training, translation and freelance journalism. She created a photography business in 2017 and wrote essays for the feminist magazine Foto Femme United, throughout 2021.
During the pause imposed by the Covid pandemic, she decided to return to her teenage ambition and applied to art school. She is currently attending the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Versailles, France, as a mature student. She graduated in 2024.
EDUCATION.
2022 - 2024
BFA at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Versailles, France.
2017
Registered business owner as Auteur/Artiste Photography.
2010 – 2014
Photography workshops in Paris with American photographer, Meredith Mullins.
1986
B.A.Hons French/Italian/Art History - The University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
EXHIBITIONS.
October 2024 – La Nuit de la Création – Exhibition of a photographic commission “Versailles Intemporel”, at the Open University of Versailles.
January 2024 - Affinités IV - Group exhibition at the gallery of the École des Beaux-Arts, Versailles.
May / June 2023 – La Fête de l’Estampe 11e - Group exhibition in engraving at the gallery of the École des Beaux-Arts, Versailles.
February 2023 - Affinités III - Multidisciplinary group exhibition at the gallery of the École des Beaux-Arts, Versailles.
2021 - 2022 - Barcelona Foto Biennale, Fine Art & Documentary Photography with a series of photographs of the Chateau de Versailles.
awards.
2020
First prize in the Architecture category of the 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Woman Photographers.