ABOUT
Born in 1964 in the United Kingdom.
Lives and works in the Île-de-France region.
1986 - BA Hons, University of Canterbury, French/Italian/Art History.
Since 2017 - Independent Artist and Photographer.
2024 - BFA, École des Beaux-Arts de Versailles.
As a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, photography, and printmaking, Henrie uses her creative practice to shed light on gender-based violence that is deeply rooted in our societies. Across generations, women are confronted with violence that can be physical, psychological, or financial in nature, and which often emanates from the very families meant to nurture us.
The artist's work is inspired by her own life experience as a mature woman, enriched by the stories, silences, and scars passed down through her family lineage. These stories are not isolated incidents—they are common threads in the fabric of a patriarchal society that seeks to control and silence women.
Working with autobiographical content, she explores the intersections of memory and heritage to expose systemic violence, while honouring the resilience of those who came before us.
Art is both a mirror and a catalyst—a way to reflect our world as it is, while striving for a better future.
background
I am a child of the swinging seventies, born and raised in the south of England. As a child, I wanted to be a painter, like my mother. However, after failing the entrance exam for the art school foundation course at the tender age of seventeen, I persuaded myself that I was not an artist and I studied French, Italian and Art history at the University of Kent, in Canterbury.
I left my family and the UK on the day of my graduation to live in Paris with my future husband. I worked in English language training, translation and freelance journalism, while raising our two daughters.
I started 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, when I spent most of the lockdowns paining in our tiny loft space, I decided to return to my teenage ambition and applied to art school. I graduated in June 2024 from the Ecole des Beaux Arts, in Versailles, France.
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.
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.
awards.
2020
First prize in the Architecture category of the 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Woman Photographers.