Artist Belynda Henry, as a multiple Wynne and Archibald prize finalist, is one Australia’s leading notable and celebrated landscape painters, however her work has also been acquired by private collections in the United States, Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan, New Zealand, Ireland, Hong Kong, Athens and London.

Her fascination with the Australian landscape is the main inspiration for her work. Living and working within the landscape itself at the end of a long lush valley in New South Wales where she is exposed to its constantly ever changing sights, sounds, light and textures – witnessing and absorbed by nature’s compositions and colours. This proximity affords her the luxury of constantly being exposed to – and meditating on the medium and incorporating those impressions in her imaginative works.  Although she inhabits the land, at the same time – is inhabited by this unique and seductive landscape – and that is evidenced in her work which is a vibrant, modern and a unique visceral experience.

“I don’t attempt to paint a clear representation of the these scenes but take the essential parts of it that move me. Then, back in my studio, I reassemble the memories much like a mosaic work into a simplified interpretation of the beauty that surrounds and profoundly affects me”.

Belynda’s process isn’t limited to painting – photographing the landscape, recording sounds and making small sketches, painting with watercolours, gouache and pastel on paper works are also part of her daily practice in her studio that is nestled within the landscape itself. Belynda innately fuses the classic and traditional techniques with modern colours and textures creating her own distinct signature. She has been prolific in exhibiting continuously with over 30 solo shows and has been selected as a finalist and won many prestigious awards, and collaborated with preeminent brands from Jurlique, to Avis to Clayton Utz. Belynda has been regularly featured in numerous features and editorials including Vogue magazine, and in The Age –  included in a feature story, “Seven artists you should invest in now”.

In 2019 she was featured in Thames & Hudson’s tome, ‘A Painted Landscape’ – featuring the works of the leading landscape painters including, Elizabeth Cummings, John Olsen, Ann Thompson, Rick Amor among other leading notable landscape painters.

Belynda Henry is represented by the nation’s leading gallerist Stuart Purves at Australian Galleries, which opened in 1956 by Anne and Tam Purves and from the beginning their gallery developed a reputation for representing the most prominent and influential Australian artists including ; Arthur Boyd, Jeffrey Smart, Lloyd Rees, Brett Whiteley, John Kelly, William Robinson, Garry Shead, Tim Storrier, John Wolseley, Inge King, George Baldessin, Lenton Parr as well as the Estate of John Coburn. Belynda’s comprehensive work sits nicely in among these masters of the genre.

BELYNDA HENRY

BORN 1973
BACHELOR OF VISUAL ARTS, SYDNEY COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, SYDNEY UNIVERSITY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBTIONS

2020 THE SPACE BETWEEN, OLSEN GRUIN, NEW YORK

2019 AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES, SYDNEY

2019 REFLECTIONS, FLINDERS LANE GALLERY, MELBOURNE

2018 LANDSCAPE LINES, AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES, SYDNEY

2017 SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY, FOR AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES

2017 THE WANDERER, FLINDERS LANE GALLERY, MELBOURNE

2017 THE DESIGN FILES OPEN HOUSE, GUEST ARTIST

2016 RECENT LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS, FLINDERS LANE GALLERY, MELBOURNE

2016 LIVING COLOUR, RECENT LANDSCAPES, OLSEN IRWIN WORKS ON PAPER GALLERY

2016 DESIGN FILES COLLECT, MELBOURNE

2016 FLINDERS LANE GALLERY, MELBOURNE

2015 HIGHER, KOSKELA, SYDNEY

2014 OVERGROWN, DESIGN FILES COLLECT, MELBOURNE

2014 JIGSAW, ANTHEA POLSON ART, QLD

2012 NEW PAINTINGS, RICHARD MARTIN, SYDNEY

2010 OVERVIEW, OPENED BY LISA THOMAS, VOGUE LIVING, RICHARD MARTIN, SYDNEY

2008 THE FOUR SEASONS, RICHARD MARTIN, SYDNEY

2007 SHIMMER, GREENHILL GALLERIES, PERTH 

2007 SHADOWS OF NATURE, RICHARD MARTIN, SYDNEY

2006 RECENT PAINTINGS, LIBBY EDWARDS, BRISBANE 

2005 LIFE AND PADDOCKS, RICHARD MARTIN, SYDNEY

2005 NEW PAINTINGS, GALLERY 460, KINCUMBER

2005 DRIVING, LIBBY EDWARDS, SYDNEY

2004 STILL LIFE PAINTINGS, LIBBY EDWARDS, 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 BERTOUCHS GALLERIES, NEWCASTLE

2001 LIGHT AND PADDOCKS, AVOCA FINE ARTS GALLERY, AVOCA

1999 LOVE, LIGHT AND PADDOCKS, AVOCA FINE ARTS GALLERY

1996 AND ANYWHERE IS, AVOCA FINE ARTS GALLERY

1994 PLAYING IN THE SECRET GARDEN, AVOCA FINE ARTS GALLERY 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 KINGS ART PRIZE, SYDNEY

2019 ABSTRACTION, GROUP SHOW AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES, MELBOURNE

2019 NOW AND THEN, GROUP SHOW AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES, SYDNEY

2019 GROUP SHOW, WALCHA GALLERY

2018 AUSTRALIAN WATERCOLOUR INSTITUTE, JUNIPER HOUSE, SYDNEY

2018 TATTERSALLS ART PRIZE FINALIST

2018 FINALIST PADDINGTON ART PRIZE

2018 SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY, WORKS ON PAPER, AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES

2017 SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY, WORKS ON PAPER, AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES

2016 FINALIST, ARCHIBALD AND WYNNE PRIZES, ART GALLERY NSW

2016 DENFAIR, FLINDERS LANE GALLERY, MELBOURNE

2015 - 16 SUMMER CHRISTMAS SHOW, OLSEN IRWIN, SYDNEY

2015 FINALIST, WYYNE PRIZE, ART GALLERY NSW

2013 FINALIST, WYNNE PRIZE, ART GALLERY NSW

2010 BALMAIN ART SHOW 

2010 WINTER GROUP SHOW, RICHARD MARTIN, SYDNEY

2009 GROUP SHOW, RICHARD MARTIN, SYDNEY

2007 AXIA MODERN ART, NEW ARTISTS SHOW, MELBOURNE

2007 GROUP SHOW, RICHARD MARTIN, SYDNEY

2007 SQUARED, GROUP SHOW, GREENHILL GALLERIES, PERTH

2007 WYONG ART SHOW

2006 SQUARED, GROUP SHOW, JUNE, GREENHILL GALLERIES, PERTH

2006 GOSFORD ART PRIZE 

2006 WYONG ART SHOW

2005 ART ON THE ROCKS, SELECTED TO PAINT IN THE ROCKS FOR A WEEKEND OF OUTDOOR PUBLIC PAINTING

2005 SQUARED, GROUP SHOW, GREENHILL GALLERIES, PERTH

2005 FINALIST IN CROMWELLS ART PRIZE

2005 ART SYDNEY 05, COLLECTABLE ART SHOW 

2005 WYONG ART SHOW

2005 “HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS”, HUNTER ARTIST’S STILL LIFE SHOW, LAKE MACQUARIE REGIONAL ART GALLERY

2004 HUNTER VALLEY ART 

2003 MOSMAN ART PRIZE, MOSMAN REGIONAL ART GALLERY

2002 COLLECTOR’S CHOICE, VON BERTOUCH GALLERIES, NEWCASTLE  

2001 LANDSCAPES, EUMUNDI ROAD ART GALLERY, NOOSA

2000 NEW MILLENNIUM EXHIBITION, VON BERTOUCH GALLERIES, NEWCASTLE

AWARDS

2004 HIGHLY COMMENDED, OPEN SECTION, WYONG ART SHOW

2003 FIRST PLACE, OPEN AWARD, WYONG ART SHOW, ADJUDICATED BY NICK MITZOVICH, DIRECTOR OF THE NEWCASTLE REGIONAL ART GALLERY 

2002 FIRST PLACE, ARTSCRAWL, LANDSCAPE AWARD, POKOLBIN, ADJUDICATED BY KEN DONE

2000 HIGHLY COMMENDED, SCULPTURE SECTION, WYONG FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS