VIAM SEQUENDAM PROSEQUERE QUALESCUMQUE ESSENT EXITUS

Nelson H J.P. HENRIOT
Graphic Artist

The artist's sources of inspiration range from the heart of European antiquity to this space age of today.
Not to forget the Animal kingdom, which is for him (as for his soul mates) a source of renewal, transformation and eternal inspiration.

 

BIOGRAPHY

- French draughtsman and Graphic Artist, self-taught

- Born on February 25th 1944 in Nancy (Lorraine)

- Was for many years solo Classical and Character Ballet-Dancer

- Studied in Cannes with Mme Julie SEDOWA, Prima Ballerina at the "Imperial Ballet of Russia"

- Joins as Solist several important Ballet Companies such as "Le Théâtre Municipal" in Strasbourg (France), "The National Ballet" in Amsterdam, "The Royal Opera of Flanders" in Antwerp, "The Royal Ballet of Flanders" (Antwerp)

- A very unusual case in the annals of Art, at the age of seven he started selling Drawings to the pupils of his school and later to his fellow students at the Dance Academy. Among his admirers and customers one can find Musicians and Singers, as well as Art Directors and Stage Managers. During his period of equally intense creative activity as today, he exhibited Graphic work in the literary Salons and "Foyers de Théâtres" as he toured in Europe.

- In 1971 he entered the more traditional sales/commercial circuit at the Galleries

- Also in 1971-1976, he founded the Belgian-French Group for Contemporary Fantastic Art of the 20th Century, which went on publishing the celebrated "MANIFESTO"

WE,
THE ARTISTS OF THE FANTASTIC TENDENCY OF THE CONTEMPORARY BELGIAN- FRENCH GROUP "XXth CENTURY", DECLARE THAT OUR PURPOSE IN NO WAY IS TO SING THE PRAISE OF THE INEX- PRESSIBLE AGORY OF PAST-PRESENT-FUTURE AND TO COMMUNICATE YOU A VARIANT OF THE GREAT FEVER OF HORROR. BUT WHAT WE SOONER WANT IS TO SET IN MOTION WITHIN YOU THE DELICATE AND PRECIOUS MECHANISM OF THE POSITIVE AND VITAL DREAMWORLD, WHICH YOU CAN REACH THE SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL HEIGHTS IN COMPLETE HAR- MONY WITH THE ETERNAL MYSTIC AND METAPHYSICAL REALITY.

- 1995-1998 Member of the Belgian Science & Art Group "FANTASART"

And from 2006, CORRESPONDING ACADEMICIAN "Art division" of the ACCADEMIA INTERNAZIONALE "GRECI - MARINO" ITALIA

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

1971 Gallery of the XXth Century, Antwerp - 1973 Castle 'Lembeck', Germany - 1976 Gallery of the XXth Century, Antwerp - 1980 Gallery Campo, Antwerp -1981 Work published by "Editions Medi- terraneum' in Saint Paul de Vence, for a collection of poems by Rémi De Cnodder with original drawings by Nelson Henriot -1981 "French Graphics" Mahler-Besse, Antwerp - 1981 Diamant & International Trade Bank, Antwerp - 1983 - Gallery Campo, Antwerp - 1983 - Hilton Gallery, Amsterdam - 1984 - Gallery Forty One, Antwerp - 1985 Gallery Placeman, Brussels - 1987 - Gallery "Romi Goldmuntz", Antwerp - 1988 Mauquoy - Tramaux , Grobbendonk - 1988 French Cultural Center, Luxembourg - 1992 10th International Harbour Congress, Antwerp - 1992 Gallery Xyrus, Lier - 1994 International Art Fair "Lineart", Gent - 1995 K.N.S. "Fantasart Group", Antwerp -1996 Gallery Electrabel "Fantasart Group", Antwerp - 1997 International Art Fair "Lineart", Gent - 1998 Gallery "Virus", Antwerp - 1999 Gallery "Atelier 22", 's-Gravenwezel - 1999 Gallery du Thermae Palace, Oostende - 1999 Salon des "Independents", Paris -2000 Salon des "Independents", Paris - 2000-2001 Atelier du Zoute, Knokke - 2001 Gallery "Apra", Antwerp - 2001 Salon d'Automne, Paris - 2001 Value Retail - Boa Gallery, Maasmechelen - 2002 - Gallery Hellemans "Fantasart", Edegem/Antwerp - 2002 European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), Genève - 2002 - 2003 Gallery Van Vollenhoven, Outgaarden/ Hoegaarden - 2003 - Gallery 31, Brussels - 2004 XXVIIIth National exhibition of Animal Artists, Bry-sur-Marne - 2004 - European Parlement, Brussels -2005 Gallery Genèse, Charleroi-2006 Exhibition "Nature-Art" SABAM, Kapelle-op-den Bos - 2006 International Art Fair Libramont - 2006-2007 Ethias Insurance, Namur - 2007 International Art Fair Libramont


Parlement Europeen, Bruxelles
(2004)

CERN

Centre Européen de Recherche Nucléaire (CERN),
Geneve (2002)



Le Centre Culturele Francais au Luxembourg
(1988)