Henrik Hey

Visual artist
Woodblock printmaker

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Henrik Hey

Henrik Hey was born in Denmark in 1950.
He graduated from the Danish design school in Copenhagen in 1981.
In 1983 he relocated to Utrecht in the Netherlands, where he since then has lived and worked.

Email: ask@henrikhey.nl

Curriculum vitae

2017
Stay at Artist-in-Residence, Kawagouchiko, Japan, preparing work on '12 Views of Mount Fuji'.
2017
Invited to the MOKUHANGA conference for the international jury exhibition 'Beauty of Mokuhanga: Decipline and Sensibility', University of Hawaï in Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
2015
Invited to participate in IMPACT 9 conference in Hangzhou, China. Exhibition of a selection of my mokuhanga prints.
2014
Participating in the second Mokuhanga conferene in Tokyo, Japan. Invited to exhibit for the group project 'The Content'. My mokuhanga print 'The Dive' was selected for the International mokuhanga exhibition and compotition 2014.
2013
Participating in Impact 8, International printmakers conference in Dundee, UK. Invited with the proposal 'Summer Rain / Spring Snow.
2011
Participating in the first international Mokuhanga conference in Kyoto, Japan. Invited with the proposal 'Summer Rain'.
2009
Participating in IMPACT 6, International printmakers conference in Bristol UK. Invited with the group project 'Surimono International' Woodblock & Poetry.
2007
Participating in the international print making conference, IMPACT 5, held in Tallinn, Estonia.
2005
Participating in the international print making conference held in Berlin and Poznan. Taking part in 'Artists discuss the Nagasawa Art Park Program' + the selected portfollio presentations in the Universitaet Der Kunste Berlin galleries. .
2003
Participating in the international print making conference Michaelis School of Fine Art, Capetown South Africa. .
2000
Invited to take part in workshop for Japanese woodblock print making Nagasawa Art Park artist-in-residence on Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan.
1992
Instructor for the department of silk-screen printing at the Faculty of Visual Art and Design, Utrecht, the Netherlands. .
1985
Freelance illustrator dealing with drawing and layout for magazines and newspapers.
1983
Working full-time for the Danish newspaper 'Politiken', doing layout and graphic design and illustrations for the daily edition.
1981
Four years full-time study for visual arts, specialized in drawing and graphics at the 'Skolen for Brugskunst' (now called Denmark's Design School), Copenhagen, Denmark. .
1979
Connected with the University of Copenhagen, department 'Institute for Social Medicine' (printing and drawing scientific and educational reports. .
1976
Completing 'Byggeteknisk Hojskole' (Highschool for technical architecture) in Copenhagen, Denmark .
1969
Working as an assistant draughtsman for 'Driver-Jowitt Lincoln' architects offices, Salisbury, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).

Exhibitions

2017
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokoshima, Japan.
2016
CATCH Projecten, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2015
C.R.Ettinger Studio, Philadelphia, USA.
2014
Art Space gallery, University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
Chinretsukan gallery, University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
2013
Impact 8, Dundee, UK
Awagami International miniature print Exhibition, Tokoshima, Japan.
2012
Rechtbank (Court House), Hilversum, the Netherlands.
2011
Mi‐Lap Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Royal Schottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK.
Community House Kyoto, Japan.
2008
Group exhibition 'A Time and a Place' at Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2007
Group exhibition: NAGASAWA 10, 'A time and a place' at Deco Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
Deco Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2004
Gallery Griftsteede, Gemeente Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2003
55 Mercer Gallery, New York, USA.
Boulevard D’Unica, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Academie Gallerie, HKU, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2002
Skydoor Art Place Agyama, Bifgalleria Bld. Tokyo, Japan.
2001
Grafieksalon Besselaar, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Australian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan.
2000
Shizuka Hall, Tsuna Town, Awasi, Japan.
1996
Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
1994
Galleri Brantebjerg, Nykobing, Denmark.
1993
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
1992
Broese Kemink, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Galerie Uithof, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
1991
PTT Telecom, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
1985
Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1981
Vester VOV VOV, Kopenhagen, Denmark.