Catharina De Rijke

The Dutch painter Catharina de Rijke lives in the Rhineland and works in Cologne, Leverkusen, Berlin and Brussels. She studied design in Delft and art history in Paris, graduating in 1981. Of course, the painter who was born on the coast loves the sea and the vastness of space, and many of her paintings revolve around the relationship between water and land.

Light plays an important role in your work. Here, too, your pictures are site- and moment-related reflections on reality. Her landscapes also have a poetic character due to the unusual application of paint, and their balance of stillness and movement invites inner contemplation. Her works are represented in the Schirmer collection, Museum Jülich, as well as in private collections in Belgium, Germany, France, Kuwait, the Netherlands and the USA.

*1957 Rotterdam, Niederlande, lebt und arbeitet in Köln, Leverkusen und Brüssel, 1975-1982 Studium Textil-Design Delft NL - Kunstgeschichte Paris F, 1985-1987 Studium Betriebswirtschaft Kulturbereich Den Haag NL, 1986 Ateliergründung der Künstlergruppe „frisse kunst“ Delft NL, 1986 Illustrationsarbeiten Delft NL, 1989 Ateliergründung Köln G, Mitglied in IGBK, Gedok/BBK/DNG-Köln, ArtworksArt (CH), NABK (NL)

Exhibitions (Selections) 2024 Church St. Clemens, Köln, G, 2023 Galerie am Klostersee, Kloster Lehnin G, Galerie Spectrum, Euskirchen G, 2022 Galerie am Klostersee, Kloster Lehnin G, Flores do Cabo, Art Gallery, Colares P, 2020 Forum für Kunst und Kultur Herzogenrath G, Centrum voor Kunst en Architectuur,Utrecht NL, 2019 Altes Pfandhaus, Köln G, Kunstverein Leverkusen Schloss Morsbroich e.V.G, Schloss Eulenbroich, Rösrath (Köln) G, Galerie Goyert, Köln G, 2018 A&D Gallery, London GB, TheRhineArt Galerie, Bonn G, Revierkunst, Herten G, Galleri de ARTE, Lagoa P, Galerie Schloss Tiengen G, 2017 Galerie Freiraum Köln G, Galleri Gamla Staden, Landskrona S, Galleri X, Rungsted DK, "Dialogues" Helligaandshuset, Kobenhavn DK, 2016 Galerie Tenri, New York, 43 A West Street USA, Galerie Eyegenart, Köln G, Galerie Goyert, Köln G, 2015 LesbroussArt Gallery, Bruxelles B, Galerie BBK, Oldenburg G, Kunst in der Villa, Waldshut-Tiengen G, Berliner Liste, Fair for contemporary Art, Kraftwerk, Berlin G, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen G, 3. Internationale Ausstellung Kunstverein Kulmbach G, 2014 Kunstaustellung "Natur-Mensch", Sankt Andreasberg G, Artig Kunstpreis 2014, Galerie Kunstreich, Kempten G, 2013 Galerie Tenri, Köln G, 2012...