Theresa Rijssenbeek

Theresa Rijssenbeek makes large works full of colour, full of stillness, also smaller effigies in which space is compressed or a detail is enlarged. Pen drawings, oil on linen, abstracts, still lifes, landscapes, portraits: all made by the craftswoman whom the director of the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam called 'a real painter'. A visual artist of stature, with nature as her greatest inspiration.

Born in Breda, in 1951, in a large and noisy Catholic family where creativity was common. In Theresa's early childhood, the family moved to Bloemendaal, where she lost herself in drawing and painting, with nature as her quiet place.
After she got married, she started working in the studio of the painter Marie Willemse in Rotterdam.
When the first children were born, she moved to Curaçao with her family. There in the paradise of light and color she put herself to work. A first exhibition with great success was the result. Assignments were pouring in.
Back in the Netherlands, she started the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, under the inspiring leadership of Rien Bout. She quit when her fourth child was born, but Rien continued to guide her in her studio. Her first exhibition was in Amsterdam in 1990 with many to follow.
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1981-1983
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
The Hague, The Netherlands

1980 Tempel Gallery, Willemstad, Curaçao
1990 Gallery Biervliet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991 Gallery Kadans, The Hague
1992 Doddendael Manor, Ewijk
1993 Schoonhoven in ‘t Veld, Amsterdam
1993 Mural commissioned by the City of Delft
1994 Gallery Kadans, The Hague
1994 City and Art, The Hague
1995 Brainbox, Schiphol Airport
1996 Gallery Kunst, The Hague
1996 Selected for Dutch TV broadcast ‘Art for sale’
1997 W.B.N. Utrecht, Kapel Noordwijk
1997 Rumke Groep, Den Dolder
1998 Gallery Halfje Bruin, Brummen
1998 Gallery Segeren, Breda
1998 Holland Art Fair, Amsterdam
1999 Gallery Kadans, The Hague
2000 Gallery L’art retrouvé, The Hague
2002 Gallery L’art retrouvé, The Hague
2003 Grunerie, Oegstgeest
2003 Art Fair, Chateauroux, France
2003 Le Lavoir, Diou
2004 Office du Tourisme, Lignières
2004 Musée des Cordeliers, Chateauroux
2005 Art Fair, Saint Florent
2005 Chapel St. Solange, Chateauroux
2005 MEBAC, Mezières en Brennes
2006 Town hall, Chateauroux
2006 Art Fair, Issoudun
2006 Atelier, La Châtre
2007 Hotel de Villaines, La Châtre
2007 Château de Villemenard, St Germain du Puy
2007 Autumn Fair Issoudun
2010 “c/ostruzioni”, Ivrea, Italy
2018 Sordevolo / Biella
2020 Art Fair, Lo...