Henryk studied Three Dimensional Design at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. After moving to London he worked for Harvey Nichols display dept., designing and producing some of their famous window displays. During his time there he was introduced to the field of decorative painting, and has worked as a decorative artist and prop maker since, specialising in ‘faux marbling’ including contributing to a number of books on the subject. 

In recent years, using some of the skills and processes from these fields, he has directed his talents to ‘fine art’. His work quickly evolved from painted expressionistic compositions to 3D sculptures and installations, most recently experimenting mixed media, found objects and unconventional materials. 

Henryk works intuitively and spontaneously, with passion and wit. He uses an experimental approach with materials, processes, ideas and emotions. When successful this leads to a ‘perfect storm’, an intuitive conclusion, an end result that, be it visually or conceptually, resonates with him and hopefully the viewer. He chooses techniques which enable him to achieve ‘random’ effects in colour and form, which when coupled with superimposed boundaries, create a certain tension. By means of this tension between randomness and control he seeks to create and evoke emotional impact. 

Henryk is a member of the Free Painters & Sculptors (FPS), the Association of Polish Artists in Britain (APA),  Brent Artists Resource (BAR) and Artcan

henrykterp@gmail.com

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2019 - Random Tensions & Monumental Shrouds - Installations at Nunhead Cemetery and Chapel
  • 2014 – Painting, at BAR gallery, London NW2
  • 2012 - Paintings, at the Windmill Hotel, London NW2
  • 1994 - ‘The Art of Decorative Painting’ at Café Rico, London W11

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

  • Let Them Eat Fake by @Badartpresents at BWG gallery Soho Sq W1
  • DUMP01 by @Dump Archive at Greatorex Street E1
  • HOME exhibition for @artcan at the Department Store, Brixton SW9
  • New Wave at Spitalfields Studios E1
  • Underdone for @Fluid_table at The Living Room Place SW16
  • FPS At The Muse @Muse Gallery Portobello rd W11
  • Alchemical for @artcan at Gallery 475, Fulham rd SW6
  • VISION-ERY for @theearthvision_org at Soho Sq W1
  • 20X20 VISION at Blue House Yard N22
  • Reduce Reuse Recycle at @willesden_gallery NW2
  • 10 Years at @studioexpurgamento Camden NW1

2022

  • Brent Artists Resource retrospective @WWW Gallery NW6
  • Huxi Respiration for the Confucius Institute @Goldsmiths University 
  • Ukraine charity auction & exhibition 'Burgh House NW3 
  • Free For All for @WeAreSweetart @Art Bypass Gallery 
  • Ukraine Benefit Exhibition @WWW Gallery NW6 
  • Legacy for Artcan @Crypt Gallery St Pancras 
  • FPS At The Muse @Muse Gallery Portobello rd W11 
  • Come As You Art @Espaccio Gallery
  • Choreo Archive @Skewed Gallery EC1

2021

  • The Wilderness exhibition for The Haven+ @ St Pancras New Church, NW1  
  • Crossing the Liminal for Artcan @ Hampstead Garden Gallery NW11
  • Restore-Renew-Reimagine @Willesden Gallery 
  • The Absurd, for the Fubar Collective @The Crypt Gallery St Pancras
  • The Power of Hope for APA @POSK Gallery
  • Come As You Art @the FILET space Hoxton, N1

   

2020

  • Identity and Self @Willesden Gallery
  • Works on Paper @ Candid Arts Trust
  • Reality and it’s Disorders, for Degrees of Freedom @Espacio Gallery
  • You Are Here – online exhibition for @katmapped
  • Art in the Wood 2, curator of and exhibitor in pop-up exhibition @Clitterhouse Farm, NW2
  • Selected for ‘Coronart’ book published by Ludvigrage Club

2019

  • Year of the Pig, for Chinese New Year @ Q-Park Leicester Square
  • 'FPS at the Muse' for FPS @Muse Gallery, Portobello Rd.
  • Axis Mundi, for Stables in Exile @ St Catherines Church, Neasden
  • East West Artists Exchange Exhibiton, @POSK gallery 
  • Fubar, for the Fubar Collective, @The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras
  • States of Existence, for Wellspace Arts @Wellspace, Hackney
  • The London Ultra 2019 for FPS @The Bargehouse Oxo Tower Wharf
  • Square2 @ Studio Expurgamento, Camden
  • The Haunted Manor, for APA @POSK Gallery


2018

  • The London Ultra @ the Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, for FPS. Received 'Special Commendation' Joint curator of the exhibition
  • First prize for '100 yrs Poland Independence' competition and exhibition for POSK @Galeria Posk
  • 'Friends of Interpretable Spaces' for Degrees of Freedom, @St Augustine's Tower, Hackney
  • Art in the Wood  - pop-up exhibition at Clitterhouse Farm, NW2. Participant & curator
  • '60 years of APA' @Galeria Posk, and later @Ognisko Polish Hearth Club SW7
  • 'FPS at the Muse' for FPS @Muse Gallery, Portobello Rd.
  • 'Shaping the Space' members show for APA @Galeria Posk

2017

  • 'Not by Appointment do we Meet Delight' @ Studio Expurgamento, Camden 
  • APA Autumn members show @ POSK gallery
  • 'Free' FPS members show @ Clerkenwell Gallery
  • Art Apart @ Maida Vale
  • Animals in the Light, for Rickshaw House Galley @ St Mary Magdalene church crypt, Paddington
  • APA Spring members show @ POSK gallery
  • 'A Free Moment' FPS members show @ OXO gallery 

2016 

  • FPS members show @ Menier Gallery, London Bridge
  • Clitterhouse Arts Festival, London NW2,  - pop-up installation
  • Magic of Light, for Rickshaw House Gallery @  St Mary Magdalene church crypt, Paddington
  • FPS Summer members show @ Fitzrovia Galley

2015

  • FPS Open Exhibition @ Menier Gallery, London Bridge
  • Pure Painting @ BAR gallery
  • Opposite Fields
  • Deja Vu -  for BAR @ Willesden Gallery
  • Figure & Portrait @ BAR gallery
  • Black and White @ BAR gallery

2014

  • Art-itecture @ BAR gallery
  • Cricklewood Open Studios
  • Artist Culture Zone @ the Tabernacle, Notting Hill
  • Humble Origins @ BAR gallery
  • 'Play' @ BAR gallery


   

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