BIO

Henriëlle van den Dragt (1991) is a Dutch visual artist living in Arnhem, with a studio in Nijmegen. She grew up near the forests of the Veluwe, where she developed a lasting fascination with the diversity of nature and its capacity to transform and adapt.

Her sculptural practice explores what wood can become once its familiar structure and function have disappeared. Having initially worked with reclaimed timber, she now develops her own materials from wood fibres and natural binders. Through testing, observation and adjustment, she allows each work to develop through an exchange between artistic intervention and material behaviour.

Her sculptures imagine how material might organise itself into something new. Related forms gather and connect into larger structures, situated between organism, object and constructed system. Without directly representing nature, the works suggest growth, adaptation and the emergence of another possible order.

Since leaving her corporate career in 2021, she has developed her practice as a self-taught artist. Her work has been shown in exhibitions and at art fairs in the Netherlands and Belgium and featured in Dutch national media.

Exhibitions

2024, ZWRMN, Broedplaats Bogota Halfweg NL

2023, Haven Lake Village, Kortenhoef NL

2022 Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam NL

2022 Europe Art Fair Westergasfabriek Amsterdam NL

2022 Nock Nock Art Fair, Amsterdam NL

2022 Dutch Design Hotel Artemis Amsterdam NL

2022 Group Exhibition Pavonis Superbus, Antwerpen BE

2022 Group Exhibition Shakespeare and I, Gent BE

Media

2021 Guest artist VT Wonen weer Verliefd op je huis 

2021 Interview & studio visit Eigen Huis en Tuin