HÉLOÏSE RIVAL

Overview

Born in 1990 in Paris, France, Héloïse Rival lives and works in Paris. A graduate of La Cambre School of Visual Arts in Brussels (2017, printmaking department), she has been dedicated to ceramic wall works since 2018. Her pieces stand at the intersection of the utilitarian and the poetic, combining narrative and ornament with a distinctive sense of humor and fantasy.

Through her use of enamel and relief, Rival reinterprets the traditional language of ceramic decoration as a contemporary form of painting. Her works are composed of fragmented figures and lush motifs, echoing mythological, domestic, and dreamlike imagery.

She has presented solo exhibitions at Galerie Prima (Paris, 2025), Galerie Myriam Chair (Paris, 2024), and Espace GretaMarta (Brussels, 2022). Her work has also been included in numerous group shows across Europe, including Amelie Maison d’Art (Paris), Ballon Rouge Collective (Brussels), and the Brussels Gallery Weekend.

Until March 2025, her work is featured at the Villa Empain (Boghossian Foundation, Brussels) in the group exhibition FIRE, alongside major figures of contemporary art.

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Works

Après l'hiver, 2025
Bless you, 2025
Club Mate, 2025
Flore de fer, 2025
L'Abondance, 2025
L'équinoxe, 2025
L’orage avec un ange, 2025
Pétal Pliant, 2025
Sarabande, 2025
Trouble auguste, 2025
Lait de flemme, 2024
Toile de jouie, 2024

Biography

HELOISE RIVAL
Born in 1990 in Paris 

Lives and works in Paris, France

EDUCATION

2011 — 2017 : Graduate from La Cambre, Brussels — Printmaking Department 

2010 — 2011 : ENSAD Strasbourg — École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs 

2007 : Graduate from Music Academy, Paris — Cello

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 — Solo show, Galerie Prima, Paris 

2022 — Le roi de croire, Espace GretaMarta, Brussels 

2024 — Solo show, Myriam Chair Gallery, Paris

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 — Amelie Maison d’Art, Paris — Alsemberg 110, Brussels
2023 — Farmland Residency, Luxembourg — Les émerveillements, Galerie Dys, Brussels
2022 — Cendars, Galerie Zotto, Brussels — Aquaturf, Espace Triphase, Brussels — curated by Antoine Carbonne
2021 — TKT, Ruttkowsky Paris — Galerie Eko-Sato, Paris — curated by Point Contemporain — Night Training — curated by Simon Brevet
2020 — Day-lighting, Ballon Rouge Collective, Brussels — Génération Brussels, Brussels Gallery Weekend — curated by Evelyne Simonis — Reality Cut, Street View Anderlecht, Brussels — Artist-run project space
2019 — Has been Alaïa, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp — Residency at Saeyo Festival followed by a group show at Domaine de Pontagny, Burgundy — La Montagne, Lavallée, Brussels
2018 — Collectible Fair, Brussels
2017 — Variation on Raw, Brussels — My Rage is a Silent Raving, Lanslide, Brussels

Exhibitions