HÉLOÏSE RIVAL
Graduated in 2017 from the École nationale supérieure de La Cambre in printmaking, Héloïse Rival turned towards wall ceramics in 2018. Her unique works, positioned at the intersection of utility and the sublime, delicately blend narrative and ornamentation.
Through this medium, Héloïse Rival infuses her glazed creations with a distinct sensitivity, combining elements of ancestral utilitarian ceramics, bas-relief, and painting. Her works tell stories and create scenes that celebrate ceramic material in a unique, offbeat style, navigating between utopia and fantasy.
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
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Art Paris de retour au Grand Palais
Anne Cécile Sanchez, L'Oeil , March 23, 2025 -
Prima présente « Garde Fou (Fou de Grâce) » d’Héloïse Rival
Alice Masson, Oniriq, February 21, 2025 -
5 expos coups de cœur
Les tableaux-céramiques d’Héloïse Rival à la galerie PrimaMalika Bauwens, Beaux Arts, February 17, 2025 -
L’artiste Héloïse Rival expose à la galerie Prima
Good Moods, February 11, 2025
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Héloïse Rival, la beauté maladroite
Zoe Terouinard, Citizen K, February 1, 2025 -
La galerie Prima fait ses premiers pas
Anne-Cécile Sanchez, Le Journal des Arts, January 3, 2025 -
Héloïse Rival
Galerie PrimaCaroline Coiffet, Revue de la Céramique et du Verre, January 1, 2025