Gabriëlle Westra

November 30, 2019

#oilpainting "My modern Muse" is one of the 10 finalists in the contest Rembrandt Leeft. It will be exhibited from 2019 November 30th untill 2020 January 26th in Leiden:

“het Straatje” in BplusC location library Nieuwstraat, Leiden.

November 30, 2019

Museum Magazine (autumn number 2019) wrote an article about our Galerie Autrevue. We're very pleased with this kind of attention.

Galerie Autrevue, Woudsterweg 4, 8448 HA Heerenveen is owned by Randolph Algera and hosted by the two of us.

September 10, 2019

Galerie Autrevue placed two of my paintings in an article in Art magazine; Vind

June 01, 2019

14 mei 2019 stond op de achterpagina van de NRC een artikel over de Mathilde Willink tentoonstelling in Ruurlo.

May 31, 2019

GERRIT is nominated for the longlist, the best 10% out of 1250 works of art.

see: https://youtu.be/X8Me3mpUbD4?t=35

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Two of my paintings are nominated for painting of the year 2018. The painting Dream of freedom I made together with co-artist Randolph Algera. My own painting En route is also nominated. Although my paintings are not in the final ten, I am proud to be one, or actually two of the fiftyfive selected artists.

My Selfportrait 'Fakebook' was selected by the jury of The Dutch Portrait Price for an exhibition of selfportraits in Gallery Loods 6 in Amsterdam.

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Great honor to be selected out of so many dutch attendees/artists.

After following Art-Decor and me throughout the project of designing and making a complete new church on island Ameland, this december the documentary made by Froukje Sijtsma came out. It was an incredible job and wonderful to be able to see the entire creation proces in the documentary.  

For the Mata hari project in shopping mall Zaailand in Leeuwarden they asked me to make a painting with Mata hari. Isabella Diks of the House of representatives reveals my painting on the opening of the project.

A lot of my paintings are now exhibited in a solo exhibition in museum Heerenveen and I will be there to talk about my work and to demonstrate painting on my latest work!

For two days visitors could come and take a look at my studio.  Although we are in the middle of building a new gallery, Gallery Autrevue and new studio, a lot of people came for a sneak peek. I exhibited a few of my paintings and talked a lot about the brand new ways to exhibit paintings of different brilliant artists in Gallery Autrevue.

>>> Read more: http://autrevue.nl/

>>> Read more: artist impression of a room in Gallery Autrevue

Because my painting; Yoshimi was nominated for the Dutch Portrait price, they asked me if I wanted to give a few lectures about portraits, my work and paintings. It was a great experience to give the lectures and I met a lot of interesting people. Also it is very nice to see all your art, projects, art events, great commissions and experiences in a row. My live is definitely not boring!

Yoshimi is nominated for the Dutch Portrait Prize 2017!

My work is added in this book Het portret

My work is selected for this book Realisme III

In june 2017 I will give a workshop castpainting at Onderneming op Kunstgebied in Groningen. I will teach my own methode. Its the 3-5-7 methode i develloped myself.

Painting casts is a basic practice exercize you need to devellop your accuracy and tonality.

The theme for the exhibition in New York is Art Deco. So one painting; Merope's Oasis, is inspired by the Oasis; the room divider bij Edgar Brandt and the other painting i make as a duo-production with Randolph Algera, That painting; Dream of freedom, shows a woman in Art Deco clothing I painted. In the background Randolph will add a combination of present and past skylines of New York.

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Kind words from Luts Jacobi of the House of Representatives at opening of exhibition in my work in museum Opsterlân in Gorredijk

Two of my paintings in the race for the Dutch Portrait Prize! Nominations will be announced on 15-4-2017

October 27, 2016

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This is an article in the Leeuwarder Courant about my painting Passing the Past.

It was an honor to exhibit with such incredible artists from all over the world in the wonderful exhibitioncenter St.-Petersburg Union of Artists. An exhibiton center where Russian artists like Malevich and Kandinsky exhibited before me! Next Salon will be in New York!

This is an article in the Leeuwarder Courant about a painting I made with co-artist Randolph Algera. 

My work is added in this book. De Klassieke salon 2016. The academy of art; De Klassieke Academie celebrates her 10th year anniversary with 19 exhibitions of 128 artists. My work is exhibited in Museum Opsterlân in Gorredijk.

My new brochures arrived! This is a proof version.

My work is selected for this book Realisme 2015/16

My inspiring model Ine de Jong named one of her appaloosa foals after me! Great honour. This is beautiful and sweet Gabriëlle

My weekly report of a summercourse i took at Florence Academy of Art.

Company I work with

The Classical Academy of Art in Groningen