FONTE (Fountain Head) 2019 – acryl and oil on canvas – 190x150cm.

Recent Exhibitions:

 

*** expected: summer 2025

solo exhibition in Casa da Cultura, Paredes, Portugal

*** spring 2025

the exhibition “ Na Mira dos Espelhos” travels on to the Fundación Eugenio Granell, Santiago de Compostela – España

*** 8 December Open Dag : HET TUINHUIS – Fagelstraat 52

*** from 12 November 2024 – summer 2025

works of Rik Lina will be at show “op zaal” in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

*** 15 October – 30 November 2024

“Na Mira dos Espelhos – Exposição dos 100 anos do Manifesto do Surrealismo” – Casa da Cultura de Paredes, Portugal

 

*** 11 October  – 28 December 2024 Le Surréalisme et ses Prolongements – La Maison de la Poésie – Quimpérlé (Bretagne) France

 

*** 29 September – 16 March 2025

“Surrealismo – Um Salto no Vazio” Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, Famalicão, Portugal (traveling to Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa – Pavilhão da Bienal, Vila Nova de Cerveira – Fundação Eugenio de Almeida, Evora , Portugal during 2025)

*** 5 July – 20 October 2024

“Retrato Rotativo – Mário Cesariny” Centro de Arte Contemporânea de Coimbra, Portugal

*** 6 Juli – 1 September 2024

“Merveilleuse Utopie” – XIX° Exposition Internationale de Surrealisme – Maison André Breton et Emile Joseph Rigault – Saint Cirq Lapopie – France

*** until September 2024

in Fundação Cupertino de Miranda the exhibition “Mário Cesariny : Em todas ruas te encontro” – Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, Vila Nova Famalicão – Portugal

*** 11 Mei – 30 Juni 2024

“Brumes Blondes” in de surrealistische eeuw” exhibition of Dutch surrealist artist for the 100° birthday of First Surrealist Manifesto of André Breton. – Galerie ARTTRA, Amsterdam – Nederland

*** 18 May

“Dia International dos Museus” Fundação Dionisio Pinheiro, Agueda, Portugal (in permanent exhibition)

*** 15 March – 20 April 2024

“Fresh Dirt – Echoes of Contemporary Surrealism” – Arts Village Arts, Birmingham, Alabama – USA

 

Recent Publications:

 

*** illustrations in: “Alcheringa – Le Surrealisme Aujourd’hui” nr 5, Paris, France 2024

*** illustrations in: ”Exile nr. 45” literary magazine – Mount Forest, Canada 2024

*** In: “Punto Seguido” magazine Nr. 63, 64, 65 – illustrations by Elizé Bleys and Rik Lina – Medellin, Colombia 2021-2024

***Article about the work of Rik Lina in “Stylus 7” magazine of Slovakia surrealist group “Stir Up” – 2024 (with reproductions of his large paintings “Secret Language 1993” and “Fascinated Rainforest 2022)

*** cover and illustration: “Exile” literary magazine nr.44 – Mount Forest, Canada 2023

***In: “Eigen Bezit en andere tentoonstellingen in het Curaçaos Museum (1974-1984)” by art historian Julie Hengeveld, (Mondriaan Fonds 2023) : illustrated chapter about the exhibition : 1977 – “Rik Lina Scuba Lithos”

***”Alcheringa” magazine of the Paris surrealist group, nr. 3 and 4 – illustrations by Elizé Bleys and Rik Lina 2023

***”Honidi – revista surrealista” magazine nr. 2 – illustrations by Elizé Bleys and Rik Lina – Agarrobo, Chile 2023

*** “Nigredo” magazine nr.1 – illustrations by Rik Lina – New York, USA 2022

*** “Scheppend Toeval” art historian Saskia van Kampen – Museum Boymans van Beuningen – a chapter about Rik Lina – Rotterdam 2022

*** In: “Tegencultuur – Nederlandse Underground Publicaties 1964-1976” door Jan Pen en Peter Sijnke (Van Gorcum 2022) : chapter about: “Moksha, een psychedelisch bulletin” with the covers by Rik Lina.

 

 

Planned publications:

 

Book: “Rik Lina – “COBALT – schilderen & duiken” published by the “Lina Foundation” 2025

Book: about the “Cabo Mondego Section” – Nederland/Portugal 2025

Book: about “Cornucopia” – Wales, UK 2025

Book: together with poet Beatriz Hausner: “The Secret Life of Plants” Canada 2025

Book: illustrations for Joyce Mansour – translations Pieter Schermer 2025