Born/Citizenship
8.13.29 The Low Lands. Canadian citizen since 1966.

Start of Career
Began painting in a sanatorium in the Netherlands during long bout with tuberculosis, 1952

Media
Watercolor, acrylic, oils, Chinese ink, pastel

Solo Exhibitions
Paris, Mexico City, Toronto (5), Vancouver, Amsterdam, Banff, Alberta, Victoria, B.C.

Group Exhibitions
Montreal, Toronto, New York, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Amsterdam, Victoria

Commission
35mm film "H - A" by Julius Kohanyi based on "The Organiverse Portfolio", shown at film festivals in Berlin, Moscow, Tokyo, Chicago. Also shown at the Ontario Science Centre, Toronto.

Awards
Banff School of Fine Arts; OSA 94th annual exhibition, Toronto; Canada Council; Ontario Arts Council grants

Collections
Represented in many private collections and over 50 major corporate and public collections in Canada, the USA and Europe

International Year of Astronomy 2009
"From Earth to the Universe", included both the ORGANIVERSE Original and Starry Night editions. van Bentum wishes to express appreciation to Garry Sedun for the FETTU exhibit production, and to Joe Carr for the Vimeo page. And to the volunteers of RASC Victoria Centre (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada).

"COLORING SPACE" Chandra X-Ray Center, a project in collaboration featuring the ORGANIVERSE Starry Night edition, a project that evolved from IYA2009. chandra.harvard.edu/art/color

For more about COLORING SPACE visit the Blog post ARCHIVED at: August 20, 2010
henrivanbentum.blogspot.com

For van Bentum's children's stories please visit his website vanBentum.org