Renée Van Halm Explained

Renée Van Halm
Birth Date:1949
Birth Place:Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Nationality:Canadian, Dutch
Known For:installation, collage, painting
Training:MFA Concordia University in MontréalBFA Vancouver School of Art now Emily Carr University of Art and Design

Renée Van Halm is a Canadian contemporary visual artist born in Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands (1949) and immigrated to Canada in 1953.[1]

Exhibitions

Renée Van Halm has been featured in over 30 solo exhibitions including numerous exhibitions at the S.L. Simpson Gallery and Birch Contemporary in Toronto, Ontario, as well as Equinox Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Notable exhibitions include:

Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions such as Aurora Borealis at the Centre international d'art contemporain, Montréal (1985),[9] weak thought (1997–98) at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Architypes at the Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver (2004) and the Embassy of Canada, Tokyo (2005), Cut and Paste at the Equinox Gallery(2012),[10] The Poetics of Space at the Vancouver Art Gallery (2015),[11] New Monuments Forget the Future at Birch Contemporary (2015),[12] Return of the Image at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB (2016),[13] Form Follows Fiction at UTAC, Toronto (2016),[14] and Elusive Utopias at the Judith and Norman Alix Gallery, Sarnia, ON (2017).[15]

Art practice

Renée Van Halm has a long-standing interest in the history of painting and the production of hybrid objects that blur the space between painting, sculpture and architecture. She is deeply invested the material processes of painting and the traditional terms of its construction.[16]

Of her artistic practice, Van Halm has written: "Cultural history and how we represent and inhabit architecture are fundamental to my work. Over the years I have looked at many subjects that reflect on art and design practices through the genres of still life and landscape as well as decor, abstraction and pattern. I am drawn to the expectations that underscore these preoccupations."[17]

Van Halm often incorporates art historical, painterly references, as well as allusions to architectural history. Art critic Robin Laurence writes: "Her art takes on presence and absence, private and public, intimacy and grandeur, modernism, pre-modernism, and postmodernism, all in a manner that is gorgeously painterly and rigorously critical. The sources of Van Halm’s imagery range from early Renaissance paintings (as in Study for Annunciation) to contemporary real-estate ads (9,760 SF., 3590 Osler), and from interior design publications (Bedroom Scene/Marcel) to her own photographs and collages (Pearls)."[18]

Selected collections

Van Halm's work is held in numerous public and private collections including the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax; Art Gallery of Ontario; Bank of Montréal; City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection (Burnaby Art Gallery);[19] Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB; Canada Council Art Bank; Canadian House and Home magazine; Davies, Ward, NYC; Doris McCarthy Art Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough;[20] Government of Canada Department of Foreign Affairs; Household Financial Corporation; London Regional Art Gallery; London Life Insurance; McCarthy, Tetrault, Toronto; McLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON;[21] Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal, QC; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal, QC;[22] National Gallery of Canada;[23] Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt, Price Waterhouse; The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Royal Bank of Canada; Toronto Dominion Bank; Tory and Tory, Toronto;[24] University of Lethbridge; University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto; Vancouver Art Gallery; and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Commissions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Renée Van Halm. www.gallery.ca. en-ca. 2017-02-14. 2016-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160507184149/http://gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=5630. live.
  2. Web site: Dream Home Renée Van Halm. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB. 2017-02-15. 2017-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035328/https://www.saag.ca/art/exhibitions/0407-dream-home. live.
  3. Book: Renée Van Halm : Dream Home. Vancouver, BC: Contemporary Art Gallery; Kamloops, BC: Kamloops Art Gallery; Lethbridge, Alta: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 2002. . McKay . Sherry . Robertson . Lisa . 2002 . e-artexte.ca . Contemporary Art Gallery . 9781551521350 . 2017-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170913232636/http://e-artexte.ca/18194/ . live .
  4. Web site: Reverse Engineering Review. November 26, 2009. Canadian Art Online. February 15, 2017. September 13, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231217/http://canadianart.ca/must-sees/renee-van-halm/. live.
  5. Web site: Renée Van Halm. Robin Laurence. 2012-07-15. Canadian Art. 2017-02-15. 2017-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231538/http://canadianart.ca/reviews/renee-van-halm-2/. live.
  6. Web site: Review: Renée Van Halm's Cross-Cutting/Inside Out is Charged With Wonderful Contradictions. Laurence. Robin. February 12, 2012. Architectural Institute of BC News from Georgia Straight. February 15, 2017. September 13, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913232514/https://aibcenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/renee-van-halms-cross-cuttinginside-out-is-charged-with-wonderful-contradictions/. live.
  7. Brodovitch, Sophie and Rachelle Sawatsky, Renée Van Halm: Cross-Cutting/Inside Out, 2012, Burnaby; Burnaby Art Gallery,
  8. Web site: Shape of Things. Morrison. Darrin. September 13, 2017. September 13, 2017. September 13, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231741/https://westvancouvermuseum.ca/exhibitions/renee-van-halm-shape-things. live.
  9. Web site: Aurora Borealis archival listing. 2017-02-15. 2017-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914034318/http://www.centrevox.ca/exposition/aurora-borealis/. live.
  10. Web site: Cut and Paste Smart and Visually Engaging Collage Exhibit. Laurence. Robin. June 5, 2012. December 12, 2017. September 14, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035433/https://www.straight.com/arts/cut-and-paste-smart-and-visually-engaging-collage-exhibit. live.
  11. Web site: Article National Gallery of Canada Newsletter. February 14, 2017. February 14, 2017. February 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170208205248/http://www.ngcmagazine.ca/correspondents/exploring-cezanne-and-space-at-the-vancouver-art-gallery. live.
  12. Web site: Exhibition Review. February 14, 2017. February 14, 2017. September 14, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914061227/https://www.timeout.com/toronto/things-to-do/new-monuments-forget-the-future. live.
  13. Web site: Return of the Image.. February 15, 2016. February 15, 2017. September 22, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160922220720/http://beaverbrookartgallery.org/en/visit/exhibitions/return-of-the-image. live.
  14. News: Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto – Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Art Museum at the University of Toronto. 2017-02-14. en-US. 2017-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20170404052344/http://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/form-follows-fiction-art-artists-toronto/. live.
  15. Web site: Gallery listing. February 13, 2017. February 14, 2017. February 11, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211043319/http://www.jnaag.ca/featured-articles/item/575-elusive-utopia. live.
  16. Bruce Grenville, weak thought, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1999
  17. Web site: Statement Renée Van Halm. reneevanhalm.com. en-US. 2017-09-11. 2017-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170911074026/http://reneevanhalm.com/about/statement/. live.
  18. Web site: Review: Renee Van Halm. Laurence. Robin. February 2012. Georgia Straight.
  19. Book: The Ornament of a House: 50 Years of Collecting. Eijnsbergen. Ellen. Cane. Jennifer. Burnaby Art Gallery. 2017. 978-1-927364-23-9. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. 113.
  20. Web site: Collection list of artists. Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON. 2017-02-15. 2017-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20170501013010/http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~dmg/html/collection/index.html. live.
  21. Web site: Artwork of the month, Maclaren Art Gallery. 2017-02-15. 2017-11-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20171102103652/https://maclarenart.com/permanent-collection/artwork-of-the-month-march-2015. live.
  22. Web site: Inventory listing. 2017-02-15. 2017-10-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20171023174437/https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/renee-van-halm-un-moment-dhesitation-et-la-voici-prise-dans-une-relation-fortement-structuree-renee-van-halm-in-pausing-she-is-implicated-in-well-structured-relationship-2. live.
  23. Web site: Renee Van Halm National Gallery of Canada. 2017-02-14. 2016-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160507184149/http://gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=5630. live.
  24. Web site: Renee Van Halm, Great Office Spaces, Tory and Tory offices. McInnis. Frances. April 1, 2013. Toronto Life. February 15, 2017. October 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171023231139/https://torontolife.com/city/business/great-office-spaces-torys/slide/great-office-spaces-torys-intro/. live.
  25. Web site: Facade Festival 2016 Artist Interview: Renée Van Halm . Burrard Arts Foundation . 2016-08-25 . 2017-02-15.

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