Hans Van Meeuwen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Dutch, b. 1959
In my work, I do not teach, rather trigger a few questions. We mostly go through life in a automatic-pilot state of mind. I would love to have my artwork given a few thoughts someone may pick up. And with that, inspire the passer-by for a moment to think outside the box of our day-to-day routine mindset. My work can be representational, can be abstract. But I always hope to trigger the fantasy of the viewer. I was born in the Netherlands. I moved to Cologne, Germany in 2001 and I moved again in 2004 to Brooklyn, NY. Now I am in Kingston, NY. So, I wandered through the world a bit. It just happened. Although I settled down everywhere I was, I still remained a bit of a stranger. Various things in every day life can be strange to me. Even when I am back in Holland, I notice I sometimes think: hmm, that’s weird, “we” don’t do it like that. This is the eye of the wonderer. From a wandered, I became a wonderer and look around. The wonderer is what my work is about.to
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Artist: Hans Van Meeuwen
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By Hans Van Meeuwen
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Books often appear in my work. Books are those containers of wisdom, of knowledge, of culture
Words used to describe the piece: representational, books, humor, s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Hans Van Meeuwen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Color Pencil
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By Hans Van Meeuwen
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Hide and seek. Kids like to hide, but one cannot always fully hide oneself
Keywords: representational, fantasy, surreal, humor, imagination
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Hans Van Meeuwen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Color Pencil
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By Hans Van Meeuwen
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I lived in Brooklyn for a long time, the big city. The world of bricks and concrete. And yet, there was "nature". A Redtail Hawk appeared once on our fire escape....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Hans Van Meeuwen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Color Pencil
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Bard College 1986
Bachelor of Science in Art History
State University College at New Paltz 1977
Additional Study: New York Studio School (Drawing Marathons)
Columbia University, School of Architecture
Women’s Studio Workshop
TEACHING
Professor of Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Coordinator, Interior Design Program, Florence, Italy campus
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NYFA Fellowship in Painting 2018
Invitational Award for Outstanding Contemporary Talent,
University of Bridgeport, CT 2000
Purchase Prize, “11th National Juried Exhibition”
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore 1999
First Prize, “Women in the Visual Arts ‘95”
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1995
Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award for Sculpture
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 1994
Honorable Mention, “National Juried Exhibition”
University of Bridgeport, CT 1993
Individual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture
Dutchess Arts Fund 1992/93
Tallix, Morris, Singer Internship in Sculpture
Tallix Foundry, Beacon, NY 1990/91
MEMBERSHIP Royal British Society of Sculptors
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