Description

Renée Van Halm, Vancouver, Stacked (OB) (2 parts), Earthenware, underglaze and acrylic paint, felt. 12” x 7” x 4.5”.

Renée Van Halm was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to Canada as a young child. She now lives and works in Vancouver after many years in Toronto, Montréal, and Berlin. She recently set up a ceramics studio on Hornby Island. Her undergraduate work was completed at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) and she completed an MFA at Concordia University in Montréal. In addition to over 30 solo exhibitions, her work has been included in many group exhibitions including the Canadian Biennial 2017 at the National Gallery of Canada. Her work has been collected publicly and privately in Canada and elsewhere. In 2017 the West Vancouver Art Museum mounted an exhibition of her paintings and ceramics entitled Shape of Things. In addition, Van Halm has been involved with many related projects including the founding of Mercer Union, the artist run centre in Toronto, in 1979. She taught for over a decade at York University before joining the faculty of Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 1992 , where she is now professor emerita. Her work is represented by Birch Contemporary in Toronto and the Equinox Gallery in Vancouver. For more, please see her website here.

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