art by steve van gelder | 214.662.5038
In 2002 I began painting with acrylics on rough board and continued
to work with wood and mixed media, or more accurately: with hardware...
As a commercial illustrator mostly using computer, I had done few paintings. Essentially they were
an application of vector graphics to canvas. I didn’t feel like I was painting.
I wanted to work quickly with an immediacy and in general enjoy the process. Painting on weathered plywood board helped with the eternal issue of being too tight. Not only did it loosen up my brushstroke, but random texture of the wood adds dimension to the surface and I find it a great resource.
Endless cutting of boards and making frames led me to creating in wood in a mixed media and assemblage kinda' genre. Currently I am going deeper in the wood with sanding and carving, which would almost suggest sculpture...
Steve van Gelder grew up in Montreal and studied graphic design at Dawson College.
A working graphic designer,
he has lived in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, New Orleans and currently Dallas.
2011
Henderson Art Project
Dallas, TX
Snake
2010
Henderson Art Project
Dallas, TX
Backbone
2008
21st National Juried Art Exhibition
Mable House Arts Center
Mabelton, Georgia
Winter
"Landscape", Juried Competetion,
Island Ford Art
Statesville, North Carolina
President George Bush Turnpike
Memories, Juried Competion
Quinlan Visual Arts Center
Gainsville, Georgia
Liberty Street
The 2008 Hunting Art Prize
Juried Competion
Huston, Texas
Dearborn
2007
IBM Corporate Facility
Copell, Texas
Selected works
Montpellier Center for the Arts
10th National Juried Exibition,
Montpellier, Virginia
First in Show
Dearborn
El Corazon 2007
Bath House Cultural Center,
Dallas, Texas
Love Hurts
2006
Wouldstock Holiday Show
Tempest Gallery, Dallas
Selected works
Super Heros, Juried Exibition
Off Main Gallery, Denison, TX
Second in Show
E.V.
4 X 4 X 6
Club Zubar, Dallas
Rock ‘Till you Drop Series
20th Annual Day of the Dead Show
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas
Day of The Dead Night Light
Café Izmir, Dallas
September 7, 2006
Selected works
Outside the Lines 6 Juried Exhibition,
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas
Honourable Mention
Rock’Till You Drop
KNOW THE ENEMY
Continental Gallery, Dallas
Solo show
2005
David Dyke Fine Art Texas Auction
Dallas, September, 2005
Chicken Coop In Taveria
NEW WORK, TEXAS
Magnolia Gallery, Dallas
Solo show
2004
Gallery Night Group Show, Juried Exibition
Fort Worth, TX
Honourable Mention
Waco Fair
First Public Showing
Lakewood Starbucks, Dallas
