Renee Van Halm

Renee Van Halm


Born:

1949 Holland
1953 Arrived Canada
Canadian citizen
Currently resides in Vancouver

Education:

1975-Graduated. Vancouver School of Art
1975-1977 Concordia University, Montreal


Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2006:
Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON

2002:
Dream Home: Ren?e Van Halm:
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC,
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB,
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Out-Takes: New Work, Taste: 100 Paintings of the Twentieth
Century, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2000:
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997:
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON

1995:
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON

1996:
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON

1994:
Anonymous Volumes, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON

1992:
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON

1990:
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON

1989:
Forest City Art Gallery, London, ON

1988:
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON

1987:
Display: A Temptation to Follow, Toronto Sculpture Garden,
Toronto, ON

1986:
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON
L'eau a la bouche, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC

1985:
Recent Work, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Saint Marie, ON

1984:
In Attaining the Vertical Stance, One Assumes Power,
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON
The Confusing Elements of Passion and Power, La Chambre
Blanche, Quebec, QC
Recent Work, 49th Parallel, New York City, NY

1983:
In Killing the Dragon, Peace is Restored, S.L. Simpson Gallery,
Toronto, ON
Anticipating, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S. 1,
New York City, NY
Voor Gerrit/Healing, KAAl, Kingston, ON

1982:
Voor Gerrit/Healing, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB

1983:
Recent Work, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON

1980:
Interior Projections, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON



Selected Group Exhibitions:

2004:
Architypes, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2001:
Sculpture, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1999:
Recollect, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Les Peintures, Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal, QC

1998:
weak thought, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The Monumental New City: Art and Community, Robert
McLachlan Gallery, Oshawa, ON

1997:
Work Site, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Vancouver Perspectives, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Vancouver Perspectives, Yokohama Citizens' Gallery, Yokohama,
Japan

1996:
Interventions; Anne Ramsden and Ren?e Van Halm, Burnaby Art
Gallery, Burnaby, BC

1995:
The Monumental New City: Art and Community, Mercer Union,
Toronto, ON
Survivors in Search of a Voice, various venues incl. Royal Ontario
Museum, Toronto, ON

1993:
Joanne Tod and Ren?e Van Halm, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto,
ON
De la perspective...dans l'art contemporain, Centre d'exposition
du Vieux-Palais, Saint-Jerome, QC
Reflecting Paradise, Expo ? 93, Taejon, Korea
Visual Evidence, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Dialogues, CIAC, Montreal, QC

1991:
The 80's, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1990:
Nine From Toronto, Newcastle, England
S.L. Simpson Gallery, 1980-1990, S.L. Simpson Gallery,
Toronto, ON

Awards/Grants

1991, 1994 Canada Council A Grant
1977, 1978 Aide aux Expositions, Ministere des Affaires
Culturelles, Quebec
1981, ?82, ?84, ?85, ?87 Canada Council B Grant
1989, Canada Council Paris Studio
1979, Canada Council Travel Grant
1977, 1978 Canada Council Short Term Grant
1984, 1986 Ontario Arts Council Grant
1984, OAC Award for Best Drawing in Graphex



Collections

Air Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank
Household Financial Corporation
Kamloops Art Gallery
London Regional Art Gallery
London Life Insurance
McCarthy T?trault
Musee d'art Contemporain, Montreal
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal
National Gallery of Canada
Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt
Price Waterhouse
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Toronto Dominion Bank
Tory and Tory, Toronto
University of Lethbridge
S.L. Simpson, Toronto
Vancouver Art Gallery
Private Collections in Canada and the United States


Selected Bibliography


Scott, Michael, Review, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.,
October 28, 2000
"Canadian Art From Its Beginnings to 2000", by Anne Newlands, p.
p. 323,
Published by Firefly Books Ltd., Willowdale, ON, 2000
"Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia", p. 220/221, Published
by
Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, BC, 2000
Miller, Earl, Review, Parachute 91, Montreal, QC, Summer 1998
Dault, Gary Michael, Review, Canadian Architect, Toronto, ON, 1997
Preece, Robert, Review, Asia Art News, Hong Kong, Fall 1997
Jeffs, Angela, Review, "Sister artists from sister city offer 12
perspectives", Japan
Times, November 10, 1996
Bellerby, Greg, Vancouver Perspectives, Yokohama, Citizens'
Gallery, Yokohama,
Japan, 1996 (catalogue)
Laurence, Robin, Review, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, February
6, 1996
Various, "Residence", La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Quebec, QC,
1996
Girling, Oliver, Review, Emily Carr Uptown, Eye, Toronto, ON, March
23, 1996
Brackett, Donald, "Painterly Inclinations", Financial Post, Toronto,
ON, Sept. 13, 1997
Johnstone, Lesley & Bradley, Jessica, "Sight Lines: Reading
Canadian Contemporary
Art", Artexte, Montreal, QC, 1994
Ninacs, Anne-Marie, "La perspective...dans l'art contemporain, Le
Centre d'exposition
du Vieux-Palais, Saint-Jerome, QC, 1993 (catalogue)
Spalding, Jeffrey, "Reflecting Paradise", Expo ?93, Taejon, Korea,
1993 (catalogue)