Jan Van Dijk
Jan Van Dijk
BIO
Jan Van Dijk shows extensively around Australia. He released his artist book 'Jan Van Dijk: A Reverse Chronology 2008 - 2006' and is included in many significant collections. From solo exhibitions based on aerial photos of urban landscapes to the haunting beauty of Wonder Wheels, his subject choices are broad, but the execution is acute, and always exciting. His most recent works focus on the 'Carnival phenomenon' - excerpt from media release:
Wheels of thrills and wonder take the viewer into a place somewhere between lost childhoods and imagined futures, complete with tacky advertising and bad carny paint. A sly poke at the ride of life - pursuits and desires may lose their novelty value but that doesn't halt the revolutions of the wheel. It spins on and on like the repetitive patterns of life and the first ride is always free.
AWARDS
2011 | Short-listed - Directors Cut - 60th Blake Prize
2011 | Finalist - ANL Maritime Art Prize
2011 | Finalist - Sunshine Coast Art Prize - Caloundra Regional Gallery
2010 | Accepted Artist - Lessedra International Painting Prize - Sofia - BULGARIA
2010 | Finalist Clayton Utz Launch - Art Award - Brisbane - QLD
2009 | Brisbane Grammar School Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2008 | Brisbane Grammar School Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | Brisbane Grammar School Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2004 | East Coast Sculpture Award - Ballina - NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 | Flight of the Ordinary - SGAR - Brisbane - QLD
2010 | Praying for Lions - Greenhill Galleries - Adelaide - SA
2009 | Unashamed Escapism - Charles Hewitt Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2008 | Large Works - Charles Ginn Gallery Brisbane - QLD
2007 | No Standing Brisbane (An Aerial Art Project on the streets of Brisbane) - Charles Ginn Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | No Standing Sydney (An Aerial Art Project on the streets of Brisbane) - Crossbay Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2007 | New Works on Paper - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | New Works - Flipbook Gallery - Charles Ginn Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2006 | Contours - Illustration House - Brisbane Riverfestival Production - Brisbane - QLD
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 | Arthamptons with Retrospect Galleries - NY - USA
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair Melbourne with Retrospect Galleries - VIC
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair New York with Retrospect Galleries - NEW YORK
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair London with Retrospect Galleries - LONDON
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair Brussels with Retrospect Galleries - Brussels
2012 | Artist of the Month - Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay - NSW
2012 | The Magic of Racing - Retrospect Gralleries - Broardbeach - QLD
2011 | Hidden Worlds - Retrospect Galleries - Broadbeach - QLD
2011 | Fusion - Retrospect Galleries - Broadbeach - QLD
2010 | Galeries Lessedra - Sofia - BULGARIA
2010 | Signed and Numbered - Melbourne - VIC
2010 | Art Melbourne with Retrospect Galleries - Melbourne - VIC
2010 | Directors Choice - Greenhill Galleries Hilton - Adelaide - SA
2010 | Man Woman Beast (with Michelle Dawson) - Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay - NSW
2009 | Day of the Dead - Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay - NSW
2008 | 10 works loaned to QPAC (Qld Performing Arts Complex) - Nov
2008 to Feb 2009 | Galerie Lisette Alibert - Paris - FRANCE
2009 | Collaborative Australian/Korean show - Crossbay Gallery Sydney and Gong Pyeong Art Space, Seoul - Global Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2009 | Art Sydney with Retrospect Galleries - Sydney - NSW
2008 | Grammar Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2008 | Clouds and Wonder Wheels with Chris Southwell - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2008 | Brisscapes - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | Not Quite White - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | Grammar Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | The Last Stand - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - Q LD
2007 | Naked - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2004 - 2005 | Festival - An Aerial Art Project - Woodford Folk Festival - A WFF Production opened by the then Qld Arts Minister Anna Bligh
2004 | East Coast Sculpture Show - Ballina - NSW
2002 | Boab Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
1998 | Celestial Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
1996 | Boab Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
COLLECTIONS
Artworks by Jan Van Dijk are in private collections throughout Australia and Internationally as well as below, including Mr and Mrs Ferris (Ferris Wheel) collection
2008 - 2009 | 10 works loaned to Queensland Performing Arts Complex (QPAC)
2008 | Gaden Lawyers Collection
2008 | Social Securities Appeals Tribunal Collection
2007 | Mater Health Services Collection - QLD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 | Semi-Permanent
2010 | Book Release of Jan Van Dijk: 2010
2009 | Cover image and featured artist - InRetrospect 10 Book - Retrospect Galleries
2008 | Book Release of Jan Van Dijk: A Reverse Chronology 2008 - 2006
2008 | Mater Mothers Hospitals Collection Catalogue
Jan Van Dijk shows extensively around Australia. He released his artist book 'Jan Van Dijk: A Reverse Chronology 2008 - 2006' and is included in many significant collections. From solo exhibitions based on aerial photos of urban landscapes to the haunting beauty of Wonder Wheels, his subject choices are broad, but the execution is acute, and always exciting. His most recent works focus on the 'Carnival phenomenon' - excerpt from media release:
Wheels of thrills and wonder take the viewer into a place somewhere between lost childhoods and imagined futures, complete with tacky advertising and bad carny paint. A sly poke at the ride of life - pursuits and desires may lose their novelty value but that doesn't halt the revolutions of the wheel. It spins on and on like the repetitive patterns of life and the first ride is always free.
AWARDS
2011 | Short-listed - Directors Cut - 60th Blake Prize
2011 | Finalist - ANL Maritime Art Prize
2011 | Finalist - Sunshine Coast Art Prize - Caloundra Regional Gallery
2010 | Accepted Artist - Lessedra International Painting Prize - Sofia - BULGARIA
2010 | Finalist Clayton Utz Launch - Art Award - Brisbane - QLD
2009 | Brisbane Grammar School Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2008 | Brisbane Grammar School Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | Brisbane Grammar School Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2004 | East Coast Sculpture Award - Ballina - NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 | Flight of the Ordinary - SGAR - Brisbane - QLD
2010 | Praying for Lions - Greenhill Galleries - Adelaide - SA
2009 | Unashamed Escapism - Charles Hewitt Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2008 | Large Works - Charles Ginn Gallery Brisbane - QLD
2007 | No Standing Brisbane (An Aerial Art Project on the streets of Brisbane) - Charles Ginn Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | No Standing Sydney (An Aerial Art Project on the streets of Brisbane) - Crossbay Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2007 | New Works on Paper - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | New Works - Flipbook Gallery - Charles Ginn Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2006 | Contours - Illustration House - Brisbane Riverfestival Production - Brisbane - QLD
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 | Arthamptons with Retrospect Galleries - NY - USA
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair Melbourne with Retrospect Galleries - VIC
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair New York with Retrospect Galleries - NEW YORK
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair London with Retrospect Galleries - LONDON
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair Brussels with Retrospect Galleries - Brussels
2012 | Artist of the Month - Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay - NSW
2012 | The Magic of Racing - Retrospect Gralleries - Broardbeach - QLD
2011 | Hidden Worlds - Retrospect Galleries - Broadbeach - QLD
2011 | Fusion - Retrospect Galleries - Broadbeach - QLD
2010 | Galeries Lessedra - Sofia - BULGARIA
2010 | Signed and Numbered - Melbourne - VIC
2010 | Art Melbourne with Retrospect Galleries - Melbourne - VIC
2010 | Directors Choice - Greenhill Galleries Hilton - Adelaide - SA
2010 | Man Woman Beast (with Michelle Dawson) - Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay - NSW
2009 | Day of the Dead - Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay - NSW
2008 | 10 works loaned to QPAC (Qld Performing Arts Complex) - Nov
2008 to Feb 2009 | Galerie Lisette Alibert - Paris - FRANCE
2009 | Collaborative Australian/Korean show - Crossbay Gallery Sydney and Gong Pyeong Art Space, Seoul - Global Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2009 | Art Sydney with Retrospect Galleries - Sydney - NSW
2008 | Grammar Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2008 | Clouds and Wonder Wheels with Chris Southwell - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2008 | Brisscapes - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | Not Quite White - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | Grammar Art Show - Brisbane - QLD
2007 | The Last Stand - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - Q LD
2007 | Naked - Flipbook Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2004 - 2005 | Festival - An Aerial Art Project - Woodford Folk Festival - A WFF Production opened by the then Qld Arts Minister Anna Bligh
2004 | East Coast Sculpture Show - Ballina - NSW
2002 | Boab Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
1998 | Celestial Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
1996 | Boab Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
COLLECTIONS
Artworks by Jan Van Dijk are in private collections throughout Australia and Internationally as well as below, including Mr and Mrs Ferris (Ferris Wheel) collection
2008 - 2009 | 10 works loaned to Queensland Performing Arts Complex (QPAC)
2008 | Gaden Lawyers Collection
2008 | Social Securities Appeals Tribunal Collection
2007 | Mater Health Services Collection - QLD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 | Semi-Permanent
2010 | Book Release of Jan Van Dijk: 2010
2009 | Cover image and featured artist - InRetrospect 10 Book - Retrospect Galleries
2008 | Book Release of Jan Van Dijk: A Reverse Chronology 2008 - 2006
2008 | Mater Mothers Hospitals Collection Catalogue
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