EVA
VAN RIJN (hide complete resume)
PO
BOX 441, WOODSTOCK NY 12498
(845) 679-9794 evavanrijn44@aol.com
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EDUCATION
Putney School,Putney, Vt. class of '55
Antioch College, New York University, '55-59,
Yale University - '82-84
Academia DeBelle Arte, Florence Italy '57
Woodstock School of Art, ongoing
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2006 Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, 511 W 25th St Chelsea NYC December
2007 National Arts Club, NYC May
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
"Relations" (Mother-Daughter) Kiesendahl&Calhoun
Gallery, Beacon NY Dec '05
"Silent Waters" solo exhibition, The Arts Guild
of Old Forge, NY, summer '04
"Red Canyons/ Blue Space" mother-daughter exhibition
with daughter Maia Chavez - Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock NY Ocotber
'04
RECENT NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2006 Art and the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Cnts For The Arts,
Bennington Vt.
2005 Art for the Parks Mini 100 Jackson Hole, Wy
2005 Birds In Art Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Wausau Wi
2005 Art of the Animal Kingdom X, BenningtonCenter for the Arts
Vt.
2004 Art and Environmentalism , Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY
2004 "Art of the Animal Kingdom IX" Bennington Center
for the Arts, bennington Vt.
2003 Arts For The parks Top 100, National Park Academy of the
Arts, Jackson Hole, Wyo.
2003 Oil Painters Of America, Taos, NM
2003 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio Tx
2002 Wings & Wildlife, National Aviary, Pittsburgh. Pa
2002 Oil Painters Of America, Brazier Gallery, Richmind, Va.
2002 "Impressions of New England" Bennington Center
for the Arts, Bennington Vt.
2002 BAA National Exhibition, Boulder, Co.
2001 Henry Doorley Zoo Wildlife Invitational, Omaha Neb.
2001 "Recent Work" solo exhibition, Fletcher Gallery,
Woodstock NY
2001 "Wild in der Natuur" wildlife Art Invitational,
Enschele, Holland
2000 "Birds In Art" Woodson Museum of Art, Wausau
Wis.
2000 NY State Fair Wildlife Art Invitationsal (prizewinner)
2000 "The Wonders of Nature" Hong Kong
2000 Salamagundi Club, New York, NY
MAGAZINE & BOOK REVIEWS
NEW ART INTERNATIONAL, Jeremy Sedley, Vol 8 2006
INFORM ART MAGAZINE SPRING ISSUE '03 P 39-42
WILDLIFE ART MAGAZINE MAR-APRIL '01, P 40-41
RECENT REVIEWS
"The Blue Air of Black Canyon" Woodstock Times,
Oct 21 '04
"A Drop in the Canyon" Vail Daily, Vail Co. Sept
30,' 04
"Red Canyons/Blue Space" Poughkeepsie Pulse Oct
7-13, '04
AWARDS
Impressions of New England" Founder's Purchase Award,
Bennington Cntr for Arts, 2002
New York State Fair ,Wildlife Art Award, 2000
American Artist Magazine Competition, Finalist animal category,
'99, 2003
Bolton Brown Award, Woodstock School of Art, '98
COMMUNITY
Trustee Emeritus, Woodstock Artist's Association, Woodstock NY
Chair of Trustees, Woodstock Artist Ass. Woodstock NY
Board of Directors, Woodstock Guild , Woodstock NY
Instructor, Woodstock Guild
Blum Institute Art Board, Bard College, Annondale on Hudson, NY
Board of Directors, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock NY
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Permanent Collection
Dutchess Community College Permanent Collection
Bennington Center for the Arts Permanent Collection
WEBSITES
www.natureartists.com/Eva van Rijn
www.fletchergallery.com
EVA
VAN RIJN (show complete resume)
EVA WAS BORN IN DEN HAGUE, HOLLAND
IN 1936 AND EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES WITH HER PARENTS DURING
WW2. THE FAMILY SETTLED IN WOODSTOCK, NY. HERE THE VITALITY AND
CREATIVITY OF A THRIVING ART COMMUNITY FORMED THE BASIS FOR HER
ARTISTIC STYLE AND WORK ETHIC.
TAKING A YEAR OFF FROM COLLEGE
SHE ATTENDED THE ACADEMIA DE BELLE ARTE IN FLORENCE, ITALY, WHERE
HER MOTHER HAD BEEN A STUDENT BEFORE HER. SHE MARRIED PAINTER-SCULPTOR
EDWARD CHAVEZ, A WELL KNOWN ABSTRACT ARTIST, AND CONTINUED TO
LIVE IN WOODSTOCK, WHERE DAUGHTER MAIA (NOW ALSO AN ARTIST) WAS
BORN.
THE FAMILY SPENT SUMMERS CAMPING
IN A TENT TRAILER, EXPLORING THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. THIS IMMERSION
IN WESTERN LANDSCAPE BECAME THE INSPIRATION FOR HER ARTWORK. OFTEN
JOINED BY DAUGHTER MAIA, EVA CONTINUES THE CAMPING TRADITION,
CREATING PLEIN-AIR PAINTINGS THAT BECOME THE BASIS FOR LARGER
PAINTINGS IN THE STUDIO AT HOME.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS THE TWO
HAVE COLLABORATED TO CREATE "RED CANYONS/BLUE SPACE"
AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS FEATURING WORK FROM THEIR
COLLECTIVE ROAD TRIPS TO THE GRAND CANYON AND THE BLACK CANYON
OF THE GUNNISON. FIRST SHOWN IN WOODTOCK AND THEN BEACON NY, THIS
ONGOING PROJECT WILL SEEK OTHER EXHIBITION SITES.
EVA CONTINUES TO LIVE
IN WOODSTOCK, WHERE SHE IS A DIRECTOR OF THE WOODSTOCK SCHOOL
OF ART. WITH HER PARTNER FISHERMAN RICHARD STRAIN SHE TRAVELS
TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S LAST UNSPOILED PLACES WHERE PHOTOGRAPHY
AND QUICK PLEIN AIR PAINTINGS PROVIDE THE SOURCES FOR LANDSCAPE
AND WILDLIFE PAINTINGS DONE IN THE STUDIO.