Ronnie van Hout
Ronnie van Hout (born 22 January 1962) is a New Zealand artist, living in Melbourne, Australia. He works across a wide variety of media including sculpture, video, painting, photography, embroidery, and sound recordings.
Early life and education[]
Born in Christchurch on 22 January 1962,[1] van Hout attended the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury between 1980 and 1982, where he majored in film. In 1999, he gained a Master of Fine Arts from RMIT University, Melbourne.[2]
Exhibitions[]
Van Hout has exhibited extensively, in Australia, New Zealand and internationally, at private and public galleries.
Major solo shows
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- 2012 Ronnie van Hout: I've Seen Things, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt[3]
- 2011 Ronnie van Hout: Who Goes There, Christchurch Art Gallery[4]
- 2004 Ronnie van Hout: I've Abandoned Me, Dunedin Public Art Gallery and City Gallery Wellington[5]
- 2003 No Exit, Part 2, Physics Room, Christchurch[6]
Public sculptures[]
Van Hout has also produced a number of large-scale or permanent public art works, including Fallen Robot near The Dowse Art Museum, Comin' Down for the Christchurch Art Gallery, Boy Walking installed in Potters Park in Auckland,[7] and Quasi, a hand sculpture currently at City Gallery Wellington.[8][9][10][11]
Awards and recognitions[]
- 2004 nominated for the Walters Prize held at Auckland Art Gallery.[12]
- 2004 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin[13][14]
- 2005 recipient of a Laureate award from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.[2]
- 2008 Rita Angus Residency, Wellington[15]
Collections[]
Van Hout's work is held in many public collections including the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Christchurch Art Gallery and the Public Art Gallery.
Further information[]
- Anthony Byrt Who's There: Ronnie van Hout and the Anti-Hero Aesthetic, Art New Zealand 126, Autumn 2008
- John Hurrell, Review of Who Goes There, EyeContact, 27 September 2009
- John Hurrell, Review of The Other Mother, EyeContact, 28 June 2011
- Tom Cardy, Van Hout's latest hits the Dowse, The DominionPost, 12 July 2012
- Robert Leonard, Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, Eyeline, no. 73, 2011
References[]
- ^ "Ronnie van Hout". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Ronnie van Hout - Visual Artist". The Arts Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "Ronnie van Hout: I've Seen Things". The Dowse Art Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Ronnie van Hout: Who Goes There". Christchurch Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Ronnie van Hout: I've Abandoned Me". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Ronnie van Hout: No Exit Part 2". The Physics Room. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Boy Walking". Auckland Public Art. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Fallen Robot". The Dowse Art Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Ronnie van Hout's Comin' Down". Christchurch Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "'Nightmare' hand statue looms over New Zealand city". BBC News. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Boy Walking sculpture now installed in Potters Park".
- ^ "Walters Prize 2004". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Alicia Frankovich awarded Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency 2010/11". NZEmbassy. com. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Ronnie van Hout". Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "The artist residing - Exiting: Ronnie van Hout - Artist in Residence". Massey University. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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- 1962 births
- New Zealand artists
- 21st-century New Zealand sculptors
- People from Christchurch
- Living people
- Ilam School of Fine Arts alumni
- RMIT University alumni