Marleen Vermeulen
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Preview magazine about the exhibition in May/ June 2010: click here - MARLEEN VERMEULEN, Solo Show 2010 Galleries West magazine about the solo show in 2009: click here - MARLEEN VERMEULEN Marleen Vermeulen received most of her art education in the Netherlands where she was born. She is a graduate of the Design Academy in Eindhoven and the Academy of Fine Arts in Utrecht. In the 80’s and early 90’s Marleen enjoyed an extensive international and award winning career in graphic design before settling on the Sunshine Coast, Canada, in 1994. Inspired by the natural beauty of the Pacific West Coast, she chose to focus on her art in the form of a series of oversized oil paint canvases. The sheer scale of the canvases and texture of the oil paint amplifies the effect of natural expanse. “Where I live, on the Sunshine Coast in the Pacific Northwest, I am surrounded by nature and I am ever-present to an overwhelming sense of space. Every single day I am aware of the true greatness, openness and beauty when I view the ocean and North Shore Mountains, or on my kayak trips and daily runs through the West Coast rainforest. This awareness creates serenity in me, the space I need from the busyness of life to find myself.” Recent Exhibitions: 2010 Solo Show. Kurbatoff Gallery. Vancouver, BC 2009 Solo Show. Kurbatoff Gallery. Vancouver, BC July - August 2008 Pendulum Gallery, HSBC Building, Georgia Street , Vancouver Solo show; Within Expanse-Expanse Within May - June 2007 Gibsons Public Art Gallery Solo show; West Coast Impressions September 2006 Gift of the Eagle Gallery Solo show. Newspaper coverage August 2006 Water Juried Groupshow GPAG November 2005 Animals! Animals! Juried Groupshow GPAG December 2005 Art on the Beach Juried Groupshow ( 5 Artists) February 2003 Coast Cultural Alliance Erotica - featured artist
