Simon van der Ven

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From the Wrack Line - Bend

$1,200
From the Wrack Line - Bend
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 10x11.75"

From the Wrack Line - Under the Paisley Sky

$1,800
From the Wrack Line - Under the Paisley Sky
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 20x12"

From the Wrack Line - Five Square

$5,400
From the Wrack Line - Five Square
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 30x24"

From the Wrack Line - Aquari

$2,200
From the Wrack Line - Aquari
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 16x20"

From the Wrack Line - Walk the Line

$1,600
From the Wrack Line - Walk the Line
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 15x10"

From the Wrack Line - View

$800
From the Wrack Line - View
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 6.5x6.5"

From the Wrack Line - Blue Hill

$750
From the Wrack Line - Blue Hill
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 5.5x6.25"

From the Wrack Line - Range

$800
From the Wrack Line - Range
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 7.5x7.5"

From the Wrack Line - Bosch

$750
From the Wrack Line - Bosch
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 5.5x7.75"

From the Wrack Line - The Three

$1,100
From the Wrack Line - The Three
Simon van der Ven
acrylic and found object impressions on board, 8x8"

Box Vase 0243

$225
Box Vase 0243
Simon van der Ven
salt/soda-fired stoneware, 6x6.5x3"

Tea Jar 9768

$575
Tea Jar 9768
Simon van der Ven
wood-fired stoneware with cherry burl lid, 7x3.75"

Round Vase 0221

$425
Round Vase 0221
Simon van der Ven
wood-fired stoneware with Montana slip, 8.75x10"

Dimpled Bowl 0141

$475
Dimpled Bowl 0141
Simon van der Ven
porcelain, 5.25x9.5"

Double Pocket Vase 0226

$325
Double Pocket Vase 0226
Simon van der Ven
wood-fired stoneware, 7.25x7.25x3.5"

Large Shirt Vase

$325
Large Shirt Vase
Simon van der Ven
stoneware, 9.75x4.75"

Bio

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2024 FROM 1PM | Simon van der Ven Artist Talk at Page Gallery, free and open to the public.

Having received an undergraduate degree in printmaking with a minor in sculpture, Simon van der Ven worked as a goldsmith and carpenter/builder before becoming an award winning high school art teacher. Seventeen years in the classroom were interrupted only by a year-long sabbatical in the south of France, where van der Ven worked in Les Buffile clay studio and studied painting and critical theory at the Marchutz School. Later, while still teaching, van der Ven earned an MFA  concentrating his studies on ceramics and drawing.

Simon has been an adjunct instructor at the University of Maine Augusta, University College Rockland, and Unity College. He’s facilitated workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, and has been a resident artist at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Maine.

Van der Ven’s work has won awards in several national juried competitions. It is held in both private and public collections including the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, the Canton Museum of Fine Arts, and Harrisburg Community College.

"I am drawn to organic forms and patterns, to natural phenomena that the human eye and spirit responds to as both fresh and timeless. Nest, egg, scale, branch, vein, river, bone and stone." In combination with organic forms and patterns, Simon utilizes the labor intensive technique of wood firing on some of his pieces to further emphasize his interest in the natural world and an organic look.

Today, van der Ven works as a full-time studio artist and part-time educator.