PETER VAN DYCK •   PHILADELPHIA, PA

 “I make paintings from life of subjects that I find in my immediate surroundings.  I enjoy looking at, contemplating and reconstituting the world, as I perceive it through the language of painting.  For me, painting is the act of reaching out to feel the world, of trying to organize and dramatize the existent into a painting.  I take great pleasure in the tension that exists between the abstract nature of a painted surface and the possibility of that surface to evoke something beyond itself.  I am not interested in a narrative but rather in a mood.“

 

Peter Van Dyck was born in Philadelphia in 1978.  He studied painting and drawing at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy from 1998-2002.  Peter returned to Philadelphia in 2002 to paint in his own studio and began exhibiting his work in solo and group shows in Philadelphia, New York and San Francisco.  In 2003, he began teaching at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where, in 2011 he became an Assistant Professor in the Certificate/BFA program.  In 2013 his work was included in the book Painted Landscapes, Contemporary Views by Lauren P. della Monica.  His work has also been reproduced in periodicals including, American Artist Magazine, American Arts Quarterly, Art News, American Art Collector, International Artist Magazine and Art and Antiques.  

 

ASSOCIATED EXHIBITIONS

Peter Van Dyck
SHOWCASE GALLERY

Opening Reception: November 3rd (5-7pm)

November 3 - December 27, 2023