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.
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]
Van Hout has exhibited extensively, in Australia, New Zealand and internationally, at private and public galleries.
Major solo shows
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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]
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.
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