Peter Heij - Lostland XVII

From the Lostlands series; focusing on the untouched primal land, the early world.
To evoke the primal land, to bring it back and reconstruct it.
The setting sun must dramatically emphasize the sense of time here.

Lostland XVII, oil on canvas, 2004. In excellent condition. Signed; Peter Hey 2004

Peter Heij, born Utrecht. Lives and works in Job, Auvergne, Puy de Dôme, France. Previously, among other places, in Amsterdam.
Did the Koninklijke Academie voor Kunst en Vormgeving (akv | St Joost) in Den Bosch complete a program with a specialization in painting (1982–1987)?
During this period, and afterwards, I worked figuratively, expressively, and even abstractly, in order to pursue the realism with which I had initially begun in my youth.
Themes and subjects relate to humans and identity in relation to the environment (series Figures/Gestalten), landscapes with reconstructions of the past (Lostlands), or sky-beings as an attempt to capture and shape the intangible (Skyscapes). More recently, the landscapes with traces of the inhabitants (Santa Fe footpaths) or faces as sketches of memories (Faces).
In photo-paintings, the realistic representation of the photograph is altered with paint or another technique. Through this intervention, the captured and still reality is changed, questioned, and relativized.

The central aim is to elevate beyond and to alienate the everyday reality, without losing sight of reality, in order to discover other, or perhaps new, insights and awareness.

Group Exhibitions (selection)
2020/21/22/23
Nel art, Cape Town, South Africa; Exhibition Wagkamer-Indlu Yokulinda-Waiting Room, June–July 2023, Skyscapes circle, curator Luan Nel. / Exhibition Summer Salon Dec. 2021–Feb. 2022. A selection from the Gestalten/Figures series, featuring the work: The Fisherman, curator Luan Nel. / Exhibition Inaugural Salon (Feb–Mar 2020), and Summer Salon Dec. 2020–Feb. 2021, Skyscapes circle, curator Luan Nel.
2018/19
The Orange Water Contemporary Art Festival 4, Greece.
Theme: Reflections of Origin.
2018-2019: EAP (Hellenic Open University) School of Applied Arts, Patras.
2018: Nederlands Instituut Athene (NIA).
Curator Apostolis Zolotakis.
A selection of oil paintings from the Gestalten/Figures series.
2018
UFOFABRIK Contemporary Art Gallery (Moena, Italy);
P.A.T. Pavia Art Talent, Pavia, Italy.
Art Thessaloniki Contemporary art fair, Thessaloniki, Greece.
ArtNordic International Art Fair, Lokomotivværkstedet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hybrid Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
A wide selection including the Gestalten/Figures series and photo paintings.
2018
Gallery Sous-Terre/Flower Art Museum, Aalsmeer. Exhibition 'Unity in Diversity'. Selection of photo-paintings: Flowers.
2017/18
Year-end exhibition, Lauswolt Gallery, Olterterp, Friesland. A varied selection.
2017
United States of Arts, Salon West Art Gallery, Amsterdam. Selection from the Gestalten/Figures series.
2017
Art Shopping, Salon d'art Contemporain International, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris. Queen Art Studio Gallery, Padua, Italy. Selection from the Faces series.
2016
Art project 40×40, Galerie Tuur, Venlo. Theme: 'SKIN'. Photo-painted works/figures.
2016
ArtZaanstad, Zaandam. A wide selection of series Skycapes, Gestalten/Figures, Lostlands, Santa Fe Footpaths and Faces.
2015/6
The Orange Water Contemporary Art Festival I, 2015 / 2016, Greece. Theme: Memory Landscape. 2016; SAF (Santorini Arts Factory). 2015; Nederlands Instituut Athene (NIA), the Loft (Athens), Agios Athanasios (Naousa), Megaron Lefkon (Lefkes, Paros). Selection from the series Lostlands.
2015
Gallery 'S', Amsterdam. Exhibition 'Men Exhibit'. Photo-paintings Gestalten/Figures and 'Dallas, Texas' series, oil on canvas.
2015
Gallery No. 1, Paris. Exhibition 'Love etc...'. Photo-paintings Gestalten/Figures.
2014
Gallery No. 1, Paris. Exhibition 'Venetian Atmosphere'. Photo-painting works, Designs/Figures.

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https://www.peterheij.nl/

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