Transition
Collin Van Der Sluijs, May 29-31, 2018
BEFORE
Project Details:
Installation:
May 29–31, 2018
Address:
6844 Windsor Ave
Karasak Park
Wall size:
Direction:
Facing West
Financing:
BPAI
Anonymous Donor
Project Partners:
Primary Care Physicians
South Berwyn Park District
Vertical Gallery
Reception Sponsors:
Olive or Twist, Connies, Republic Bank, Flapjack Brewery, The Outta Space, Lavergne’s Tavern, The Garage Smokehouse and Bar, Dwellings, Maggie’s Creations
Photo Credits:
WeOurStory
Sabine Krauss
About the Artist:
Collin Van Der Sluijs
Collin is an internationally celebrated public artist who’s work has been published in books and magazines and shown in galleries project-spaces and walls in the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain and the USA.
At the age of 12 he attended the school for traditional painting in Goes, the Netherlands where he studied the old techniques from painting and theory. In 1996, he graduated and was accepted for a 4 years painting and graphic education at St. Lucas in Boxtel, the Netherlands. Graduated in 2000, and attended the art-academy St. Joost in Breda, the Netherlands. He studied illustration for 4 years and graduated with a bachelor-title in 2004.
After the graduation at the art-academy St. Joost he moved to the south of the Netherlands where he lives and works on exhibitions and projects. His work can be described as personal pleasures and struggles in daily life, translated in his own visual language.