Studied at the University of Contemporary Arts of Vienna and has become an internationally acclaimed artist after his work building popularity with major institutions and private collectors throughout Europe and USA.
LAMONTE VAN WELLS:
* Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands * Master of Fine Arts, Vienna * Grafic Design, University of the Arts, London
Selected Group Exhibitions (GE), Solo Exhibitions (SE):
1995-2000: * Lux et Eternis: NewMetropolis-Applied Communication, Amsterdam (SE) * Stadt Szenen: Kunstverein Exit Art, Köln (GE) * Fantasis: Galerie Erna Hecey, Luxembourg (GE) * Rewind to the Future: Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (GE) * The Feng Project: Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY (GE)
2000-2005: * Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (SE) * Museum Boymans- Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands (GE) * Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford Travelling exhibition, UK (GE) * Kunsttreppe, Hamburg, Germany (GE) * Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (SE) * Centrum Hedendaagse Kunst, Almere, Netherlands (GE) * Galerie Fototheek, Antwerp, Belgium (GE) * Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY (SE)
2005 till present: * De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands (SE) * Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York (GE) * Galerie Industria, Wuppertal, Germany (GE)
currently lives in Vancouver, BC.
His paintings reveal forceful, rapid, impulsive brush strokes and striking color splashed directly onto the canvas. He also uses sticks, trowels and knives to apply the paint.
"Lamonte Vanwells describes his abstraction as an attempt to evoke the rhythmic energy of life. "My work is an approach that involves complete freedom from all traditional aesthetic and social values and favors spontaneous, free personal expression."
