Steven Nederveen's art centers on the ever-changing relationship we share with nature, a connection that often oscillates between admiration and devastation. Beneath the overtly positive and uplifting depictions of natural landscapes, there lies a subtle exploration of the darker facets of the human psyche. His representations of oceans and forests are idealized, emanating an inner radiance that burns with intensity. This heightened effect reflects our own yearning for a deeper connection with nature, a desire to both harness and be moved by its power, ultimately revealing the complexity of our bond with the natural world.
After receiving his Bachelor of Design from the University of Alberta, the Canadian artist moved to Vancouver where he lived between the mountains and ocean, undertaking a committed practice of meditation as well as hiking and sailing. Nederveen combines painting and photography to express the complex relationship we have with the natural environment. He travels extensively to photograph landscapes around the world. He looks for either quiet moments in a dramatic scene or dramatic moments in quiet scenes.
Printing these images at canvas size, he then starts the slow process of concealing and revealing areas with acrylic paint, mixing impasto techniques with splatters and scrapes, often leaving just a small area of a photo remaining. He uses meditation and time spent in nature to inform his images, finding a language to express the connection between inner and outer worlds. These mixed media paintings blur the lines of realism and experience, photography and painting.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Somerville Manning Gallery, Deleware
Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB, Canada
2022 "Places of Home", Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Golden Glimmers", Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Home", Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver, BC
"Quietude", Bau-Xi Gallery in Toronto, ON - April
2020 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Art Toronto, ON
“Moments of Intrigue”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Between the Moon and Sun”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Holiday Show Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art Toronto, ON
2018 Art Toronto, ON
“Light Play”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
“Atmospheres”, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Holiday Show, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto/Vancouver
2017 Art Toronto, ON
“Under Clear Skies”, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
“Something in the Air”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Nature Transforms”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016 Art Toronto, ON
“A Temperature Nature”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 “Indigo Haze”, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
“Valley of a Thousand Chateaux”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 “Liquid Light”, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2013 “Spectrum”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2012 “Half Light”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
2011 “Land of Golden Lights”, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, New York, NY
“Listening”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
2010 Art Toronto, ON
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2018 Juror, Telus Brain Project, Toronto
2017 Created painting
for the Canadian Embassy in Iceland
2007 Juror, Artscapes
Queen West Outdoor Art Show, Toronto
2007 Visiting Artist
Residency, Artscapes Gibraltar Point, Toronto
