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December 5, 2024 - April 17, 2025

Greg Van Dusseldorp's artwork delves into liminal spaces while engaging deeply with materiality. His art navigates the physical and metaphysical realms, transforming everyday experiences into immersive visual landscapes. Van Dusseldorp's work combines painting and sculpture to evoke tension between control and chaos. Gestures and mark-making highlight human imprecision, while layering techniques balance abstraction with traces of the human condition. His art reflects fragmented narratives of memory, loss, and desire, and invites a meditative confrontation with the present moment.

The process of creation is as crucial as the finished piece, involving a dialogue between the artist, material, and space. Van Dusseldorp aims to offer a sensory invitation to explore the complexities of contemporary existence.

Greg Van Dusseldorp, an Iowa City artist, earned his BA from Buena Vista University and his MFA from the University of Iowa, studying under Chuck Hindes, Clary Illian, and Bunny McBride. He has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Red Lodge Clay Center, and The New Harmony Clay Project. Van Dusseldorp has taught ceramics as a Visiting Professor at Kent State University for Kirk Mangus and as an adjunct at the University of Iowa. Additionally, he served as an Assistant Professor of Art at Iowa Wesleyan College.

Greg Van Dusseldorp, Vessel, 2024, Porcelain, Slip, Underglaze, Salt Glaze, and Clear Glaze, 28" x 13" x 6"