Riverside, CT, United States
Marc VanDermeer who goes by the online nom de guerre, VanDi, is a mixed media digital artist from t...
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About the artist
Joined In 2021
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Marc VanDermeer who goes by the online nom de guerre, VanDi, is a mixed media digital artist from the USA. A traditional abstract artist started painting at the age of ten. He was initially taught by his artist/sculpture and poet mother, Carol Levy Vandermeir. His formal art education began at the Philadelphia College of Art (UArts) in 1971, graduating with a degree in film in 1976. He followed with continued part-time education at SVA, Parsons, and Silvermine School of Art.
Working across a pastiche of artistic genres and style in a creative mélange of thought-provoking fantasy and surreal imagery.
His body of work expresses his flirtation with photography, painting, and digital media. He is crossing modern expressionism, street art, collage, classicism, landscape painting, pop art, minimalism in an artistic mash-up of award-winning art.
VanDi explains, “Legacy for me is paramount; I see myself as carving that legacy each time I produce something new.” When asked to define his style or influences, Marc replies It’s challenging to describe my current style, which is dictated by both anatomical observation and mood. Choosing sometimes to express his thoughts and philosophy on canvas or the digital screen. Producing colorful mo...
BFA/Film Philadelphia College of Art
School of Visual Arts
Parson School of Design
Silvermine School of Art
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Philadelphia College of Art Film festival winner for best editing 1975
Moore College of Art film festival finalist 1975
Agora Art gallery NYC solo show /2003
91 Greenwich Art Society (GAS) group show /2006
92nd GAS group show /2007
Spectrum Stamford Art Society group show finalist -2009
Art Of The Northeast Silvermine group show -2009
Silvermine student group show -2009
New Caanan Waveny Photography Show 2nd Prize -2010
Ridgefield Art Society group show -2010
Arcadia Greenwich Ct Solo show -2011
New Caanan Art Society at Waveny art show -2016
Member of Conception Arts, New York group shows -2018
LACDA Los Angeles digital photography art show -2019
West Hartford Art League’s Land Sea &Air show -2020
Loosen Art Rome photo show -2020
Spectrum Annual ContemporaryArt Show -2020
“Small is the new Big” juried show Rene Soto Gallery Ct. -2020
New Canaan Art on the Avenue -2020
Carriage Barn 2020 Member Show -2020
Greenwich Art Society 103 Benheim juried show 2020
Finalist, Rowayton Arts Autumn Juried Show -2020
SAS. New Member Show 2021
41st Photography Annual Carriage Barn Photo Show -2021
Finalist, 4th annual Black & White Art Show, The Art Room New York 2021
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