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Naomi Van Rampelberg
 

Anxiety: My Muse

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
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‘As art connects us with our emotions, the muse ‘Anxiety’, the ultimate emotion we all willy-nilly undergo, should be approached with the utmost trepidation. 
These countless and delicate dots, do so most tenderly.’  MVR
 
"...in her dot world there is a gentleness and a grace; there is coordination, cooperation and balance: harmony." D. Martin
 
Said of a previous exhibition at One Off Gallery; “And the dignity of labour brings its reward, for although this is Van Rampelberg’s first solo show, it looks more like the work of an artist at the peak of her powers.” F. Walley, The East African, Nov 15-21, 2014
 
One Off Contemporary Art Gallery is proud to host a third exhibition for Naomi Van Rampelberg.

‘Art allows the expression of emotion in an abstract form’ says the multi-talented Naomi Van Rampelberg.

Art might be said to run in her veins.  Born in 1983, her earliest memories are of making her own ‘master pieces’.  Raised in a home where both parents were artists and her father was a collector of contemporary East African art, her entire being was surrounded by a cacocphany of inspirations. Despite these powerful influences, Van Rampelberg chose to study for a degree in Cultural Anthropology from Concordia University in Montreal.  Needless to say, she returned immediately to her first love, of art. 

Initially dotting glass paint on glass, when the wine bottles ran out, she painted any glass object she could lay her hands on; bowls, vases, pendants and a beautiful range of light fittings were the result.  She developed her own meticulous style of intricate dot painting with each creation taking as much as sixty hours to complete.

From those auspicious beginnings, her inspirational glassware has led to her latest collection of paper works, each dotted or covered with minute circles.  The delicate colours flow into each other and give the works a three-dimensional quality. 

Once again, this artist has invested literally thousands of hours in her output. The result is an intensely beautiful and subtle show, worthy of any collection of contemporary art anywhere in the world, an impressive international product rooted in the soil of Africa. 

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  • Home
    • Sculpture Garden
  • Exclusive Artists
    • Timothy Brooke
    • Peterson Kamwathi
    • Thom Ogonga
    • Richard Kimathi
    • Anthony Okello
    • Peter Ngugi
    • James Mbuthia
    • Florence Wangui
    • Ehoodi Kichapi
    • Elias Mung'ora
    • Patrick Karanja
    • Lisa Milroy
    • Harrison Mburu
    • Mark Lecchini
    • Mandy Bonnell
  • Current Exhibitions
    • Elias Mung'ora - The Descendants
  • Exhibition Archive
    • Olivia Pendergast - the light that we are
    • Silvester Mwangi - Pathless Path
    • Timothy Brooke - The Last Word
    • Baraka Shamia - Retribution
    • 50% SALE
    • Simon Muriithi - My Troubled Neighbour
    • Sian Daniel - Artistic Alchemy
    • Kahare Miano - Works in Progress
    • Florence Wangui - Where Do We Begin
    • Gallery Artists Series '24
    • Thom Ogonga - Quadranscential
    • Cyprian Rasto - Flowers, Sun and Rain
    • Beatrice Wanjiku - "We are Parlour Soldiers"
    • Talitha Puri Negri - Watching You, Watching Me
    • Peter Ngugi - Flying over the City
    • Rashid Amin - Endangered Echoes
    • Michael Soi - Massage Spa
    • Milena Eleonora Tys
    • Defining Moments - A Group Show
    • Munene Kariithi - Beyond
    • Baraka Shamia - Rows and Columns
    • Richard Kimathi - Local conversations
    • Lisa Milroy - Paper Safari
    • Patrick Karanja - Wormhole
    • Xavier Vehoest - Our Memories Can't Wait (For Palestine)
    • Print Studio
    • Naomi Van Rampelberg - Anxiety My Muse
    • Baldy Osborne
    • Margaret Ngigi
    • Mika Obanda
    • Mandy Bonnell: Fragile Stories
    • Elias Mung'ora - Mburoti Maguta Maguta
    • Geeta Singh - Ode to Nature
    • Soi: The Three Chapters
    • Exclusive Artist's Exhibition
    • 'Harmonious Intrigues' Metal Sculptures Exhibition by Meshack
    • Rashid Diab exhibition
    • Mark Lecchini - Meditations
    • Sebawali Sio: Blue Gold Series
    • Yony Waite
    • Patrick Karanja
    • Baraka Shamia
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