Contact : tjvl@terrelvanl.com

ARTIST STATEMENT

 Fascination with the human desire to put meanings into figures, places or objects has always interested me. I find those places and put them into my artwork. By using Conte Crayon and Oils I am able to have a wide range of subject matter, but still have a consistency of work. 

The symbols I am drawn to come from history, power, and the natural world. It can be classical figures reinterpret to have a different meaning. The moon sitting in a black pool of space. Modern images of a rocket firing or a tornado which are treated as if they were an old photograph, something from our history, past or imagination. Tools laid out or sitting in a spotlight are symbols of my father and the roses my mother. A rhino in a strange land wondering about the future. Life springing from the thought of the Buddha. All of these things drive me to do the art that I do and the viewer to ponder.

BIO 

Terrel VanLeeuwen was born in Salt Lake City. Received a B.S. from Utah State University in 1987. 

Terrel has exhibited his art for the past 35 years and is an Adjunct Professor at Utah Valley University. Having a family background in construction and the trades, he approaches art as a craftsman.

 Many of his paintings and drawings have a monolithic impact and his attention to detail astonishes. 

Past Juried, Group Exhibitions and Awards.

2022 97th Annual Utah Spring Salon,(Twenty Twenty Vision - The Self) (If The Silence Takes You) Purchase Award Winner -Springville Art Museum

2022 Reflection & Response – UVU Faculty Show. (The Incomplete History Of Everything – Octopus Garden.) 

2021 Solo Show – In the Minds Sight - Bountiful Davis Art Center.

2020 96th Annual Utah Spring Salon, Fall Edition, - (Fellowship of the Aggie Marching Band). Springville Art Museum 

2020 Utah Valley University Faculty Show- (Ripped) -Woodbury Museum 

2019 33rd Spiritual and Religious Art Show, - (Into the Deep) Springville Art Museum 

2019 95th annual Utah Spring Salon (Dad), Springville Art Museum – (Penny Vote Winner-Fathers Day.) 

2019 Utah Valley University Faculty Show- (Mac Williams and Barbera) -Woodbury Museum

 2019– 300 Plates – (2 entries). (Looking Past You and I Will Follow You) Access Gallery 

2019 Hidden Voices – (2 Entries - Standing in Place and You Better Run) Woodbury Museum - (Invited Artist) 

2017 Utah Valley University Faculty Show- (Legendary Egos Gathered On Steps) -Woodbury Museum 

2017 32nd Spiritual and Religious Art Show – (Folkvangr – Field of the Host) Invited Artist, Springville Art Museum 

2017 92nd Springville Art Salon – (Refinery) -Springville Art Museum 2016 91st Springville Art Salon – (Ord of a Veiled Peak) -Springville Art Museum 

2016 31st Spiritual and Religious Art Show – (Impermanence) – (Honorable Mention), Springville Art Museum 

2016 Utah Valley University Faculty Show- -Woodbury Museum

 2015 Utah Valley University Faculty Show- -Woodbury Museum 

2015 Eccles All State Show– Eccles Community Art Center 

2014 Utah Valley University Faculty Show- -Woodbury Museum 

2014 Eccles All State Show– Eccles Community Art Center 

2014 Solo Show- Seeing in Black and White - A Gallery 

2013 87th Springville Art Salon – (c) -Springville Art Museum 

2012 Eccles All State Show - Eccles Community Art Center- (Award of Merit) 

2011 86th Springville Art Salon – (Concrete) - Springville Art Museum. (Award of Merit) 

2010 12th Black and White Competition – (Power) - (First Place Award) - Eccles Community Art Center 

2010 84th Springville Art Salon – Springville Art Museum. 

2010 A Gallery Start Your Collection- A Gallery shows my art on a continual basis. 

2009 Contemporary Design and Art Gallery (Best of 2009 Show) 2009 Contemporary Design and Art Gallery (Russian and American Art Show) 

2009 83rd Springville Art Salon – Springville Art Museum. 

2008 11th Black and White Competition – Eccles Community Art Center 

2008 Plein Art Festival – Thanksgiving Point. 

2008 Contemporary Design and Art Gallery (Landscape Show) 

2007 The Landscape Art Show – Color of the Land – 2 entries (Honorable Mention) 

2007 81st Springville Art Salon – (Kern) - Springville Art Museum. 

2007 Contemporary Design and Art Gallery (Group Show) 

2006 The Landscape Art Show – Color of the Land 2006 10th Black and White Competition – Eccles Community Art Center 

2006 The Mill at the Tracy Aviary Art Show 2005 The Landscape Art Show – Color of the Land

 2005 Utah Arts Alliance Solstice Show 2004 9th Black and White Competition – Eccles Community Art Center 

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