BRENDAN VAN HEK
b. 1968, AustraliaBrendan Van Hek was born in Perth in 1968, where he currently lives and works.
His work has featured in 'TWMA Contemporary 2010' at the Tarrawarra Museum of Art; 'A Certain Slant of Light', Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, 2009 (a solo exhibition); 'Make A Scene', Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney 2009; 'The Yellow Vest Syndrome: recent West Australian art', Fremantle Arts Centre, 2009; 'Neon', Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney, 2008 and 'Lead Heart', Sherman Art Box, Sydney, 2007.
Van Hek has completed a number of large-scale urban works and private architectural commissions. These include a foyer sculpture at 401 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, a residential building by Elenberg Fraser and Urbanest, Haymarket, Sydney by Bates Smart. In 2011, Van Hek presented new work in NEW11 at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne and REMIX at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
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