Van Drager is a Canadian German Dutch artist.

Van Drager is a Canadian Dutch German minimal artist, who lives and works in Amsterdam and Whistler B.C, Canada. Drager’s painting explores contemporary minimalism and monochrome works. His research also includes poetry, architecture, films, performance art, art theory, art history, and philosophy. Van Drager’s work is in Canadian and European collections.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Van Drager continues the Modernist idea of experimentation, autonomy, Formalism, within material, form, aesthetics, colour, celebrating many different Modern art ideas.

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Education

2010 Dutch Art Institute, Holland, M.F.A.

2005 Concordia University, Canada, ( Installation )

1998 West Virginia University, U.S.A., ( M.F.A. 1st year painting complete )

1995 Concordia University , Canada ( Painting + Philosophy )

1993 Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Canada ( Colour Theory )

1992 University of British Columbia, Canada, B.F.A.

 

QUOTES by Van Drager / 1999 – 2024

” I paint abstraction because the process can not be defined, articulated convalesced, known by text or words or subjectivity or philosophy “.

– “Abstraction parallels Nature, not in rhythm, patterns, and feeling, rather
in being a place / site / experience, where. a person may have a real personal human relations with rhythm, patterns, and feeling in real space “. 

” A painting is like a tree. neither have to have mean
 something, rather their presenting of form, shape, structure, is their truest meaning “

” Art and the artist represents true freedom in civilization, just ask Plato.”