Hugh Van Schaick

Hugh Van Schaick (b. 1992) is an artist living and working on Gadigal and Wangal land, Australia. His painting process is firmly based in observational drawings and sketches in notebooks, from which compositions are cropped, twisted and found. He studies human bodies as part of the natural contrasts of life: solidity and movement, tension and release, to be heavy or to be held. His work attempts to communicate his conflicted perspectives of being a person in today’s world, where we are disconnected and moving too fast. With differing levels of abstraction and ambiguity his paintings invite slowing down, asking questions, observing in new ways and connecting intimately with different layers of our being.

Van Schaick has exhibited in a number of solo and group exhibitions, and has been a finalist in art prizes across Australia including the Hawkesbury Art Prize, The Shirl National Youth Portrait Prize and the Hornsby Art Prize in which he won the Emerging Artist and People’s Choice Awards in 2016.

AVAILABLE WORKS

Hugh Van Schaick

featuring:
Aedan Lee, Alex Xerri, Alix Higgins, Amarina Toby, Andriana Carney, Angie Goto, Anthea Saraikin, Axel Gerber, Ben Jones, Cal Sino, Cameron Skelton, Carla Uriarte, Chris O'Doherty (Reg Mombassa), Chris Town, Creed McTaggart, Daniel Watkins, David Kinnear (DK), Duncan Weston, Edward Woodley, Egs, Eva Izabela Balog, Gummy Johnston, Henrietta Harris, Hugh Van Schaick, James Woodley, Jarryd Lynagh, Jenna Bouma, Jesse Hoole, Jim McCullough, Joel Izak Smith, Kit Christian, Kitty Callaghan, Kubi Vasak, Kyle Montgomery, Louise Pfanner, Lucy O'Doherty, Luke Chiswell, Madeleine Joy Dawes, Madi Feist, Max Berry, Michael Delany, Midori Goto, Nick Hernandez, Ondine Seabrook, Otis Hope Carey, Perttu Mäkelä, Pops Bagnall, Rachel Farlow, Regine Bartsch, Ruth Waller, Shakirra Mae, Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal), Shane Cook, Siena Cole, Siena White, Sonny Day, SpiderXdeath, Super Goog, Tessa Claire, Todd Fuller & Wade Kelly

Hugh Van Schaick

Hugh Van Schaick & Zephyr Larkin

Feat: Susie Spencer, Ben Tooth, Rosie Waugh, Nell Ferguson, Siena White, Cam Skelton, Eloise White, Ryan Hancock, Kaspar Kagi, Will McLean, Kata Szasz, Nadia Hernandez, Dan Kyle, Anita Simunovic, Amelia Skelton, Comfy, Sam Stephenson, Poppy Williams, Edward Woodley, Ondine Seabrook, Andrew Fairclough, Allie Webb, Sonny Day, Aedan Lee, Bryce Anderson, Hugh Van Schaick, Montana Miller, Tessa Claire, Gareth Budge, Will Lynnes, Kyle Montgomery, SpiderXdeath, & more

Featuring: Aedan Lee, Annalisa Ferraris, Bryce Anderson, Connor Bugelli, David Bruce, Edward Woodley, Gabriel Cole, Gabriella Lo Presti, Hugh Van Schaick, James Coe, Jarryd Lynagh, Kogan, Kubi Vasak, Lena Gustafson, Luca Blasonato, Lucy O'Doherty, Lynette Ackerman, Maddison Johnston, Mafia Tabak, Max Berry, Montana Miller, Nell Ferguson, Ondine Seabrook, Oscar Snelling, Paul Davies, Petro, Poppy Williams, Remy Roberts, Richard Blackwell, Sam Stephenson, Sickboy, Siena White, SpiderXdeath, Steve Gorrow, Tessa Claire, & William Maddox