- City
- Halifax
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- Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 417
Marcel Kerkhoff
Marcel Kerkhoff was born in New York, raised in the Netherlands and India before immigrating to Canada. He completed a BFA from NSCAD University and an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan. His work is represented in various public and private collections across North America and Europe. Marcel is currently based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Narratives involving paintings placed within isolated interior spaces have presented an occasional part in Kerkhoff’s work over the years. He has recently focused specifically on this topic, though on a relatively small scale.
In a very matter of fact manner, animals, animal characters, fairy-tale characters and pop culture icons all hang on equal ground, inducing a narrative between the paintings and the painted spaces within which these paintings reside. In a sense, these interiors are used to moderate and regulate a collection of thoughts reflecting the importance, significance and insignificance of things.
