Rebecca van Gennip- Artist
Rebecca van Gennip (b.2001) is a Canadian alla-prima oil painter based in Georgina, Ontario. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Art Honours degree at Queen’s University, with a Major in Visual Art and a Minor in Art History in 2023.
Her paintings explore the experience of navigating loss through the domestic space of home through a lens of hope and growth. Home is a place that represents familiarity, allows vulnerability, and houses the fragility of life; reflected in her muted palette, delicate subject matter, and soulful glowing scenes.
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Her Dutch heritage continues to inform her specialized "historical" style, genre, and subject matter, but reinvented in contemporary ways.
Cirriculum Vitae
Education
2019- 2023
Queen's University
Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors. Major in Visual Art, minor in Art History
Involvement Roles
2025
Guest Speaker for "Turning Pain into Art" Community Talk with Hospice Georgina
2024
2023
Volunteer at the Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture, Georgina Ontario.
Life drawing model volunteer for the collaborative Musikki X AGNES fundraising event for BFA graduating exhibition: Offline
2023
Grant writing and fundraising volunteer for the 2023 Queen's University BFA graduating exhibition: Offline
2020- 2022
Board of Directors, Member-at-Large. Union Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2020
2020
2020
Co-chair of the Governance Committee at Union Gallery
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Member of the Fundraising sub-committee at Union Gallery
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Member of the 2020 Skeleton Park Arts Festival x Union Gallery collaboration sub-committee
Awards + Publications
2025
7 Stories - An Anthology: Georgina Cente for Arts and Culture. Book cover feature and 1st place writing submission about "One Step at a Time 2"
2024
1st Place - Online Juried Exhibition
Preston Gallery, Uxbridge Ontario
2024
3rd Place - Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale
2022
Honourable Menion - Kingston School of Art 2022 Juried Exhibition
2019
Outstanding Visual Arts Award, Uxbridge Secondary School, Ontario
2018
Honorable Mention- Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
Exhibitions / Publications
2025
“Present Past” Group Exhibition: Rebecca van Gennip and Sandra Manzi- Elaine Fleck Gallery
2024
Permanent collection group exhibition, Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture
2024
Online Juried Exhibition, Preston Gallery, Uxbridge Ontario
2024
Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale
2024
Group Exhibition with Rebecca van Gennip, Kai McCall, and Martin Murphy
Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto ON
2024
September Fleck Fine Art Show
Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto ON
2024
"History Now" Group Exhibition with
Rebecca van Gennip and Sandra Manzi
Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto ON
2024
Uxbridge Art in the Park, Elgin Park Uxbridge ON
2024
Purple Turtle Arts Festival - The Red Barn (The Briars Resort and Spa) Georgina ON
2023
December Fleck Holiday Show, Elaine Fleck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2023
September Fleck Fine Art Show, Elaine Fleck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2023
Uxbridge Art in the Park. Elgin Park, Ontario.
2023
The 62nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF)
Toronto, Ontario.
2023
Offline: BFA Graduating Exhibition.
Kingston, Ontario.
2023
The Tea Room - March Artist Spotlight.
Queen's University, Kingston Ontario.
2023
Perspectives on Gender, Equity, and Politics Journal (PGEP): 2022-2023 Issue
2023
Ultraviolet Magazine 2022/23 Annual Print + Digital Publication
2023
(B)etter (F)utures (A)head - Group Exhibition
Union Gallery, Kingston Ontario.
2022
Winter Makers Market, Kingston School of Art, Kingston Ontario
2022
17th Annual Inquiry@Queen's Undergraduate Research Conference Panel
2022
Kingston School of Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Kingston Ontario
2022
39th Annual Kingston Women's Art Festival, Kingston Ontario
2022
Cezanne's Closet Virtual Fundraiser at the Union Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2022
Error - Group Exhibition at the Union Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2021
Hope Survived Juried Art Exhibition, Kingston Ontario
2021
Together We Tile - Union Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2019
Queen's Undergraduate Review - 33rd Issue
2019
FORM 2.0 : Making in 3D. Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston ON
2018
Oshawa Art Association 50th Annual Juried Exhibition. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
2018
Oshawa Art Association 50th Annual Juried Exhibition. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
Gallery + Private Art Instruction
2024
Art Instructor: Introduction to Oil Painting
Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture,
Georgina Ontario.
2024
Art Instructor: Introduction to Oil Painting
Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture,
Georgina Ontario.
Art Instructor: Introduction to Oil Painting
Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture,
Georgina Ontario.
Acquisition
2024
"Strength" Acquisition to Permanent Collection Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture, Georgina ON
2024
"One Step at a Time" Acquisition to Permanent Collection Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture, Georgina ON.