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Abstract Rock

Diana Lynn VanderMeulen

Abstract Rock

3D
Nature
Fantasy

Currently, the natural and the synthetic coexist almost everywhere. The exploration of 360 space reveals landscapes and atmospheres that transcend our sense of presence. Remixing techniques and textures, Diana Lynn VanderMeulen uses mixed media collage, painting and sculptural installation to create environments that challenge our perceptions of reality. She uses new digital tools to extend the lifespan and audience of her works of art.

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05:16

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2023

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Diana Lynn VanderMeulen

Canada

A graduate of York University in Toronto with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Diana Lynn VanderMeulen has developed a resolutely hybrid practice that straddles analog and digital media, where collage, installation, and extended reality constantly interplay. Her work is distinguished by a focus on extended reality and the cyclical use of materials, through which she develops expansive, multisensory environments designed to envelop the viewer rather than simply be observed. Her works draw inspiration from the wetlands, marshes, and aquatic landscapes of North America, which she transforms into dreamlike digital gardens where the organic texture of living things blends with the abstraction of the pixel. Her 2023 residency at the Society for Arts and Technology in Montreal marks a turning point in her practice: there, she has the time and tools necessary to transform her ongoing project, A Boundless and Radiant Aura, into an immersive audiovisual performance alongside her collaborator Stefana Fratila. The resulting show, titled I want to leave this Earth behind, is specifically formatted for fulldome, and the resulting immersive film was nominated for the 2025 Best of Earth Fulldome Awards.

Diana Lynn VanderMeulen has participated in numerous public and DIY projects, with exhibitions at the AGO, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, CADAF in Paris, the Constellations Festival in Metz, the Gardiner Museum, and Idea Exchange. Diana Lynn VanderMeulen has participated in numerous public and DIY projects, with exhibitions at the AGO, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, CADAF in Paris, the Constellations Festival in Metz, the Gardiner Museum, and Idea Exchange. Her practice has also expanded to include several public murals in Toronto, as well as workshops conducted for Nike and the Psychic VR Lab’s STYLY NEWVIEW program, among others. More recently, she was the featured artist at Nuit Blanche 2024 in Toronto, performed with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, at Mutek in Montreal and Dubai, at the New Forms Festival in Vancouver, as well as at Lincoln Center in New York and the Château de Vincennes in Paris, as part of the Neptune’s Valley XR exhibition. She also led a fulldome rendering workshop with Innovative Media Studios at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Doha, Qatar, and has exhibited internationally at Art Playground Buffalo, CultVR in Cardiff, the Katara Planetarium in Doha, and the Synthesis Gallery in Berlin. Her recent projects include a hybrid physical-virtual solo exhibition, Shimmer of a Petal, Now a Mountain Stream, created in collaboration with Sky Fine Foods and ArtGate VR, as well as the augmented reality app Swampy GoGo, which extends a series of two-dimensional mixed landscapes into digital realms; all of these projects reflect a practice that is constantly exploring new mediums for her organic and dreamlike visual language.

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