Ronnie van Hout
Ronnie van Hout (born 22 January 1962) is a New Zealand artist, living in Melbourne, Australia. He works across a wide variety of media including sculpture, video, painting, photography, embroidery, and sound recordings. Early life and education. Born in Christchurch on 22 January 1962, van Hout attended the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury between 1980 and 1982, where he majored in film. In 1999, he gained a Master of Fine Arts from RMIT University, Melbourne. Exhibitions. Van Hout has exhibited extensively, in Australia, New Zealand and internationally, at private and public galleries . Major solo shows Public sculptures. Van Hout has also produced a number of large-scale or permanent public art works, including "Fallen Robot" near The Dowse Art Museum, "Comin' Down" for the Christchurch Art Gallery, "Boy Walking" installed in Potters Park in Auckland, and "Quasi", a hand sculpture currently at City Gallery Wellington. Collections. Van Hout's work is held in many public collections including the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Christchurch Art Gallery and the Public Art Gallery.