2026

2022

About The Artist

I am an oil painter who has developed an innovative technique for painting on aluminum, utilizing its texture and reflective surface as a support for painting. I repetitively paint scenes from childhood photographs, from my memories, or from observations (or observational photographs) that connote a feeling of nostalgia. By repainting the same scenes over and over again, I am able to engage deeply with the subject matter (often figures) to unpack temporality, psychological nuance, and to make visible what is invisible. I am often aware of the connection to the original photographer: their place is taken first by me and then in turn by the viewer of my paintings. I collaborate with them over time, and am also left to wonder who they exactly are (Mother? Grandmother? Father? other…) There is something sweet and mildly sinister about this connection.

Through the joyful and sensorial/embodied act of painting, I hope to tap into the richness of life. I see painting as an act of listening to muse, which is the Holy Spirit. I am compelled to paint in truth and to learn to understand the truth more deeply. I am convicted by hope, and wish to share that sweetness, even in paintings of lamentation. Furthermore, I both seek restoration, and hope to be an agent of it. To me, this looks like being honest about what is sinister, so that we might learn to suppress it, and being authentic in joyfulness, so that we might learn to express it.

My practice is meditative and intuitive. I respond to the texture of the paint, the compositional elements of the photographs and previous paintings, and the many facets of the painting support. I have developed the use of aluminum as a support, due to its smooth texture, its neutral colour, and its reflective nature (it reflects light and colour, but not volume, i.e. you can’t see your face reflected in the painting). This surface appears both ephemeral and solid, fragile and strong.

Solo Exhibitions

2025 House Show, Grand Rapids, MI

2024 Untitled Solo Exhibition, Rowster, Grand Rapids, MI

2022 The Path Home, Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI

2020 BFA Exhibit

Duo Exhibitions

2026 Christine Vermeer and Lee Bolt, Center Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
(November)

Group Exhibitions

2026 MFA Thesis Show, SAIC, Chicago, IL (July)

2025 Art Prize, Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI

2024 AllArt, DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, MI

Twenty Somethings, Holland Arts Council, Holland, MI

2023 ArtPrize, Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI

Sat. Night Show Vol. 39, AllArtWorks, Grand Rapids, MI

2022 untitled exhibition, Lions and Rabbits, Grand Rapids, MI

Colors of Community, Life Stream Church, Grandville, MI

Sat. Night Show Vol. 6, AllArtWorks, Grand Rapids, MI

ArtPrize, Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI

Monochromatic, Lions and Rabbits, Grand Rapids, MI

2020 untitled exhibition, The Hub, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

BFA Senior Show, Center Art Gallery, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI

2019 Too Much, Not Enough, Calvin College and MSU, Grand Rapids, MI

Collectives

2020-Present

2019-2022

Tuesday Collective (Grace Einfeld, Emma Crevier, Christine Vermeer)

NotDesign

Press

2026

2022

2019

Resisting Resolution: The 2026 Low-Res MFA Cohort

Wood TV8 Interview: Meet the Artists: Christine Vermeer's 'Here I Am'

2022-09-25 - Artprize - Diana Noh “after nine”, Christine Vermeer “Here I Am”

“Something for Us”: Calvin’s new underpass artwork

Education

2026

2020

Master of Fine Arts
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Arts in French
Calvin University