Versweyveld
Denis Versweyveld is an award-winning sculptor, painter and draftsman who has resided in Vermont for over 50 years and whose art has been exhibited throughout the country. His work is characterized by iconic everyday household objects that are skillfully crafted. Each form, executed in plaster, lath, and cast concrete, is pared down to its essence. Signs of this process, like fine etching lines, remain in the exquisite surfaces.
Denis Versweyveld has spent most of his professional life in the arts and arts education. He has received a number of awards, including three grants from the Vermont Arts Council. His work is in a number of private collections in the U.S. and Europe.
Denis lives and works with his wife, the painter Judith Rey, in their home–studio in Ferrisburgh, Vermont.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Cranbrook Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bachelor of Science, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
Awards
Recipient of three Vermont Arts Council Individual Grants
First Prize, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Florida
Sculpture Award, South End Art Hop, Burlington, VT
Teaching Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Solo Exhibitions (two-person shows identified with asterisk *)
2024
AVA Gallery, West Lebanon, NH
2023
Axel's Gallery, Waterbury, VT
2020
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT *
2014
Left Bank Gallery, Burlington, VT
2012
Helen Day Art Center, Stowe VT
2010
TruexCullins Gallery, Burlington, VT *
2008
Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theater, Rutland, VT *
2008
Pine Street Art Works, Burlington, VT
2006
Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University, Castleton, VT
2005
Amy E Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, VT
2001
Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT
1999
Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT
Group Exhibitions (Selected List)
2025
LCCMF, Art Invitational, Elly-Long Music Center, Colchester, VT
2022
LCCMF, Art Invitation, Elly-Long Music Center, Colchester, VT
2022
The Current, Stowe, VT
2019
Wilson Museum, SVAC, Manchester, VT (Invitational)
2019
Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, VT (Invitational)
2019
Contemporary American Regionalism: Vermont Perspectives at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Vermont
2019
Venice Art Center, Venice, FL (Juried)
2017
St Michael’s College, Winooski, VT, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival also 2014-16 (Invitational)
2017
AVA Gallery, West Lebanon, NH (Juried)
2017
Dunkiel Saunders Refugee Resettlement Invitational, Burlington, VT (Featured Artist)
2017
Skyway, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (Juried)
2017
Lemon Fair Outdoor Sculpture Park, Shoreham, VT (Permanent Installation)
2016
Castleton University Downtown Gallery Annex, Rutland, VT (Invitational)
2013
Burlington City Arts Gallery & Shelburne Farms, VT (Invitational)
2013
Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Ringling College, Longboat Key, FL, also 2012 (Juried)
2012
New England Biennial, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT (Juried)
2012
Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden, Montpelier, VT
2011
Exposed, outdoor sculpture invitational, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, also 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010
2009
Outdoor Sculpture Show, Johnson, VT, also 2008 (Invitational)
1999-2003
Doll-Anstadt Exhibiting Gallery Artist