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SCOTT VANDER VEEN
Hudson Valley, NY
MFA in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design (2023)
BFA in Visual Arts, Bard College (2016)
Price Range $3,200-$4,500
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Scott Vander Veen is a multidisciplinary artist. He received his undergraduate degree in studio art from Bard College and an MFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design. He has spent time as a fellow at Penland School of Craft and Ox-Bow School of Art and is a Windgate Fellowship Grant recipient. He was recently a Keyholder Resident at the Lower East Side Print Shop. His work has been shown in New York at Ortega Y Gasset, Springs Projects, Field Projects, The New York Studio School, Andrew Reed Gallery, and many DIY and artist-run spaces. His work has also been shown in Los Angeles at Stowaway and Abigail Ogilvy as well as in Boston, Providence, Richmond, and Chicago. His approach to art-making is omnivorous in its methods and utilizes materials such as: wood, silk, paper, latex, canvas, glue, grommets, plaster, rubber drain plugs, misappropriated text, paint, zippers, found photographs, and silver.

Pupil
2026
wax, gesso, fiberglass, gypsum, and pigment
16 x 12 x 4.5 inches
$2,200
Philosophy Psychology Pornography Ontology
2024
plywood, shellac, vellum, graphite, colored pencil, oil pastel, photographs, and tacks
11 x 48 inches
Fluency
2024
plywood, pigmented woodfill, pigmented shellac, paper, graphite, house paint, photographs, tacks, and shellac
14 x 33 inches
$3,200.00
Graft #2 (Thigmomorphogenesis)
2023
wood, plaster, rubber, latex, foam, silk, screen print, oil paint, and hardware
50 x 50 inches
Partition #2 (Abacus)
2024
wood, stain, pigmented wood fill, enamel, latex paint, vinyl, found photographs, duct tape, graphite, pigmented shellac, and hardware
78 x 28 x 24 inches
Things we know for sure
2024
plywood, pigmented woodfill, shellac, vellum, plexiglass, graphite, colored pencil, house paint, photographs, graphite, and tacks
14 x 33 inches






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Scott Vander Veen's Closeness at Stowaway, Los Angeles California presents Closeness, on view from May 16 - June 20, 2026

Image courtesy of Stowaway
Finders Keepers at  prings Projects in Brooklyn, NY.

Image courtesy of Springs Projects
Winter Garden at RUTHANNScott Vander Veen's work Fluency was included in the exhibition Winter Garden at RUTHANN on view from February 7th - April 20th 2025. Scott's work was presented in Catskill, NY along with the artists Charlotte Becket, Lisa Corinne Davis, Kerry Downey Ellen Letcher, Kathryn Lynch, Caitlin MacBride, Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Courtney Puckett, Dana Sherwood, Elisa Soliven, Filiz Soyak, Amy Talluto, Julie Torres, Andy Van Dinh, Alona Weiss, Seldon Yuan. Images by Jason Andrew, courtesy of RUTHANN Gallery.


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