Home
Artists
Tanya VanDillen

Tanya VanDillen

VanDillen explores several subject matters in her work, a body which currently includes the cosmos, the ocean, and music. While these things may seem unconnected at a first glance, they all have one thing in common – they bring people together. VanDillen is fascinated by the ability of these subjects to transcend cultural and social boundaries, and create unity. Her intention with these works is to capture the essence of exactly what draws us together, and to recreate that feeling in the viewer. In this way, the art becomes its own channel for creating a bond among viewers, just as music does for lis- teners, the ocean does for surfers, and the cosmos does for dreamers.

VanDillen was raised in Satellite Beach, FL, Graduated with a BFA i ... view more »

Media

About

Discipline

Now Showing Visual

Content/style

Abstract Black & White Bright Color Palette Figurative Landscape | Cityscape Large Scale Work Small Scale Work

Genre/medium

Ceramics Mural Painting | Drawing Sculpture Visual Art

Professional Services

Visual Commissioned Work Live Painter Muralist Teaching Artist | Presenter

Now Showing Program

Yes

Connect

Email ↗ Website ↗ Facebook ↗ Instagram ↗ Call (321)917-0900 ↗ Resume 📄

Similar Artists

Now Showing Visual

Jennifer Roberts - Late Blooming Watercolors

Jennifer Roberts is an emerging, self-taught watercolor artist who has been painting since 2018. She currently lives and works in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She is fascinated with the interaction of pigment and water, and gravitates...

Now Showing Visual

Maryanna Adelman

Maryanna Adelman is a Kansas City based artist. Observational drawing is the root of her work. Vines, little tangles of wire, bits of string and other detritus found discarded have caught her attention. During the drawing process, the work...

Now Showing Visual

Spenser Albertsen

Spenser's work shows minimalistic compositions juxtaposed with stylized, expressionistic portraiture. His pieces explore the innate differences between the dynamic of the pull and shove between the material & immaterial. The sexualized, and the...

Now Showing Visual

Troy Alldaffer

Born and raised in rural Kansas surrounded by prairies and farmland gave me an appreciation for vast spaces and weathered materials. Traveling and living in various cities including Key West Fla and Brooklyn NY gave me an appreciation for diversity...

Multi-Disciplinary Now Showing Visual

Luna Anemone

Luna Anemone (they/them) weaves vibrant narratives in impasto paintings, fiber art, and mixed media; exploring themes of autism, LGBTQ+ identity, disability and resilience. Their work, exhibited at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, speaks to...

Community-Based Art Literary Multi-Disciplinary Now Showing Visual

David Angotti

No disrespect to those who write well about the arts, but "Artists' Statements" are b.s. (belief systems?) As Thelonious Monk is quoted as saying "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Writing about art runs the risk of telling...

Now Showing Visual

Kevin Arburn

Now Showing Visual

zach arlan

"I'm an abstract painter. Sometimes I incorporate real things to give context to abstraction. I'm always working harder to challenge myself and to constantly redefine myself." Having worked as a designer for over 7 years, Zach has not only honed...

Now Showing Visual

Sharon Arteaga

I retired from my career in engineering a few years ago to paint full time. I have been painting, drawing, and generally involved in fine art since early childhood. I really love putting down on paper on canvas a subject that I love. Once...

Now Showing Visual

Bradford Athey

For as long as I can remember I have been drawn to three things: music, art, and building things. None of these interests ever stepped forward as the “one to rule them all,” so I have spent my adult life pursuing all three. While I am formally...

Music Now Showing Visual

Kristy August

What I make, what I create, is important to me because of why I make it. For longer than I care to admit, I have denied myself the respect and dignity of recognizing what I wanted to give and communicate through my art: love, hope and beauty....

Multi-Disciplinary Now Showing Visual

Sylvia Augustus

I am landscape and equine photographer. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis; a Master of Arts in Historic Preservation from Cornell University and a Master’s of Architecture from the University of California...

Now Showing Visual

Joy Baer

"I create frescoes using the time-honored method of painting with fresh earth minerals and fresh water onto a natural porous surface. I am passionte about classical iconography, and storytelling frescoes as a timeless form of communication." Joy...

Now Showing Visual

Noshaba Bakht

Introduction | Theme | Goal | Awards | Interest & Exhibits Introduction: My name is Noshaba Bakht. I am originally from Pakistan, born and raised in the heart of Punjab the famous city Lahore. I am an artist by accident. Yes and I realized that it...

Now Showing Visual

Kathryn Barker

I'm an artist and designer living and working in Kansas. My most recent work is primarily in oil, wax, and mixed media, incorporating these to create works that explore of nature and solitude. My subjects are often landscapes, especially the rolling...

Now Showing Visual

Natalie Bates

Currently, Natalie sits on the Board of the Advisory Council of ArtsKC and as Assistant Director, Percussion Instructor, Human Resource Manager, Permanent Board Member, Program Director, Strategic Planner, Jazz Studies Curriculum Director/Instructor...

Now Showing Visual

Wanda Bellamy

Art has always been Wanda’s passion, and as a native New Yorker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art was her home away from home. Since moving to the Kansas City area in 1976 she has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Central...

Now Showing Visual

Katherine Bello

As an abstract painter, my primary interest in painting is the actual painting process and the dance into the creative realm. Every new project is a blank canvas with no preconceived ideas. It's that invitation to the unknown that excites me...

Now Showing Visual

Sarah Berger

Most of my painting is done outdoors while studying landscape. Landscape presents to me a sense of reality, meaning, and eternity which carries over to all of life and is a way for me of processing. The study of rejuvenation and decay in landscape...

Now Showing Visual

Joha Bisone

Joha Bisone was born in Menomonee Falls, WI in 1981. She grew up in the woods, having nature and wildlife her main entertainment. Moving to Milwaukee for high school, she excelled being surrounded by other creatives. Near the end of senior year in...

Now Showing Visual

Artists

Tanya VanDillen

Media

About

Discipline

Content/style

Genre/medium

Professional Services

Now Showing Program

Connect

Similar Artists

Directories