{{short description|Canadian artist (born 1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Wyn Geleynse | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date text|1947}} | birth_place = Rotterdam, The Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | education = H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, Ontario (1963–1966) | awards = | known_for = multimedia installation artist }} '''Wyn Geleynse''' (born 1947) is a pioneer film and video projection artist whose career spans a period of over 40 years.
==Career== Wyn Geleynse was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and he and his parents emigrated from Rotterdam to London, Ontario, in 1953. The so-called "London Regional School" in art had an impact on Geleynse's development as an artist, especially Greg Curnoe and Murray Favro and influenced him in making art from his everyday surroundings.<ref name="gg " /> He studied at H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, Ontario in the arts program (1963–1966). He at first made drawings, then became a printmaker - he studied lithography in 1972 – then a painter. In 1979, he became involved with film and video. During his long career, he has been a lecturer at the University of Western Ontario's Visual Art Department and a visiting artist at many schools, museums and galleries in Europe and Canada.<ref name="macDonald " >A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada</ref>
==Work== In 1979, Geleynse combined an interest in model-making with photography. Since 1981, the artist has integrated film into this process, creating installation-based works in which short films loops are projected against or as part of a host of fabricated items and with people, often himself, in the films, accompanied by his ironic comments.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cherniak |first1=Vincent |title=Me Me Me Wyn Geleynse |url=https://centred.ca/me-me-me-wyn-geleynse |website=centred.ca |publisher=centred.ca, June 23, 2022 |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> To these works, he applies custom film loopers, viewfinders and other objects to transform the viewer's reception of the image.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shaughnessy |first1=Jonathan |title=Wyn Geleynse |publisher=Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Vol.51, 2006 Pg. 192|url=http://library.gallery.ca/search~S1?/tAllgemeines+K{232}unstlerlexikon/tallgemeines+kunstlerlexikon/1%2C4%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tallgemeines+kunstlerlexikon+bio+bibliographischer+index+nach+berufen+the+artists+of+the+world+bio+bibliographical+index+by+pr&1%2C1%2C|access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> He often uses biographical footage, and his work speaks about matters such as self-identity, male sexuality, powerlessness<ref name="I Remember " >{{cite web |title=I Remember the Flood |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFk3lv1mMGg |website=www.youtube.com |publisher=Contemporary Calgary |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> and haplessness.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cherniak |first1=Vincent |title=Article |url=https://centred.ca/me-me-me-wyn-geleynse |website=centred.ca |publisher=Centred |access-date=20 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="gg " >{{cite web |title=Portrait of Wyn Geleynse |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wesz5z9ij0o |website=www.youtube.com |publisher=Governor General of Canada |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> For haplessness, he uses himself in his films. As he said:<blockquote>"I think I can be hapless better than most people".<ref name="gg " /></blockquote> He also constructs models of trucks and imaginary buildings such as ''Warehouse'' (1993–2015) or ''Shelter'' (2020) and combines them with film loops and audio recordings<ref name="gg " /><ref name="I Remember " /><ref name="TB ">{{cite web |title=Wyn Geleynse |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=315571006146854 |website=www.facebook.com |publisher=TrepanierBaer Gallery |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> as well as projecting images on buildings.
==Exhibitions== Since 1969, when he began to show his work in solo shows, he has exhibited extensively in Canada and Europe.<ref name="macDonald " /> In 1976 and 1981, he had solo shows at the Forest City Gallery, London, then in 1986, in New York at the Artist's Space and in Mercer Union in Toronto<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyn Geleynse |url=https://www.mercerunion.org/exhibitions/wyn-geleynse/ |website=www.mercerunion.org |publisher=Mercer Union, 1986 |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> and in 1989, at the Art Gallery of Windsor and Art Gallery of Hamilton. In the early 1990s, he had solo shows mainly in the United States, then in the mid-1990s and till 2008, abroad in Holland and France.<ref name="macDonald " /> In 1997, he had a solo exhibition titled ''Wyn Geleynse: projections'' at the Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie in Hérouville Saint-Clair.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyn Geleynse: projections, Hérouville Saint-Clair : Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, c1997 |url=http://library.gallery.ca/search~S1?/twyn+geylense/twyn+geylense/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=twyn+geleynse+projections&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- |website=library.gallery.ca |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> In 2003, he had a solo exhibition at the Centre culturel canadien in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyn Geleynse : trop haut, trop bas, de loin, Centre culturel canadien, Paris, 2003 |url=http://library.gallery.ca/search~S1?/twyn+geylense/twyn+geylense/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=twyn+geleynse+trop+haut+trop+bas+de+loin&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- |website=library.gallery.ca |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> In 2005, his show ''A Man Trying to Explain Pictures'', was organized by Museum London, London, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyn Geleynse receives Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts |url=http://museumlondon.ca/news/2018/wyn-geleynse-wins-governor-generals-award-in-visual-and-media-arts |website=museumlondon.ca |publisher=Museum London, Ontario |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> In 2020, he built a large model titled ''Shelter'' for a show at TrepanierBaer Gallery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which represents him.<ref name="TB " /> He also has been represented in a large number of group shows in Canada, the U.S. and Europe over many decades. In 2022, his work was included in ''Everywhere We Are'', a show co-organized by Contemporary Calgary and Nickle Galleries featuring works by Vikky Alexander, Chris Cran, Geoffrey Farmer, Liz Magor, and Ron Moppett and other artists who helped shape contemporary art in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Everywhere We Are |url=https://www.gallerieswest.ca/events/everywhere-we-are |website=www.gallerieswest.ca |publisher=Galleries West Magazine |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
==Commissions== Since 1987, he has projected film on buildings in Canada and Europe and participated in shows on projections, solo or group.<ref name="macDonald " /> In 2009, he was commissioned to create a film projection on the building that would house the new Art Gallery of Peel in Brampton titled ''Wyn Geleynse: The Peel Projection''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Artist Eyes Up Peel Heritage Complex |url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/whatson-story/3079207-artist-eyes-up-peel-heritage-complex |website=www.bramptonguardian.com |publisher=Brampton Guardian, November 12, 2009 |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
==Selected public collections== His work is in such public collections as Art Windsor-Essex;<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection |url=https://www.agw.ca/searchresults |website=www.agw.ca |publisher=Art Windsor-Essex |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal;<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection |url=https://macm.org/en/collections/artiste/wyn-geleynse |website=macm.org |publisher=MACM |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> Museum London;<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection |url=http://collection.museumlondon.ca/search/wyn%2520geleynse |website=collection.museumlondon.ca |publisher=Museum London, Ontario |access-date=23 August 2022}};</ref> the National Gallery of Canada;<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection |url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/wyn-geleynse |website=www.gallery.ca |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> the Remai Modern<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection |url=https://collections.remaimodern.org/search/wyn%20geleynse |website=collections.remaimodern.org |publisher=Remai Modern, Saskatoon |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> and elsewhere.
==Awards== In 2018, Geleynse received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyn Geleynse |url=https://en.ggarts.ca/the-awards/winner-archives |website=en.ggarts.ca |publisher=Governor General of Canada |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>
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