Statement
Renata Kohoutova - Haagsma
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"I paint my own reality, not what is seen with the eyes. I seek answers to unexplained questions that most people dare not to ask." |
| Renata Kohoutova Haagsma was born in the Czech Republic, in the town of Zlin in Southern Moravia. She came to Canada in 1995. She developed a passion for the visual arts at a young age by observing her grandfather, who was a landscape painter, and from her father's love of photography. |
| Her paintings are abstract expressions of human conflict and emotions. She uses bold colours in ink, acrylics and oils to transform simple, child-like figures into thought-provoking abstract images. Her works often draw upon themes from literary works, especially Gogol, Dostoevsky, Cechov, and Guy de Maupassant. |
| 2001 Look Show - Gallery Lambton (Sarnia, Ontario) |
| 2002 Solo Exhibition - "Imaginary World" - Gallery Lambton (Sarnia, Ontario) |
| 2003 Look Show - Gallery Lambton (Sarnia, Ontario) |
| 2003 Solo Exhibition - "Lost Angels" - Gallery in the Grove (Bright's Grove, Ontario) |
| 2004 Group Exhibition - "The Erdegruppa Munclinger" - Lovart Gallery (Forest, Ontario) |
| Her work is in private collections in Canada, the Czech Republic, Holland and the United States. |