Amanda van Gils is best known for her landscape painting, in particular her ‘motion landscapes’ and luminous imagery. Working in the longstanding landscape tradition, Amanda uses the landscape motif to explore experience, emotions and connections. The formal considerations of picture making – composition, colour, tone and variable paint work all contribute to the robust and luminous beauty that is apparent in her work.
Amanda’s mission is to bring more beauty, positivity and a sense of possibility into people’s lives.
Amanda holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from Monash University (1989) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) (2000).
Her work has been exhibited in over 100 exhibitions, including over 25 solo exhibitions and a number of national art prizes such as the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Mosman Art Prize, John Leslie Art Prize.
Publications that have featured her work include Vogue Living, Queensland’s Sunday Mail, Art/Edit magazine, and the Berlin produced Mimosa Extra. She is represented in various corporate and personal private collections in Australia and overseas, including: Greenslopes Private Hospital Queensland, Gold Coast University Hospital Queensland, Monash University Victoria and Chisholm Institute of TAFE Victoria.
In addition to her own busy practice, Amanda van Gils has demonstrated a commitment to building the careers of other Artists through a range of initiatives. These initiatives have included development of online Artist's collective, curating two large scale exhibitions (38 artists and 55 artists respectively), facilitating large scale art swaps and as Founder and Director of online gallery ART500.