Solo Exhibitions

2012 – Ferguson Art Gallery, Concordia University “Nu Dutch” River Forest, Il.
2011 – Linda Warren Gallery “Nu Dutch” Chicago
2008 – Linda Warren Gallery, “A Few Flower Photos” Chicago
2007 – Linda Warren Gallery, “No Info Series”, Chicago
1999 – Riverside Arts Center, “Megalith Project”, Riverside, IL
1996 – Oriental Institute, U. of Chicago. Web Site – Virtual Museum
1995 – Roland Gibson Gallery, S.U.N.Y. Potsdam, NY
1994 – Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
1992 – Roger Ramsey Gallery, Chicago
1984 – Dart Gallery, Chicago
1981 – Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
1979 – Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago

Group Exhibitions

2006 – “FULL FRONTAL” Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago
2004 – “BETWEEN REALISM & METAPHOR” Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago
2001 – THE ANGLE OF REPOSE, FOUR AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS IN EGYPT, Oriental Institute U. of Chicago
2000 – CHICAGO IN EGYPT, Chicago Cultural Center
1999 – TIME PASSAGES, Linda Conner, Michael Kenna, & Tom VanEynde. Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Il
1998 – SPIRITUAL PASSPORTS / TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEYS, Illinois State Museum, traveling exhibition, Chicago, Springfield, Lockport, & Southern IL University
1994 – PHOTOGRAPHIC, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago
1992 – VIEWS OF EGYPT, University Art Gallery, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN
1991 – ANCIENT EGYPT: AS VIEWED THROUGH THE LENSES OF VAN EYNDE, TESTA, STIEGLER & SMITH, DePaul University, Chicago
1988 – PHOTOSHOW, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago
1985 – UNSEEN, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago
1985 – LOOKING AT MEN, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1983 – THE MAGIC SHOW, Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremount, CA
1982 – PHOTOGRAPHS, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1980 – CHICAGO CHICAGO, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
1980 – NEW DIMENSIONS: TIME, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1979 – FROM FOUR DIRECTIONS: APPROACHES TO THE LANDSCAPE, Facets Gallery, Chicago
1978 – THE CHICAGO PHOTOGRAPHER, Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
1978 – PEOPLE, Mission Gallery, Steger, IL
1978 – NEW HORIZONS, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
1978 – ILLINOIS PHOTOGRAPHERS, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1978 – NATIONAL JURIED POSTCARD SHOW, Soho Camera Works, Los Angeles, CA
1977 – MOUSE MUSEUM & RAYGUN WING: CLAES OLDENBURG, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1976 – RADIUS, Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1976 – GRAY MATTER, Governor’s State University, Park Forest South, IL
1976 – AN EYE ON AMERICA, Indiana State University, Bloomington, IN
1976 – BRANSTROM, LOVE & VAN EYNDE, N.A.B. Gallery, Chicago
1976 – NEW PHOTOGRAPHICS, Allensburg, WA
1975 – COLUMBIA COLLEGE EUROPEAN SHOW, traveling exhibition, Columbia College, Chicago
1974 – RADIUS, Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1974 – WINDY CITY OPEN, Exchange National Bank, Chicago
1974 – REFOCUS, NATIONAL STUDENT SHOW, University of Iowa, Iowa City
1974 – IMAGES, Illinois Art Council Gallery, Chicago

PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
La Salle National Bank, Chicago
Searle, Skokie, IL
Bank One, Chicago
Roland Gibson Gallery, S.U.N.Y. Potsdam, NY

PUBLICATIONS

2013 – “Square Magazine” 4.1 portrait issue
2013 – “Le Journal De La Photographie” Weekend Portfolios 09.02.2013
2012 – “Snowman Project”, self published book
2012 – “Nu Dutch”, self published book
2010 – “A Walk Through The Monumental Cemetery, Milan”. Volumes #1 & 2, self published books
“The Angle of Repose, Four American Photographers in Egypt.”
The Searle Collection of Contemporary Art.

Tom van Eynde’s photographs rein-vision the portraits of Northern European, & Flemish art in particular of the 15th through 17th centuries. While completely modern in appearance these images draw you to that time when portraits were more than snapshots, when having a portrait made was considered a status symbol, not a lucky throw away moment, or screen capture on a cell phone. These images are large, purposeful images. The models are staring out at the viewer with the timelessness of their nobility. There is a sense of power, & sophistication. The use of a forgotten fashion devices, such as the Cavalier Collar & or Ruffs becomes the touchstone which blurs the reality between time & medium. While we would never wear these collars today, they seem strangely modern. They cause us to remember in our minds eye the paintings Jan van Eyck & Frans Hals, yet the sitters are completely modern in appearance. Unlike those paintings, these are not images that took weeks or months to paint, these images are recorded in an instant, the beauty of the photographic image, deceptively simple & elegant. They are about that magical moment between artist & model. The identity of the sitter is magnified against the isolation of the austere background. Their characteristics, humor, vanity, seriousness, & beauty, all are evident in the truth of the medium.

Tom van Eynde lives in Forest Park, Il.
Exhibits with Linda Warren Projects in Chicago & does arts documentation for the arts.