What s the story behind your name, Birdmouse?
We had a cat toy that was part bird and part mouse. The name does not have any more meaning than that. But it does allow me to try new ideas and mediums without having to adhere to a named outcome. And it s weird. And that s important to me.
How long have you been making art with wood?
I ve been doing this work full-time since 2012.
What drew you to the practice?
Free time. Due to life circumstances I had many months where I was unable to work my job in logistics at a solar company. I wanted to make my career be what I naturally started doing in my free time. That turned into creating art from back-alley treasures. That was in Edmonton. Still loving it!
Skin Bone Quinacridone Adrenochrome: Christian Rex Van Minnen s Spanish Solo Debut
Galería Javier López & Fer Francés // May 12, 2021 - July 31, 2021
May 10, 2021 | in Painting (This show) is definitely a full documentation of my covid time. We ve heard a similar statement over and over again in the past months and have seen so many artists tackling our shared experiences and emotions in a variety of ways. But we can t think of anyone else that grabbed this tragic opportunity with as much dedication and vigor as Christian Rex van Minnen. His first solo exhibition in Spain,
Skin Bone Quinacridone Adrenochrome, which opens May 12th at Galería Javier López & Fer Francés in Madrid, brings together a wide selection of recent works, some fifteen oil paintings, and nine monotypes, working around the schizophrenic atmosphere of our present-day reality.