HANS ARKEVELD

SHIRE OF MUNDARING Retrospective ART ACQUISITION EXHIBITION 

Curated by Robyn Taylor

Hans Arkeveld is one of WA’s foremost artists and sculptors. This retrospective exhibition documents his 50-plus year multi-disciplinary practice, long-term engagement with the University of Western Australia Anatomy Department, and draws on his passion for the machinations and form of the human body as well as social justice issues.

The Shire of Mundaring Art Acquisition exhibition, hosted annually at the Mundaring Arts Centre, exhibits works of contemporary significance and celebrates the rich vein of artistic talent within the Mundaring community. Through this important exhibition, the Shire of Mundaring is facilitated in acquiring new artworks of relevance and distinction into their already richly varied collection. View the Shire of Mundaring Art Collection >

REOPENING TUE 9 JUN 10AM

TUE - FRI 10AM - 5PM, SAT & SUN 11AM - 3PM

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Arkeveld in a Plinth: Drawing Materclass with Ben Joel | Sun 16 Feb | 10am - 2pm | $70 | BOOK NOW >

Artist & Curator Talk | Sun 23 Feb OR 8 Mar | 1.30pm - 3pm | FREE | BOOK NOW > 

A glimpse of Homo Eclectic by Hans Arkeveld.

Makers: The Artists, their work, their lives.
Produced by Artist’s Chronicle.

Episode 1 of a series featuring artists with works in the St John of God Murdoch Hospital Art Collection. In this Episode: From his cluttered studio at the University of Western Australia, to the unusual home he built in the Perth Hills, Hans Arkeveld talks about his work in the collection, emigrating from Holland as a child, and his father being forced to work for the Gestapo.

Image: Hans Arkeveld, Valkyre, painted timber, 63 x 57 x 24 cm