Halle Rittgers
Artist’s statement:
Halle Rittgers is a Minnesota-based painter and mixed-media artist who investigates the relationships between memory, play, movement, and meditation. Her work emphasizes the intentional and layered process of creating balanced compositions.
Each painting starts with playful experimentation as the brush meets the canvas and advances into thoughtful exploration. There is an ongoing conversation between the organic forms and gestural marks in her work as they create balance and hint at distant memories with her use of mark-making and recycled materials from past work. She sees her art as something hopeful and healing, always moving towards harmony and balance within each piece.
Artist Bio:
Her studies include a BFA in visual arts and a minor in teaching English as a second language from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the 2020 recipient of the Cameron Booth Memorial Painting Award and the 2021 Bethel University Purchase Award. Her work has been featured in multiple publications. She has also exhibited in two solo shows and numerous group exhibitions around the Twin Cities, including the Minnesota State Fair and the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.
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