DAD - A Daughter's Art Dedication

The art world knows Peter VandenBerge as a sculptor, to Camille he is a teacher, a mentor, a father – and a friend. DAD, Camille VandenBerge's first solo show in seven years, is her tribute to her father's influence; the playfulness and love for nature evident in his art deeply informs Camille's own work. But it is also a gift to Peter, in gratitude "for inspiring me to have faith in the goodness of the human heart.

Camille’s new pieces are more than sculptures; they are acts of love, emblems of a daughter's appreciation for her father..

Those who know Camille's work will recognize her remarkable female figures, the delicately elongated women whose interiority invites the viewer into serene and lightly mysterious private worlds. But they will also see new directions in her work; these figures no longer stand alone. They're attended by familiars in the form of birds, insects, flowers – even other humans.