A selection of works in various media for our annual winter group show.

For more information about the exhibition, click here.

Veronique Wantz Gallery celebrates local artist MICHAEL HERMANSEN’s second solo show with the gallery, everyday extraordinary, and features a stunning new body of work. On view September 9 - October 7, 2023

click here: https://www.veroniquewantz.com/michael-hermansen-everyday-extraordinary

Veronique Wantz Gallery celebrates Wendy Westlake's second solo show, UNDERCURRENT, and features a stunning new body of work.

Click here for more info: https://www.veroniquewantz.com/wendy-westlake-undercurrent

Join us for the opening of wendy westlake: UNDERCURRENT on April 29th from 4-7pm. Free and open to the public.

Veronique Wantz Gallery presents our annual ARTFUL PRESENT Holiday Market

RUNNING EVERY FRIDAY 11-3 and SATURDAY 11-4 THROUGH DEC. 17th

We love getting into the holiday vibe (and a little party) so this season we are teaming up again with our dear neighbors UMEI and J. Atelier for a building-wide event.

The gallery will be bursting with stunning, affordable art and unique, one-of-a-kind gift ideas to treat someone special, or even yourself!

We are excited to host two fabulous popups:

modern jewelry by YEN CHEE DESIGN and

curated home goods & lifestyle products by north house AGENDA

Artwork in various price points available by:

Laurie Borggreve

Owen Brown

Cait Courneya

Sandra Felemovicius

Nathanael Flink

Kei Gratton

Valerie Grondin

Michael Hermansen

Jim Hillegass

Cynthia Holien

C. Anthony Huber

Jenny Keyser

Emma Le Konrad

Samuel Johnson

Eleanor McGough

Mike Murray

Andrew Nordin

Aviva Quant

Merick Reed

Liu Siyu

Katherine Story-Sutter

Dom Venzant

Susan Wagner

Wendy Westlake

Kathy Wismar

10 for 10: Ten Artists for Ten Years of Veronique Wantz Gallery

Opening

Saturday, October 8, 2022

5-8pm

Exhibition

Oct. 8 – Nov. 12, 2022

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Veronique Wantz Gallery presents a special exhibition featuring work by ten artists who have longstanding ties to the gallery and who represent a cross-section of various abstract styles and media, including oil and acrylic painting, watercolor, woodfired stoneware, collage, and sculpture.  The ten artists to be featured are Laurie Borggreve; Kei Gratton; Valerie Grondin; Jim Hillegass (gallery owner); C. Anthony Huber; Samuel Johnson; Eleanor McGough; Andrew Nordin; Wendy Westlake; and Kathy Wismar. 

The anniversary show also celebrates the legacy of founder and gallery namesake, Veronique Wantz. In 2012, French-born Veronique Wantz opened a public art gallery in the historic Foundry Building in the burgeoning Minneapolis North Loop neighborhood. From the outset, Veronique Wantz Gallery featured the work of local, national, and international emerging and established artists working in painting, works on paper, canvas, wood-fired ceramic, sculpture, textile, and glass. The gallery quickly established itself as a leading influence in the Twin Cities art world and beyond. 

Sadly, in 2018, at age 56, Veronique passed away from a battle with cancer. Her wisdom, warmth, down-to-earth personality, passion for all-things beautiful, chic French style, and silly, dry sense of humor are still missed by many. She created not only a welcoming and important gallery, but also a special community of adoring friends, beloved artists, and loyal clients. Her scope of influence on the local art world was immeasurable. 

Veronique’s longtime partner and confidante, Jim Hillegass, honored and built on the foundation of her invaluable vision and appreciation and love of art by helping to carry on her work. Veronique’s mission of offering the public a special and welcoming space to experience the creativity of talented emerging and established artists continues today. 

In 2017, the gallery remained in the North Loop of Minneapolis and moved a few blocks west to its current location, 901 N. 5th Street. The historic light-filled space, a former 1926 produce building, with a speakeasy that once occupied the basement, was renovated with original architectural elements left intact to provide a juxtaposition of old and new, and to accommodate and showcase the installation of larger works of art. The gallery hosts solo, joint and group exhibitions, free openings, and artist talks. 

The 10 for 10: Ten Artists for Ten Years of Veronique Wantz Gallery anniversary show commemorates Veronique Wantz’s original mission of discovering, exhibiting, and contributing to the connoisseurship of art to bring cultural awareness to the community. The anniversary exhibition, comprised of ten artists and their stellar abstract creations, highlights the gallery’s decade-long history and involvement in championing the local Minneapolis art scene. Looking back—but also to its future—Veronique Wantz Gallery continues to enrich the community with art for all, now and beyond. 

Margot Rosenstein, Gallery Director 

For further details and sales inquiries, please email: gallery@veroniquewantz.com

SAMUEL JOHNSON + ANDREW NORDIN

OPENING: MAY 21st from 5-8pm | Artists will be present | Free and open to the public

CLICK for more information about the exhibition

Hoorah! Our annual Holiday Art & Gifting Event begins Saturday, Nov. 20th and RUNS EVERY THURS + FRI (11-2:30pm) and SATURDAY from 12pm to 4pm through Dec. 18th!

(Or by appointment —contact us at: gallery@veroniquewantz.com to set up a time that works for you).

Preparations are being readied, and the gallery is feeling all festive! We will have one-of-a-kind giftable arts that are specially curated to delight and be loved by you and yours.

F E A T U R I N G

This year we will have an artful selection of smaller pieces, including giftable paintings by JIM HILLEGASS--his delightful acrylic minis and maxis on paper...and special wood fired stoneware serving dishes by SAMUEL JOHNSON and DOM VENZANT ready to grace the table, along with hand-painted ceramics by KATHY WISMAR...plus special works on paper by OWEN BROWN, SANDRA FELEMOVICIUS and beautiful collage work and oils from SUSAN WAGNER and much much more!

P O P - U P 
We're honored to be hosting three fabulous pop-ups this year: YEN CHEE DESIGN for incredible modern jewelry; AMBER JENSEN for amazing textiles; and ROSELINE’S CANDLES for 100% soy candles in various wonderful scents!


N E I G H B O R S
Be sure to also visit our wonderful neighbors on N.5th St:
UMEI for beautiful Japanese home goods
and J. ATELIER, interior design retailer.

Hoorah! Our annual Holiday Art & Gifting Event begins Saturday, Nov. 21st and RUNS EVERY SATURDAY from 11am to 3pm through Dec. 19th!

(Or by appointment Mondays through Fridays—contact us at: gallery@veroniquewantz.com to set up a time that works for you).

Preparations are being readied, and the gallery is feeling all festive! We will have one-of-a-kind giftable arts that are specially curated to delight and be loved by you and yours.

F E A T U R I N G

This year we will have an artful selection of smaller pieces, including giftable paintings by JIM HILLEGASS--his delightful acrylic minis and maxis on paper...and special wood fired stoneware serving dishes by SAMUEL JOHNSON ready to grace the table...plus much more!

P O P - U P 
We're honored to be hosting two fabulous pop-ups this year: GOLDFINCH MODERN TEXTILE CRAFT and YEN CHEE DESIGN, who will be offering textiles and jewelry alongside our art!


N E I G H B O R S
Be sure to also visit our wonderful neighbors on N.5th St:
UMEI for beautiful Japanese home goods;
and, introducing J. ATELIER, our newest next door neighbor
and interior design retailer

In these extraordinary times, we hope you are able to find some space for art in your lives. More than ever, we need an abundance of color and visual poetry to quiet our minds and focus our attention.

At the gallery, our plan this weekend was to celebrate the opening of Wendy Westlake's first solo show!

For any artist, a solo show is a huge accomplishment, and this was to be Wendy's first with Veronique Wantz Gallery. So, it is with sadness that this live show is currently postponed. However, until we can eventually exhibit as planned, we are delighted to be able to share these stunning new works in an online viewing room on our website!

While this can be viewed on your phones, for the best visual experience we recommend viewing it on a web browser on your laptop or computer.

For those of you who have followed this Rochester artist's rise over that past few years, you will know that Wendy's works are now available in galleries across the country and have also found homes with collectors from the midwest and beyond. Westlake attracts attention for her modern mid-century style paintings as much as their accomplished palettes, intuitive forms and mark making throughout her balanced compositions.

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Please join us in toasting Wendy's striking show by viewing:

A BALANCE REMAINS

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EXPLORATIONS INTO THE EQUILIBRIUM OF LIFE AND ART
by
WENDY WESTLAKE

HOW TO CONTACT US

While the gallery remains physically closed, we are still available virtually and can be contacted at gallery@veroniquewantz.com. If you would like further information, more images of a particular piece, pricing  or would like to reserve a piece - please let us know and we would be glad to help. For clients that are local, once the MN stay-at-home order has been lifted, we can offer private viewings and curbside white glove pick up service. Thank you for your continuing to support our local art community!

Hoorah! It's time to put our annual Holiday Art & Gifting Event in your calendar!

We love getting into the holiday vibe (and a little party) so this season we are teaming up again with our dear neighbors UMEI and Spring Finn & Co. for a building-wide event. If you've attended this before, you'll know that this is one not to be missed!

As always, the gallery will have one-of-a-kind giftable arts that are specially curated to delight and be loved by you and yours.

F E A T U R I N G
This year we will have an artful selection of smaller pieces, such as Kei Gratton's fascinating tarot paintings besides her decks of Tarot cards PLUS be one of the lucky few to have your Tarot read by Kei herself! There will be Minnesotan-made wax and resin jewelry and sculptures by Silvana Lacreta Ravena as well as her batik silk scarves. Wood fired stoneware serving dishes by Samuel Johnson are ready to grace the table, while giftable paintings by Jim Hillegass will be available with his acrylic minis and maxis on paper... plus much more!

P O P - U P 
We're honored to be hosting THREE pop-ups this year, with Goldfinch Modern Textile Craft, ACG Minneapolis and Yen Chee Design who will be offering textiles, clothing and jewelry alongside our art!

Friday 22nd Nov
12pm to 6pm

Saturday 23rd Nov
10am to 8pm

*** HOLIDAY MARKET ***
ON NORTH FIFTH
SATURDAY 23rd FROM 4PM - 8PM!!

Our fabulous neighbors, UMEI and Spring Finn & Co., will also be offering a tailored selection of vendors alongside their own wide range of unique products PLUS Jazz, nibble and bubbles!!

Join us to celebrate this years' dynamic "FALL SALON"!

We are thrilled with the bounty of new work that has reached the gallery, with recent paintings by Michael Hermansen, Allison Johanson, Samuel Johnson, C. Anthony Huber, Silvana La Creta Ravena, Valerie Grondin, Wendy Westlake, Eleanor McGough, Andrew Nordin and Kei Gratton all forming a thoughtfully curated collection of unique directions within the artistic realm.

To add to the excitement, we are welcoming new artists: Mike Murray with his oil and cold wax paintings, Dan Noyes and his steel sculptures alongside Leah Kaplan and her breathtaking porcelain ceramics!

We are delighted to see the gallery brimming with art to feast the senses – and are looking forward to sharing it with you!

We are excited to announce this upcoming solo show by local artist Allison Johanson!

Step into the night and meander through the hinterlands of abstraction with ALLISON JOHANSON and her first solo show: "Nocturna".

As we journey away from lakes and lands, we happen upon a hidden world of quiet mystery. An escape, a tilt of consciousness, a beautiful enigma.

Please join us for the Opening and experience the fascinating pull of these works whilst celebrating the evolution of an artist!

*** 'MEET THE ARTIST' AT THE OPENING RECEPTION ***

OPENING RECEPTION

Saturday 5th October | 5PM - 8PM

EXHIBITION DATES

October 5th - 26th

If you are thinking about how to furnish your spaces with art and unique locally-sourced design pieces, swing by the gallery for inspiration on how to vary your collection in a way that connects with you and your habitation.

Welcome to our 2019 Summer Salon:

MPLS/Warehouse

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In this unique exhibition, we have brought our artists works together with one-of-a-kind furniture by Concrete Pig, beautiful lighting by Rypen and custom-designed rugs by Legacy Looms! Why? To offer you a new gallery experience where you can reimagine your space as a minimalist warehouse loft and provide context for the art you are considering.

Visit us over the summer ahead and enjoy an evolving exhibition that shows the varied styles and oeuvres that we represent -- in a way that connects to todays modern way of living.

Furniture on display by Concrete Pig will be available for purchase.

OPENING GATHERING

Saturday June 1st

3-6PM

WORKS BY

Jim Hillegass

From the Private Collection of Veronique Wantz

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Please join us for the opening of this very special exhibition of works by Jim Hillegass at the Veronique Wantz Gallery.

In honor of our founder, we are proud to bring you Veronique Wantz's private collection of treasured paintings.

Displayed in her apartment on rue Vaneau in Paris's 7eme, this exhibition offers you the chance to view the pieces alongside photographs of them installed in the Haussmann era 1880s apartment.

For those who knew Veronique, also knew her style was second to none. Mixing antique with modern and ethnic with renaissance, the apartment was full of charm and character.

These abstract and color field paintings by Jim Hillegass brought a personal and contemporary feel to this home that was, above all, filled with happy memories.

We hope you can attend the show and celebrate these select works of Jim Hillegass from Paris.

OPENING RECEPTION

Saturday 13th April 5PM - 8PM

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We look forward to an evening of art, remembrance and friendship.

Step into this lively and colorful Utopia where class, race, sexuality, age, abilities, belief systems and gender dance in all their beauty and complexities to a rhythmic beat of respect, tolerance and understanding.

Intermingled, intertwined, interfacing. In an age where we seek ideological purity, ‘You Am I’ examines how each of these facets of our identity can coexist in analogous ambiguity. How are these multiplicities embraced? Is there a singular thread that weaves across the identity landscape: binding, repairing? Is there a rise of fantastical individualism? Or does identity melt into a pool of punctuated homogeny? As the dance progresses, do we forget to notice? Our diversity becomes our unity as we sway forward to the beat of this neoteric revolution.

You am I, I am you, we are one.

FEATURING

Adam Chau, Blanca Guerra-Echeverria, Crystal Morey, John Byrd, Kensuke Yamada, Linda Swanson, Malcom Mobutu Smith, Natalia Arbelaez, Raheleh Filsoofi, Steven Young Lee.

EXHIBITION DATES

Tuesday March 26th
10AM - 6PM

Wednesday March 27th
10AM - 7PM

Thursday March 28th
10AM - 7PM

Friday March 29th
10AM - 9PM

Saturday March 30th
10AM - 5PM

OPENING RECEPTION

Friday 29th March 5PM - 9PM

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In conjunction with Artaxis, we are honored to be holding a fundraiser at the reception to support Juxtaposition Arts through the sale of donated works by Artaxis members.

Sponsored by Artaxis, this venue originated exhibition is part of 'Claytopia' the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 2019 Conference in Minneapolis.

Curated by Louisa Vincent, Gallery Director, Veronique Wantz Gallery; Samuel Johnson, Artaxis Board Member and Professor of Art and Department Chair at College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, NCECA Member & Juliane Shibata, Artaxis member.

A collection of works that offers the space to consider the times in which we live. 

Our world is in constant flux. We ride the ebb and flow, sifting through layers of complexity in search of a clarity that we can anchor onto. From inward we look out, observing that what goes up, doesn’t always come down. We seek solace in our connections, to tame the currents swirling around us, and find solid ground, for a while. It’s the nature of things.

We're thrilled to be holding our first pop-up exhibition at Stonebridge Lofts in the Mill District at THE MILL YARD!

Featuring local artists:

• Allison Johanson

• Eleanor McGough

• Jack Dale

• Wendy Westlake

• Samuel Johnson

Join us for the opening on

Saturday January 26th | 3PM - 6PM

The Mill Yard
Stonebridge Lofts, 1120 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN