..
.
.
Rolf van Gelders' life as an artist has been a continuous struggle between logic and emotio (Apollo and Dionysus).He has been brought up with computers and math: everything should be logical and have a pre-defined reaction on every action. While creating his traditional, abstract paintings he tries to switch off the logical part of his brain and let emotion rule. While creating new media art he gives room to the logical part of his brain and tries to use it in a creative way.
.
His art always has multiple layers. Some of them are hidden and have much deeper, and often darker, meanings. He wants his audience to have something to explore, discover and experience while peeling off layer after layer. Some of the layers, most likely, never will be revealed but that's okay with Van Gelder. Life is full of mysteries that will never be revealed…
.
For Rolf van Gelder, creating art is a way of self-reflection, meditation, maybe even therapy, and a very personal way of communicating with other human beings. It's a way of 'saying things' that cannot be said through human language or any other regular communication tools. It's communication on a different level.
.
.
Rolf van Gelder studied electrical engineering at the College of Technology (specialization in information science) and works as an Internet developer/Internet specialist at the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. In 1995 he founded CAGE (Cyber Art Gallery Eindhoven), one of the first virtual art galleries on the Internet, in which, apart from the work of Rolf van Gelder, artworks of emerging artists from all over the world are presented. He is actively involved as a visual artist using various techniques and in collaboration with new media artist Carmin Karasic (Boston, MA, USA) he is increasingly involved in the creation of new media artwork.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
