About Action
With Action, Canadian artist Ryan Van Der Hout creates a sense of motion in rigid steel. Paying homage to Eadweard Muybridge's seminal photographs, which first captured frame-by-frame people in motion, Action abstractly captures this concept. With a rich background in photography, his sculptural works reference the camera's use of light and motion. Motion is evoked in the structure of the sculptures mirrored finish, relecting and refracting it's surroundings with shadows traveling across the ground throughout the day as the sun moves.“From a young age, I always wanted to create. Whether it was taking apart tv sets or creating installations out of old lightbulbs, I always had a project.” Ryan Van Der Hout
Van Der Hout is a graduate of Ryerson's photography program. His photo-based work has been exhibited in the U.K., New York and in Canada.
This sculpture is also available in varying sizes by commission.
Exhibitions
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Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition 2025
5 July 2025 — 29 October 2025 -
Outdoor Garden Exhibition 2024
1 May 2024 — 31 December 2024 -
Outdoor Sculpture Garden Exhibition 2023
16 May 2023 — 30 November 2023 -
Outdoor Sculpture Garden Exhibition 2022
16 May 2022 — 30 November 2022 -
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition 2021
12 May 2021 — 1 November 2021