meet addie

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Addie Van Rijn is a visual artist based on Vancouver Island. Specialising in textured & anti-textured abstract paintings, Addie primarily works with acrylic & watercolour paints, plaster & recycled materials on canvas. Addie studied visual arts at St. Thomas University, focusing on abstracts in watercolour & mixed-media on canvas.

A former model, Addie has been published in Vogue Italia (Sept 2016) and has been featured in fashion collections such as Dee Silkie Outerwear, Wear Your Label in print & on runway.

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Addie is an experienced business leader, currently serving as Hermana Influencer Agency’s Director of Operations. A people-lead with 10+ years of experience in hiring, training and managing, Addie is an expert in career-coaching , resume building & auditing. Before joining the influencer management industry Addie had a past-life in tech working in senior leadership roles at Shopify & Pixel Union.

Addie is a graduate from St. Thomas University with majors in Communications & Public Policy and English Literature, with a minor in Fine Arts.