Birth Date: 07/12/1974 Contact Details: Cell: +27 (0)83 256 1170 Email:
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Education | 1997-1999 | Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch (South Africa) | Masters Degree in Fine Arts (cum laude) | 1999 | City Varsity, Cape Town (South Africa) | Certificate in Desktop Publishing | 1993-1996 | Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch (South Africa) | Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts (majoring in painting) | 1988-92 | DF Malan High School, Bellville (South Africa) | Matriculate with distinction |
Employment2008 - 2010 | University of Cape Town: School of Architecture | Representation I: Freehand Drawing | 2007-2008 | Haute Couture School of Fashion | Part-time lecturer in History of Fashion | 2007, 2009, 2010 | University of Stellenbosch | Guest Lecturer: Drawing (I & III year) | 2004-2010 | Media 24 (Die Burger) | Art Critic | 2006 | Ruth Prowse School of Art | External Examiner for Fine Art Diploma Dissertations | 2005-2006 | Consultant for Coeo Art Collaborative | Project Coordinator: WASTE AT WORK art-&-environmental-business-collaborative | 2005 | College of Cape Town -Western Cape Education Department | Lecturer in Design Foundation (NQF Level 4), Drawing N5+N6 & Diploma Coordinator (tertiary levels) | 2003-2004 | College of Cape Town -Western Cape Education Department | Lecturer in Drawing : Secondary (NIC, NSC) and Tertiary Level (N4-N6) | 2002-2003 | Poloandfriends: Environmental Education NPO | Project Coordinator for Barloworld Eco-challenge (workshops with schools) | 2001-2002 | CURRO Private School | Art Educator (Grade 10-12) | 2000 | Sanlam Health, a division of Sanlam | Web Designer: Sanlam Health |
Outline of Artistic ActivitiesGrants Collaborative projects | 2006 | Sculptural puppets for Die Storm (theatre production) in collaboration award winning director Marthinus Basson: KKNK, South Africa Costume | | 2005-2008 | Co-founder (with Jonathan Garnham) of blank projects an artist-run contemporary art project space in Cape Town | | 2004-2010 | Collaborative beaded panels with Qalo Beadwork Studio | | 2006 | 2006 Print collaboration (with Norman O'Flynn): 2006 limited edition artists' book | | 2004 | Project Coordinator of the D.I.E.N.S.-project: a series of public art interventions at the Klein Karoo National Arts festival (with artists Norman O'Flynn, Johan Thom, Pierre Fouche), Oudtshoorn | | Residencies | 2009 | Frans Masereel Print Residency, Kastelee (Belgium) |
| 2006 | Pro-Helvetia Residency at Altes Spital, Solutern (Switserland) | | 2005-2009 | Artist-in-residence, Bijou Art Studios (South Africa) | | 2004 | ARTOMI International Artists' Residency, Hudson (New York, USA) | | 2003-2004 | Artist-in-residence,Greatmore Art Studios (South Africa) | | 2002 | Rauma Artists' in Residence (Finland) | | 2001 | Nordic Artists' Centre Dale (Norway) | Workshop Participation | 2008 | Invited by Warren Editions: Monotypes (Cape Town) | | 2004 | Pondside Press: monotype sessions (New York, USA) | | 2004 | Fooding About with Topsi- Drawing/dinner evenings with various artists and chef Topsi Venter resulting in artists' book (Cape Town, South Africa) | | 2001 | Fjaerland Ice Sculpting (Fjaerland, Norway) | Workshop Facilitation | 2006 | WASTE AT WORK School Walkabouts and creative interaction (Johannesburg & Stellenbosch) |
| 2005 | Introduction to creative thinking: Drawing workshop with Qalo studio (Cape Town, South Africa) | | 2003 | Truworths outreach: Waste Paper workshop (Nyanga High School, South Africa) | | 2003 | Waste Art Workshops with various groups of primary school children as part of the Penguin festival (Simonstown, South Africa) | | 2002 | Mask making at Lyseon Primary School (Rauma, Finland) | | 2002 | Craft collaboration with Rauman Lyseon High School (Finland) for site-specific installation | Curator | 2009 | 1-day residency project at the UCT Irma Stern Museum |
| 2009 | Tussen Orde en Avontuur/ Between Order and Adventure: Main Festival Exhibition for Suidoosterfees, Artscape, Cape Town www.tussenordeenavontuur.blogspot.com | | 2005-2008 | Curated and coordinated various exhibitions for blank projects www.blankprojects.blogspot.com | | Grants | 2007 | Artreach funding for Afrikan Tahti project (SA/ Finland) | | 2006 | Art and Ecology Fellowship, Guapamaca¡taro, Michoacan (Mexico) | | 2005-2008 | Pro Helvetia (Arts Council of Switzerland) support for establishing blank projects as contemporary exhibition space in the Bo-Kaap (old Malay Quarters, Cape Town) | | 2005 | National Arts Council of South Africa - Grant to represent South Africa at the 2005 Florence Biennial | | 2001 | Artreach (Association for Visual Arts; South Africa) material funding for Norwegian Residency | | 2000 | UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary for international residency (Dale; Norway) | | 1998 | Harrey Crossley Bursary for postgraduate studies | | 1997+1998 | Stellenbosch 2000 for postgraduate studies | | 1996 | Maggie Laubsher Award for Art Studies | Competitions and Awards | 2009, 08, 06, 05,01 | Five time ABSA Atelier Finalist | | 2006 | Short-listed for Commonwealth Arts and Craft Award | | 2005 | Proposal selected for Association for Visual Art's | | 2005 | Public Sculpture Competition Selected for 3rd Brett Kebble Art Competition |
ExhibitionsSolo exhibitions | 2009 | Visitor, Irma Stern Museum - Cape Town (South Africa) | | 2007 | 9 Chicks & a dick, AVA - Cape Town (South Africa) | | 2005 | Groeisel #1 (transl. €œGrowth #1€) ; Outlet - Pretoria (South Africa) | | 2005 | Play with me ; Association for Visual Arts - Cape Town (South Africa) | | 2003 | I can't see the wood for the trees, so I'm taking a line for a very long walk ; João Ferreira Gallery - Cape Town (South Africa) | | 2002 | Almost a Valentine ; Chelsea Gallery - Wynberg (South Africa) | | 2000 | The Garbage men wear gloves ; Chelsea Gallery - Wynberg (South Africa) | Selected Group exhibitions (Selection from 100 shows) | 2009 | Black: the antithesis of the fraudulent sensuality of culture's façade. An experiment in voluntary asceticism, at blank projects with artists Mary Wafer, Hentie van der Merwe, Zander Blom, Kathryn Smith, Michael Taylor and Nomthunzi Mashalaba Warren Editions, Monotypes and etchings at Curious,Whetstone and Frankley, Cape Town (South Africa) Johannesburg Art Fair printed work represented by Joao Ferreira Gallery | | 2008 | The Bijou Burns Again at UCA Gallery, Observatory Women in Craft at Spier Estate, Stellenbosch | | 2007 | Common Ground at Lonnstrom Contemporary Art Museum in collaboration Jeanne Hoffman, Rauma (Finland) South African Art on Paper, gbk, Sydney (Australia) Heritage Cache, a site-specific group project coordinated by Cobus van Bosch and Arlene Amaler-Raviv, Cape Town (South Africa) TACT at Artspace, Pretoria, South Africa | | 2006 | STEEK with Barend de Wet, blank projects, Cape Town (South Africa) ROEM, KKNK, Oudtshoorn (South Africa) Flesh!, Group exhibition - Oudtshoorn Festival, Oudtshoorn (South Africa) the blank paper project at blank projects, part of Cape 07, Cape Town (South Africa) FEST, Cape Town festival, Durbanville Cultural Society, Durbanville (South Africa) Just like home with Norman O'Flynn, Solothurn (Switzerland) 2006 travelling exhibition, Bell-Roberts Contemporary (Cape Town) & Art on Paper (Johannesburg) Of Want and Desire; Joao Ferreira Fine Art (Cape Town; South Africa) Cape Biennale at blank projects, Cape Town (South Africa) | | 2005 | The 5th International Florence Biennial for Contemporary Art, Fortezza de Bastilica (Florence; Italy) Synergy , Michaelis Collection contemporary beaded designs (as part of the history of beads in Africa) at the Iziko Museum (Cape Town; South Africa) Stolen Affections , Goethe Institute; Bahai (Brazil) - travelling exhibition | | 2004 | Artomi, Omi (New York; USA) | | 2003 | The Art of Drawing , Durbanville Cultural Centre (Durbanville, South Africa) | | 2002 | Low Rider, Polvo Art Studio (Chicago; USA) | | | | | 2000 | Majority Rules, Free Gallery (Glascow; Scotland) YEAR 2000, Chelsea Gallery (Wynberg; South Africa) | Selected Site-Specific Works | 2007 | C-Units with Jeanne Hoffman; Big Bay - Cape Town (South Africa) | | 2006 | Icarus project with Norman O€™Flynn; Bijou - Obseratory (South Africa) Soft Rock Project; Sunset Beach - Cape Town Teardrop Project; Solothurn - Switzerland | | 2005 | Groeisel #2: as part of the Young Curator initiative at the Aardklop Arts Festival; Potchefstroom (South Africa) | | 2003 | Excess : Proudly South African; collaboration with Jesus Macarena-Avila from Chicago (Cape Town; South Africa) | | 2002 | Music Concrete -YDEsire Art Night; collaboration with artist Jeanne Hoffman (the Castle; Cape Town) | | 2002 | Momentary Monument; collaboration with art students (Rauma; Finland) | | 2002 | Fantastic Rubbish, World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg) | | 2002 | Dressing Up, Stepping Out (Rauma; Finland) | | 2001 | R.I.P. ; collaboration with artist Jeanne Hoffman (Durbanville; South Africa) | | 1999 | Forest Cross; forest at DalsÃ¥sen (Norway) Oos Wes, Tuis Bes at the Oudtshoorn Arts festival with artists Lien Botha, Mustafa Maluka, etc. (Oudtshoorn; South Africa) |
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