About me
I grew up on a farm in the Eastern Cape and currently live in a small forest north of Pretoria with my husband, mother, two dogs, and 23 chickens. My artworks form part of several private and professional collections locally and abroad, and I have taken part in numerous student and group shows. My preferred medium is oil painting but I also create collages and sometimes, when I'm feeling particularly ambitious, large-scale installations. My work often alludes to psychologically laden aspects of the human condition, and my paintings focus on intimate details of everyday life, to elevate the mundane. When I'm not painting or drawing, I am probably tending to our jungle, having a nap, or out birding.
Awards
2022, Art.co.za Watchlist 2023, 10 of the most on-the-rise artists in South Africa
2009, Best Student, Postgraduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies, University of Pretoria
2005, Student of the year, Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of South Africa
1999, Student of the year, Belgravia Art School, East London.
Projects
2023 - 2024 (ongoing), mentor for the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC)'s Presidential Economic Stimulus Program's (PESP) Mentorship Program
2024 (ongoing), artist for Spier & Nando's Creative Block Project
2011, assistant for Dr Gwenneth Miller's D Litt et phil exhibition TRANSCODE at Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria
2006, organiser and curator at UNISA and Enviroserve Wasteart Exhibition at Rosebank Mall, Johannesburg
Solo exhibitions
2024 (upcoming), A Glass Darkly, KZNSA, Durban
2024 (upcoming), Fables II, Association of Arts, Pretoria
2020, Fables of the Mind, Association of Arts, Pretoria
2018, Ducks in a Row, Trent Gallery, Pretoria
2015, S(h)elves (MVA Student Exhibition), Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria
Shared exhibitions
2023, Hidden with Liezel Luneburg, Trent Gallery, Pretoria
2022, Under the Surface with Philip Badenhorst and Gwenneth Miller, White River Gallery, White River
2022, Ordinary Light with Melissa Tabisher, art.b, Bellville
Group exhibitions
2023, Bird's Eye View, Artbox, Pretoria
2023, Groot Voël, Trent Gallery Powder Room, Pretoria
2023, Spier LightArt Festival, Spier Wine Farm, Stellenbosch
2023, WOLF. ESEL. ELF. Association of Arts, Pretoria
2022, Idioom/Idiom, Johann van Heerden Art Gallery, Pretoria
2022, Doodles, Trent Gallery, Pretoria
2022, Love in Fine Art, Foxwood House Theatre, Johannesburg
2022, The Association of Arts Pretoria’s 75th birthday Exhibition, ArtsPTA, Pretoria
2022, An Experiential of Musshero(i)ns, Trent Gallery, Pretoria
2022, Tiny Treasures, art.b, Bellville
2021, Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards Top 100, City of Ekurhuleni, Online
2021, Folds & Faults, Curate.A.Space and UFS Art Gallery, Bloemfontein
2021, Affordable Art Fair, Edg2020, Online
2020, Folds & Faults, Curate.A.Space and UFS Art Gallery, Online
2020, Winged Creatures, Johann van Heerden Art Gallery, Pretoria
2020, Affordable Art, Association of Arts, Pretoria
2020, The Feast of St Valentine – The Art of Love. Association of Arts, Pretoria
2019, Inspired by Inktober, Victoria Yards, Johannesburg
2019, Sanlam Portrait Award – Portrait 100, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2019, Ophelia, Trent Gallery, Pretoria
2018, Art as Destination, CSIR International Conference Centre, Pretoria
2018, Indestructible, Trent Gallery, Pretoria
2012, Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria
2009, Absa L’Atelier Finalists Exhibition, Johannesburg
2009, Absa L’Atelier Entries Exhibition, Pretoria
2009, Dystopia, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Belgium
2009, Candy Coated, Magpie Gallery, Pretoria
2008, Intervention, Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria
2006, Ekurhuleni Finalists Exhibition, Pretoria
2005, Unisa Final Year Visual Art Students Exhibition, Pretoria
2005, Art on paper, Standard Bank Arts Festival, Grahamstown
2004, Art on paper, Standard Bank Arts Festival, Grahamstown
2004, Lady Grey Annual Easter Exhibition, Lady Grey
2003, Lady Grey Annual Easter Exhibition, Lady Grey
Permanent Collections
Art Bank of South Africa
South African Military Hospital Art Collection
The Nando's Art Collection
Unisa Official Academic Portrait Collection
Education
2017, Masters’ Degree in Visual Art, Unisa, Pretoria. Cum laude
2009, Advanced Diploma in Heritage and Museum Studies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
2009, Children’s Book Illustrations course, Centre for Comic, Illustrative & Book Arts, Stellenbosch
2009, Short Course in Painting, Fried Contemporary, Pretoria
2008, Short Course in Drawing, Fried Contemporary, Pretoria
2008, Short Course in Computer Graphics, Unisa, Pretoria
2005, Bachelors of Visual Arts, Unisa, Pretoria. Cum Laude
1999, Matriculate at Grens High, East London
1999, Belgravia Art School, East London.