Artist CV

Artist's statement

(b 1957ZA. Lives and works in Johannesburg)

“Art is a language that allows me to explore the realm of the physical and tangible and more specifically the natural environment. It is documented by my photos as well as found images that I have collected. The images range, from nature in its uncorrupted state to various stages of upheaval, increasingly complex and unstable. The physicality of the materials; the texture of the paper and canvas and paint with its naturally flowing, pooling, branching and meandering properties may mimic natural processes such as accumulation and disintegration. They also present many possibilities beyond the literal reference images and allow me to work intuitively. This process of transition from the physical reality to the abstract idea is not a neat or linear progression towards an ultimate conclusion. It is rather an entanglement that loops backwards and forwards”.

Solo exhibitions

2007  
My Treasury of Tall Stories solo exhibition, Dolos at  Gordart Gallery, Johannesburg 

Group exhibitions

2020 
Joburg Fringe, panel-selected group exhibition, The Art Room, Johannesburg  
2019 
Turbine Art Fair, Gallery 2, Johannesburg 
See Art: Contemporary Drawing group exhibition curated by Derek Zietsman, Gallery 2, Johannesburg  
Our Brave New World group exhibition curated by Lizamore and Associates, Jan Celliers, Johannesburg 
Star Sailors group exhibition, St Lorient Art Gallery, Pretoria  
2018  
Turbine Art Fair, Gallery 2 and Carol Lee, Johannesburg 
AUTUMN group exhibition, Gallery 2, Johannesburg  
Abandoned Garden group exhibition, Eclectica Design & Art, Cape Town 
Jan Celliers group exhibition curated by Lizamore and Associates, Johannesburg 
2017   
Terrain group exhibition, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch  
Dream Rift group exhibition, Eclectica Design & Art, Cape Town 
Earth Fabric group exhibition, Gallery 2, Johannesburg  
Elements of Realism group exhibition, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch  
2016  
Turbine Art Fair, Gallery 2, Johannesburg  
Gallery 2 group exhibitions: May, June, August, Johannesburg  
2015 
Turbine Art Fair, Carol Lee, Johannesburg  
Les is More auction, group exhibition, Gallery Momo, Johannesburg  
Tasseography group exhibition, Equus Gallery, Cavalli Estate, Cape Town 
2014  
Music & Lyrics group exhibition, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Cape Town 
Showcase 3 group exhibition curated by Gordon Froud, Bayliss Gallery, Johannesburg 
Salon 1 group exhibition curated by Annemarie Tully, Bamboo, Johannesburg  
2013  
Tom Waits for No Man traveling group exhibition curated by Gordon Froud, KKNK, Grande Provence, University of Johannesburg, Oliewenhuis, South Africa  
Art, History and Activism walking tour hosted by Ishvara Dhyan, Johannesburg  
2012  
Inner City Artists walking tour hosted by Ishvara Dhyan, Johannesburg  
2011  
Breaking New Ground Sibikwa Arts Festival, Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Johannesburg Jan Celliers group exhibition curated by Lizamore and Associates, Johannesburg  
2010  
Oppitafel group exhibition curated by Teresa Lizamore, Artspace Warehouse, Johannesburg 
Jan Celliers group exhibition curated by Teresa Lizamore, Johannesburg  

Group exhibitions at Carol Lee Fine Art, Bamboo, Johannesburg: 

2019 
Tableaux 
2017 
Intersection 
2015 
Manifesto 
 
Vantage 
2014 
Survey 
2013 
Montage 
 
Dialogue 
2010 
Source 
2009 
Hybrid 
2008 
Still Life 
Encounter 
Transform 
 

Press & publications

Teaching

Teaching Art from home studio, 1985-1991 

Education

National Diploma of Art and Design in Fine Art, Johannesburg Technikon, now the University of Johannesburg, 1977-1979