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
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SLOW magazine, South Africa Intuition as Guide by Maxine Volker, Edition 71, March 2020
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South African Cultural Observatory Dream Rift at Eclectica Design & Art by Dr Danny Shorkend, 12 September 2017
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Words with Rosemary Joynt Interview with Eclectica Design & Art
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Art.co.za, 10 Questions With Rosemary Joynt, http://www.art.co.za/news/10-questions-with-rosemary-joynt, 2021
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