Artist CV

(b 1973ZA. Lives and works in Tshwane)

Marais consistently seeks out new techniques in her work using a range of media including drawing, printmaking, collage and oil painting. Often working in series or with repetition, she employs a muted colour palette to develop dream-like imagery, seeking to evoke feelings of nostalgia, loneliness and serenity. Reflecting on Retrograde, a series of prints produced in collaboration with The Artists’ Press, Marais writes, "We often stare into the distance with thoughts and emotions about the past, present and future, and this is often accompanied by a meditative sense of deja vu and jamais vu."

2015

Graphic Works, Trent Gallery, Pretoria 

2014

One night only, Trent Gallery, Pretoria

Travel Chronicles, Online exhibition 

2012

Ways to say Goodbye, Festival artist, Piketberg Art Weekend 

2011

Something Happened, North West University, August. 

2009

Hello/Goodbye, Articles & Frames, Pretoria 

2005

Getaway Car, Association of Arts, Pretoria 

2019

Tableaux Group Exhibition, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg

Ophelia Group Exhibition, Trent Gallery, Pretoria  

2018

First Rand Show, March, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg

Jan Celliers Group exhibition, Lizamore and Associates, Johannesburg

Turbine Art Fair, Carol Lee Fine Art, Jhb 

2017

Intersection, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg 

2016

Junction, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg  

2015

Locale, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg 

2014

Showcase 2, Bayliss Gallery, Johannesburg

Terroir, Liebricht Gallery, Somerset-West

Still, Johans Borman gallery, Cape Town

From the Hear, Christopher Møller Art, Cape Town

Shards, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria 

2013

Panorama, Group exhibition at D-Street Gallery, Stellenbosch

Vignette, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

Vanitas, KKNK, Outshoorn

Pentimenti, Collaboration with Louis Janse van Vuuren, Woordfees, Stellenbosch 

2012

Fusion, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg

Belville Collective, Art.b, Belville

Chronicles, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

The Painted Word, The Gallery at Grande Provance

Inside/Outside, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria

Momento, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg 

2011

Spectrum, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

Collaboration, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg  

2010

Here and There, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

Source, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

Angels9, The Gallery, Grande Provance, Franschoek

Rendezvous Art Project-Painting, Traveling group exhibition 

2009

Origin, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

Scenario, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

Review, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg 

2008

Three, Christopher Möller Fine Art, Cape Town

Transform, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg 

2007

Impression, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

Evidence, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg

Water, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg 

2006

Icon, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Johannesburg 

2004

Hartseer, Curator, Group Exhibition at Aardklop Art Festival, Potchefstroom 

2003

Hartklop, Curator, Group Exhibition at Aardklop Art Festival, Potchefstroom

Femina, Art Association. Pretoria 

1993

Merit Award for Graphic Design 

1994

Gregoire Boonzaaier Award for Graphic Design

Designer of one of the six final choices for the new South African flag 

Spier Collection

Smithsonian Collection

GIF3 Art Book (Artists’ Press) 

Currently teaching drawing at Boston Media House Arcadia 

1996

Studied Design in Typography, Westminster Adult Education Centre, London 

1995

BA in Graphic Design, University of Potchefstroom 

1991

Matriculated from Gymnasium High School, Potchefstroom