Who I am.
b. 1991 (Beaufort West, South Africa)
Lives and works in Cape Town
I was born in 1991 in the Karoo town of Beaufort West. I grew up in Wellington in the Cape Winelands and matriculated from La Rochelle Girls’ High School in Paarl. In 2018 I obtained my MA Visual Arts degree from the University of Stellenbosch, prior to which I completed a BAVA (Fine Arts) degree from the same institution in 2014. In 2014 I was awarded the Keith Dietrich Award for passing my final year with a distinction as well as the Timo Smuts prize for top academic achiever in Fine Arts. I am a three time top 100 finalist in the Sasol New Signatures Award competition.
Since graduating in 2014 I’ve taken part in a number of group exhibitions, including Greatest Hits: The Domestic Oddyssey presented by the AVA Gallery in 2015 and Hinterlands: The Keith Dietrich Award Exhibition at GUS in the same year. Most notably my work has been shown at the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, in Turkey as part of Emelie Röndahl’s project Google Weaving Stop-Time in 2018 and at the Also Known as Africa (AKAA) Art Fair in Paris, France with Dyman Gallery in 2019.
Things I've done.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Visual Arts (Cum Laude), Stellenbosch University, 2018
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts (Fine Arts), Stellenbosch University, 2014
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
Top 100 Finalist in the Sasol New Signatures Award Competition, 2017
Top 100 Finalist in the Sasol New Signatures Award Competition, 2015
Awarded the Timo Smuts Award for top academic achiever in Fine Arts, 2014
Awarded the Keith Dietrich Award for completing Fine Arts IV cum laude, 2014
Top 100 Finalist in the Sasol New Signatures Award Competition, 2014
Awarded the Golden Key Award for academic excellence, 2011
Awarded the Redelinghuys Trophy for most promising art student, 2008
EXHIBITIONS
Red, Local Works, Stellenbosch, 2024
Quality Time, Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville, 2024
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Cavalli Gallery, Somerset West, 2023
Zoo//Animalia, The Gallery at Glen Carlou, Klapmuts, 2023
LUSH, Cavalli Gallery, Somerset West, 2022
The Grand, Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville, 2022
When Wild Woods Whisper, Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville, 2022
Mariposa, Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville, 2022
After the Toil, Myuz, Paarl, 2021
Threaded, Association of Arts Pretoria, Pretoria, 2021
Something Pauses, KKNK, The Gallery at Glen Carlou, Online, 2021
Summer Salon, The Gallery at Glen Carlou, Klapmuts, 2020
A Whole New World, Liebrecht Art Gallery, Somerset West, 2020
Tiny Treasures, Artb, Online 2020
Knoop, GUS, Stellenbosch, 2020
Hard but Soft, The Gallery at Glen Carlou, Klapmuts, 2020
Summer Salon, Liebrecht Art Gallery, Somerset West, 2019
Also Known as Africa Fair, Dyman Gallery, Paris, France, 2019
Not My Type, Imibala Gallery, Somerset West, 2019
Verf dit Swart (Paint it Black), Aardklop Kunstefees, Potchefstroom, 2019
Google Weaving Stop-Time, Z33 House of Contemporary Art, Hasselt, Belgium, 2019
Botanica, Art.b, Bellville, 2019
Textiles, Dyman Gallery, Stellenbosch, 2019
Home Moods, Liebrecht Art Gallery, Somerset West, 2019
Google Weaving Stop-Time, LUMA Atelier, Arles, France, 2019
Vers en Vlam / Flaming Verse, Suidoosterfees, Cape Town, 2019
Handmade Heaven, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch West, 2019
The Affordable Art Fair, Absolut Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
The Return of Persephone Part III, Imibala Gallery, Somerset West, 2018
#paper, Art.b, Bellville, 2018
Between Figuration and Abstraction, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, 2018
Google Weaving Stop-Time, Istanbul Design Biennial, SALT Galata, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
This is not an exhibition, Liebrecht Art Gallery, Somerset West, 2018
Well Worn, Cavalli Gallery, Somerset West, 2018
Criss-Cross – MAVA Exhibition, Block C Shop 7, The Woodmill Lifestyle Centre, Stellenbosch, 2017
Sasol New Signatures Award – Top 100 Finalist Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, 2017
Droogte, Artvark Gallery, Kalk Bay, 2017
Threshold – MAVA review exhibition, GUS, Stellenbosch, 2017
GRADEX’17 Auction, Department of Visual Arts, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 2017
Array, The Gallery, Taj Cape Town, Cape Town, 2017
Real Estate, Department of Visual Arts, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 2017
Properties 3.0, Knext Gallery, Cape Town, 2017
GRADEX’16 Auction, GUS, Stellenbosch, 2016
A Penny for your thoughts: A Still Life Experience, Liebrecht Gallery, Somerset West, 2016
Landmark – MAVA review exhibition, GUS, Stellenbosch, 2016
GRADEX’15 Auction, GUS, Stellenbosch, 2015
Sasol New Signatures Award – Top 100 Finalist Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, 2015
Hinterlands – The Keith Dietrich Award Exhibition, GUS, Stellenbosch, 2015
The Domestic Odyssey – Greatest Hits 2014 Exhibition, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, 2015
GRADEX’14, Department of Visual Arts, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 2014
Sasol New Signatures Award – Western Cape Finalists Exhibition, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, 2014
Sasol New Signatures Award – Top 100 Finalist Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, 2014
To Time – Graduate Exhibition, Department of Visual Arts, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 2014
GRADEX’14 Auction, GUS, Stellenbosch, 2014
Cape Town Open Book Festival, CCiBA, Cape Town, 2013
Speak Up Speak Out, US Museum, Stellenbosch, 2013
COLLECTIONS
Modern Art Projects South Africa
Johan van Lill Private Collection
Rolanda Marais Private Collection