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Culture is like riding on a train
Brest 2000


Looks like a sheep 1999
paper sculpture and acrylic
 

Atlas
Fordsburg studios 1999
paper sculpture and acrylic
private collection



David lithograph
Fordsburg studios 1999
private collection


Smashing an atom is not as easy as
smashing an atom
Brest 2000
acrylic on canvas
Peuple culture Collection Brest


Lamu tamu
Kenya 2004
acrylic on canvas
Kuonatrust Collection Kenya

artist bio

Artist statement
I find inspiration in many forms of media. Creating art for me is about constantly
reflecting on my place in the world, discovering how to distill and interpret
my interaction with what surrounds me and documenting that personal relationship.


1995
· Part of group at the Caledon museum


1996
· Completed an apprenticeship in stop action animation at Jack Russel studios
· Part of group at the Jol (club and restraurant)


1997
· Took part in the Thupelo workshop
· Tutored for Sanlams annual children's art competition
· Participated in the District Six Public sculpture Festival


1998
· Tutored for Sanlams annual children's art competition
· Participated in a 10 day residency program on Robben Island as part of
  Swedish artist exchange program


1999
· Nominated for a residency program at the Fordsburg art
  studios (Bag factory) in Johannesburg
· Participated in an etching workshop and artist exchange program
  facilitated by the Alliance Francaise de Michelles Plain
· Participated group etching exhibition at the Alliance Francaise de Michelles Plain
· Part of group exhibition at Le bon ton gallery
· Part of group exhibition Battswood Art Centre
· Worked as a professional artist at Greatmore Studios
· Participated in group exhibition at Institute For Democracy in South Africa (IDASA)
· Received 1st prize for best designed poster competition for Cape Town Art festival


2000
· I have run workshops at the Somerset library and the Foundation School of Art.
· Worked as a professional artist at Greatmore Studios (1999 - 2000)
· Part of group exhibition at Durbanville Cultural Society (Rust en Vrede)
· Participated group exhibition at the Alliance Francaise de Michelles Plain


2001
· participated in an artist exchange program which involved a group
  exhibition with etchings of 12 South African artists and running workshops
  in Brest ,Jarsey and Tulle
· Part of group exhibition at Durbanville Cultural Society (Rust en Vrede)


2002
· Exhibition of banners done for cultural festival in Brest ,Banners of Africa
· Took part in 4th Biennale of Pan-African Circle of Artists (Afrika Heritage)
· Exhibited in Barcelona for charities (UNISEF, Save the children)
· Took part in the national Thupelo workshop and exhibited at the Annex
  of the South African National Gallery


2003
· Took part in the International Thupelo workshop and exhibited at the
  Annex of the South African National Gallery
· Exhibited in Barcelona for charities (UNISEF, Save the children)
· Part of Group exhibition at Durbanville Cultural Society (Rust en Vrede)

2004
· Participated in exhibition (Identity) at Fortis Circustheater Holland celebrating
  the opening of the Lion King · Solo exhibition at the Association for Visual arts Cape Town
· Exhibited at the International Congress of Conservation (Bellville Civic Centre)
· Participated in opening group exhibition at the Nonjingi gallery- Cape Town
· Participated in a group exhibition of wildlife at Cape gallery- Cape Town
· Invited to participate in the Wasanii International artists workshop in Kenya
· Invited to participate in Afrika Heritage 2004 Biennale I Lagos Nigeria
· Invited to participate in ABSOLUT MOMENT fundraising exhibition for the AVA artreach fund
· Participating in a group exhibition at Durbanville Cultural Society (Rust en Vrede)

2005
· Participated in exhibition - First Decade of Democracy at Art.b –
  The Arts Association of Bellville
· Participated in The Cape Gallery Annual Wildlife Exhibition
· Participated in group Wildlife Exhibition at Kühne Boekkooi Gallery in Port Elizabeth
· Invited to participate in ABSOLUT Finale fundraising exhibition for the AVA artreach fund
· Participated in group show at Walter Batiss Gallery in Somerset East

2006
· Group show with Garth Erasmus at the Alliance Française du cap entiteled -
Similiar similarities and strange attractors
· Group show at the KKNK festival in Oudshoorn - Branding Me

2007
• Exhibited at the Design indaba with Jeanette Unite, Nico Phooko, Madi Phala,
Estie Fourie, Tyrrel Thaysen,
Lee-Ann January organized by the Western Cape Department of economic development
• Exhibit at the ITECED (Institute of Training and Education for Capacity Building)
• Invited to participate in Baboon Art Exhibition 24th August at the Sanlam Hall,
Kirstenbosch Gardens
• Invited to participate in the DRAWING-MAIL-project AFRICA
( part of the African film festival Cinemaf ) at the The Royal Academy of Arts in Antwerp
• Invited to participate in the DBSA”s (The Development Bank of Southern Africa) third exhibition -
“SOUL OF AFRICA” art as a cornerstone for development
• Invited to participate in the Koekenaap Regional Workshop hosted by the Wesland art Society in association
with the Department of Cultural affairs in the Matzikama District
• Invited to contribute to art auction “Art with Heart” hosted at The Rotunda at The Bay Hotel, Camps Bay
• Invited to participate in exhibition entitled Four seasons at
“These four walls” gallery with Mary Visser, Jenny Parsons, Karen Jay, Thelma Mort, Philippa Allen,
Angela Briggs, Tamsyn Lancaster, Gabrielle Raaff, Judy Woodborne, Sarah Pratt

2008 • Invited to contribute to art auction “Starfish Dinner of Hope” hosted at The Vineyard Hotel, Newlands
• Invited to contribute MyLifE's South African Art Auction on the 11th of April on at the Michaelis School
of Fine Art in Orange Street, Cape Town, in support of the youth development work of the MylifE Project.
• Exhibiting work entitle Person to Person at the Artscape Resource centre from the 12of June 20 the 12th of July
• Group Exhibit at the Baxter with artists - Fiona Almeleh, Hettie Bailey, Ilze Coetzee, Henry De Leeuw, Lyn Dela Motte,
Pauline Harrison, Sunita Joyce, Ilse Kleyn, Rita Knoetze, Marina Louw, Caroline Mitrovich, Cherry Nichols, Shannon Phillips,
Bonnie Price, Alison Riordaan, Corrie Stieger, Des Thomas, Mollie Townsend, Pienaar Van Niekerk, Magda Van Rensburg, Christil Van Vollenhoven,
Jean Veasey, Cherry Viljoen, Jeanne Wassenaar, Jess Wilsworth, Judy Woodborne, Gert Boshoff

2009 • Invited to contribute to Exxxhibition at the Gecko gallery in East London
• Invited to exhibit for the anglican aids and healthcare trust in kenelworth curated by Mareike Wolf

Filmography
Created and produced a 2min short film based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem
Anabelle Lee.

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