I heard this week that one of our South African artists has been invited to take part in the Venice Biennale. Such fantastic news, I did a little dance in celebration. My excitement however was short lived.

Opening Speech: Pretoria Arts Association Solo Exhibition Katlego Modiri “Revive” By Sammy Muller (Artkapture) I met Katlego in 2012, as a graduating student of Tshwane University of Technology, he was

These are my notes from a workshop I presented last weekend. I posted the first section of the workshop a little while ago, this is the entire information. Please note that these notes are made for the

Tshwane University of Technology 2016 to 2017 · The Earth · Pretoria, South Africa B_tech fine art NMMU Class of 2009 · Ceramic Design · Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Tshwane University of Technology 2016

Tsoka, David David Tsoka loved Art since the age of five. At the age of 15, in Grade 9, he realized he enjoys his Art and crafts more than the other classes. That is when he knew he wanted to be an Artist.

TRANSPARENCY This body of work deals with loss, the fragility of life and the transparency sometimes only experienced in the shadow of death. It is incredibly frustrating to paint on net, but the process

Tshikhuthula was born in a small town of Tzaneen (South Africa) in 1983. His love for Art began when he was only 12 years of age where he learned drawing and painting landscapes. He then took it further

This is from the workshop I offered on Saturday. The workshop was only 4hrs with a tea break and lunch break included, so it was extremely difficult to give as much information as I would have liked. The

It's Monday morning after a long stressful week. Sunday last week I curated a one day pop up exhibition for Mario Soares. He sold 4 works, rather disappointing as his etchings are just incredible, but

I haven't posted for a while, my internet was down for a week, which was very frustrating as I needed to do some research for my next Professional Practice Workshop. The workshop is this coming Saturday,

Since 1990 the artists from the Kuru Art Project have produced contemporary art that is original and remarkable in character. The Kuru Development Trust was established in the 1980's to create greater

Artist Statement Marisa’s art has strong symbolic reference and she incorporates her passion for poetry into her work with faith related references and believes woven into her work shown through her

Jane Eppel is a South African printmaker based in the Cape Peninsula, the smallest yet richest of the world's six Floral Kingdoms. Inspired by nature, her work focuses on the abundance and diversity which

ABOUT THE ARTIST Coppes-Martin studied Photography at the Vaal Triangle Technikon and began a diploma in Fine Art in 1993 at the former Technikon Witwatersrand (now the University of Johannesburg). In

Tamlin Blake is a professional multi-media South African artist. A central theme of Blake’s work is a concern with cross-cultural South African symbols of wealth and status. More recently she has become

Brendon Edwards was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1970, but spent his early childhood in Zimbabwe. He returned to South Africa for his schooling at Michaelhouse in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands and

My artistic practice engages with symbolic, cultural and anthropological readings of the body. The use of hybridity and anthropomorphism becomes a tool for negotiating the dichotomy between the civilized

BIOGRAPHY: Currently living and working in Johannesburg Beth Diane was born in South African in 1985. In 2010, she completed, with distinction, her Masters of Fine Art at Rhodes University. Rhodes bought

NIC BLADEN South African artist Nic Bladen has become known for his extraordinary botanical sculptures, which demonstrate the technique he pioneered of casting entire plants in bronze and sterling silver.

In honour of earth day, I decided to post the paintings of, Jaco van Schalkwyk, whose work explores the relationship between humans and nature. Reminiscent of 19th century Romantic painting in their depiction