Education
- 2007:
B-Tech Degree Fine Art - Tshwane University of Technology Sculpture
(achieved with distinction) and Art Theory IV
Collections
- Corporate:
AKANI: Melissa Mboweni (Sculpture: Puzzled)
- Corporate:
Foundation Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle, Rantum, Germany (Sculpture: Fragments
of Her)
- Corporate:
CSIR: Department of Science and Technology (Sculpture: Path of subtleties)
- Corporate:
Tshwane University of Technology (Sculpture: Universal paths I &
Drawing: Traces of her)
- Private:
Seippel Gallery, Ralf-P Seippel (Sculpture: Universal paths II)
Solo Exhibitions
Fried Contemporary Gallery; Bleeding
Roots, Pretoria
Lizamore & Assoc. Gallery; Safe,
Johannesburg
Group Exhibitions
Arts Association of Pretoria; Easter
Symbols, Pretoria
FNB Johannesburg Artfair; Santon
Convention centre
Arts Association of Pretoria; Group show
Longstreet Art Lovers Gallery, 'Alice
in Wonderland', curated by Gordon Froud; Pretoria
Assemblage, (as part of Joburg Art
Fringe) ' Diptych', did a collaboration piece with Poorvi
Bhana, Liberty building Johannesburg
Turbine Art Fair, Artspace, Turbine
Hall; Johannesburg
Upstairs@Bamboo, 'Site' curated by
Carol Lee; Johannesburg
IS art Gallery, 'Woodworks', Capetown
Haines Gallery , Woman's month;
Johannesburg
Longstreet Art Lovers Gallery,
'Miniature Exhibition; Pretoria
Jan Cilliers group show, curated by
Teresa Lizamore Artspace
Art-space Gallery, ‘I am safe here’,
Johannesburg (Rosebank)
Design Indaba, 'My art child' Sponsored
by Absa for Absa le'atelier
KKNK festival 'Ik ben een Afrikander',
curated by Teresa Lizamore
Pretoria Arts Association,
Collaboration artwork with Daniel Mosako for 'World Art Day'
Artspace Gallery, ‘360° Johannesburg’,
Johannesburg
FNB Johannesburg Artfair; Santon
Convention centre
Seippel Gallery, group show;
Johannesburg
Art-space Gallery, ‘Oppie-tafel’, Johannesburg
(Rosebank)
Pretoria Art Museum,’ Neo Emergence’,
Pretoria
Art-space Warehouse Gallery, ‘Skin’,
Johannesburg
National Cultural History Museum,
‘Concept_Exhibition’, Pretoria
Joburg Art Fair, under ‘Seippel
gallery’
Duncan Yard Gallery, ‘Woman @ Work’ ,
Pretoria
Seippel Gallery, ‘Wooden dialog’, (with
German sculptor Werner Mally), Johannesburg
Aardklop Art Festival, ‘Young Curator’,
Potchefstroom
Dorpstraat Gallery, group exhibition,
Stellenbosch
Duncan Yard Gallery, ‘Switzerland’,
Pretoria
Seippel Gallery, ‘Sculpture Exibition’
.Johnnesburg
Addict-Lab (design) exhibition, at
Design Quarter, Johannesburg
Duncan Yard Gallery, ‘My Shrine ,
Pretoria
Seippel Gallery, ‘Emerging Layers’,
Johannesburg
Kyk Gallery, “Artificial light “,
Pretoria (Sunnyside)
Centurion Art Gallery, ‘Rehearsal’
Centurion
Platform on 18th “Content”, Pretoria
Art@Karoo gallery, “Silent
Congregation” Pretoria
Addict-Lab (design) exhibition, at
Design Quarter, Johannesburg
National Cultural History Museum,
student exhibition, Pretoria
Addict-Lab (design) exhibition, at the
Lister Medical Building, Johannesburg
Diploma student exhibition: UNISA art
gallery, Pretoria
Private group exibition of work; ‘Woman
against rape’
Finalist:
Competitions Entered & Exhibited
Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Award, Merit
award for best Sculpture
Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Award, Top 10
ABSA Le’Atelier art competition,
Johannesburg
Selected Proposal for the Standard Bank
/ Lascaris ‘Ampersand’ Sculpture Competition
ABSA Atelier art competition,
Johannesburg
Vuleka Sanlam Art Competition,
Bellville Art Association
Ekurhuleni Art Competition, Coen
Scholtz Recreation Centre
ABSA Atelier art competition,
Johannesburg
PPC Young Concrete Sculpture Awards,
Association of Arts Pretoria
Ekurhuleni Art Competition, Top 100,
Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre
Sasol New Signatures Young Artist’s
Award, Pretoria Art Museum
PPC Young Concrete Sculpture Awards,
Association of Arts Pretoria
MR. Price & House and Leisure
design competition:
Ceramic tableware – “Child’s play”
Sasol New Signatures Young Artist’s
Award, Pretoria Art Museum
PPC Young Concrete Sculpture Awards,
Association of Arts Pretoria
Awards
- 2013
Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Award, Merit award for best Sculpture
- 2009
Ekurhuleni Art Competition, Top 10
- 2008
Ekurhuleni Art Competition, Top 10
Other
- 2013
Featured artist at Africa Fashion Week; Pretoria City Hall
- 2011
Standard Bank accepted my proposal for a large sculpture of an ampersand
for their advertising campaign,
- 2010
Great Expectations interview; “The benefit of art in a child’s life”.
Aired 26 May, 12:30 E-TV
- 2007
and 2009 Judicator at an art competition, Bryanston Parallel Medium
- 2008
Chosen as one of three artists to take part in a documentary series about
art, “Dreaming the new”. Aired 17 September 2008, 21:00 SABC 1
- 2007
– 2011 Employee at Smudge; Childrens art center in Johannesburg
