Born in Witbank, South Africa in 1964
Earned her BA(Fine Arts) from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1986
EXHIBITIONS
1987 Corona del Mar, Young Artist of the Year Exhibition, Uvongo, Kwa-Zulu
Standard Bank Drawing Festival, Grahamstown
Four-person show of graphics, Melville Place Gallery, Johannesburg
1988 Volkskas Atelier Award exhibition, Pretoria
Rembrandt van Rijn Cape Town Triennale
Work accepted for 23rd International Prix of Contemporary Art of Monte Carlo
1989 Two-person show with Geoff Grundlingh, Cite International des Arts, Paris France
Triad Graphics Exhibition, Paris, France
City Group show, Paris, France
“Prints with a point 1989”, graphics exhibition, Off Centre Gallery, Bristol, England
Intergrafik 90, Solidarity Graphics Show, Berlin , Germany
Guiseppe Cataneo Retrospective, Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
1990 Solo show, SA Association of Arts, Pretoria
Two-person show with Guy du Toit, Gallery International, Cape Town
One-person show, Gallery on the Market, Newtown, Johannesburg
Group exhibition, F I G Gallery, Johannesburg
Art Foundation lecturer’s show, Thupelo Gallery, Johannesburg
1991 Two-person show with Guilio Tambellini, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein
Group show, Gallery on the Market, Newtown, Johannesburg
Rembrandt van Rijn Cape Town Triennale
: Lecturer’s group show, Department of Visual Arts, Campus Gallery, University of Pretoria
A A Life “Vita Art Now”, Johannesburg Art Gallery
1992 Solo Exhibition, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
101 (or more) Miniatures, ICA Gallery, Newtown, Johannesburg
Group Show, Artists Co-operative, Midrand
ICA Inaugural Exhibition, Newtown, Johannesburg
“Paris the catalyst”, Alliance Francaise, Durban
“AIDS- The Exhibition”, ICA Gallery, Newtown, Johannesburg
19 Artists, Department of Visual Arts Lecturer’s Show, Campus Gallery, University of Pretoria
Graphics Group Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum
1993 “Women on Women” group show, Seeff Trust Gallery, Cape Town
“The Neglected Sex” group show, Gallery on Tyrone, Johannesburg
“Drawing with light”, photography group show, ICA Gallery, Newtown, Johannesburg
IGI “Vita Art Now”, Johannesburg Art Gallery
The Cleeveland Drawing Biennale, Cleeveland, England
“Corporate Art”, Artists Co-op group show, Midrand
“Women’s Work”, Belville Arts Association, Cape Town
“States of Contrast” group show, University of Wisconsin, USA
1994 “Bite the Ballot” group show, Market Theatre Gallery, Johannesburg
“Whipped Cream” group graphics show, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town
“Arts Alive” group show, WHIPPS, Pretoria
“Jo’burg in the Cape” group show, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town
Art Contemporain d’Afrique du Sud, Paris, France
“February Show” group exhibition, ICA Gallery, Newtown, Johannesburg
“Festival of Laughter” group show, Civic Theatre, Johannesburg
One-person show, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Staff Show, Department of Visual Arts, Campus Gallery, University of Pretoria
1995 “Rapture”, 5 women artists, Dubbo Regional Gallery, Australia and Adelaide Central Gallery
“Edge”, 5 women show, Fringe Gallery, Johannesburg Biennale
“Cunning Stunts”, Fringe Group show, Johannesburg Biennale
“Volatile Alliances”, International Print Exchange, Johannesburg Biennale
“Vita Art Now”, Johannesburg Art Gallery
Group Exhibition, WHIPPS, Pretoria
“Some Artists”, group show, De Villiers Gallery, Johannesburg
Women’s Day group Show, Paarl Art Museum
“Gay Rights Exhibition”, Cape Town
Masters and Proteges”, group drawing show, Pretoria Art Museum
1996 “Female Printmakers”, group print show at Museum St. Niclaus, Belgium
Two-person printmaking exhibition, Gallery Sonja Mertens, Antwerp, Belgium
: “Body Talk”, figure drawing exhibition, SA Arts association (NTvl), Pretoria
“Loving, Diving, Purging”, three-man show, The Open Window Art Academy, Pretoria
“Recent Drawing”, Kentridge, Bell, Emsley and Victor, Gallery on Tyrone, Johannesburg
“World Environment Day”, group exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum
Participation in “Bill of Rights” print portfolio to be released in December
“The Open Window” inaugural exhibition, The Open Window Art Academy, Pretoria
“Fiftieth Anniversary Show”, Friends of the Pretoria Art
Museum, Cafe Palette, Pretoria Art Museum
Staff Show, Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria, Campus Gallery
“Small Spaces” Group Show, Carfax, Johannesburg
“Boxed” Group Exhibition, Lyttelton Art Gallery, Centurion
“30 x 30” Group Exhibition, Cafe Palette, Pretoria Art Museum
Contemporary South African Art, Oslo, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
1997 Woman’s Printmaking Guild Centurion Gallery Pretoria
Carfax Experience- Eurovirus I-IV Johannesburg
Kempton Park Art Competition
“Works on Paper”, Gallery on Tyrone, Johannesburg
Participated in 2nd International PleinAir Workshop, Ryn, Poland
“Recreation”, Print Collaboration, Robin Silverman (USA)
“Printmaking in a changing South Africa”, Travelling Show, SA
“Erotic miniature show”, Thompson Gallery, Johannesburg
1998 Akademie der Bildende Kunste, Schillerplatz Vienna Austria
Donaldson, Diedericks, Victor- NSA Gallery, Durban
“Vitiate: Vestiges, Volition”, person show, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
Printmakers Guild, group exhibition, Campus Gallery, University of Pretoria
Absolute 3- AVA Cape Town
“Photo-graphics”, The Open Window Group Show, Pretoria
: “Lower east Side Printshop”, Celebrates 30 years Chelsea Gallery, New York, USA
Resident show of Work, Johnson Studio Centre, Johnson Vermont, USA
ROC Biannual of Drawing and Printmaking, Republic of China
The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (Two-person show with Thea Soggot)
2003 Solo Exhibition at the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
1985 Anya Millman Scholarship for travel in Europe, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Student Prize, NSA Paper Works exhibition, Durban
Merit Student, Graphics II, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
1986 SASOL New Signatures Competition, overall winner, SA Arts Association, Pretoria
Gunther van der Reis prize for Graphics, New Signatures Competition, S A Arts Association, Pretoria
Martienessen Prize, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Merit Student, Graphics IV, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
1987 Reeves Award, Rolfe’s Graphics Prize
Corona del Mar Young Artist Award, joint second prize
1988 Volkskas Atelier Award, overall winner
1989 Financial Mail/J & B Rare Achievers Award for Art
1995 Civic Theatre Commission, Johannesburg
1997 Joint second place, Kempton Park Art Competition
Fellowship to the Ampersand Foundation -(New York/ Johannesburg)
1998 Unesco, residency in Vienna, Austria (3 months)
: Johnson Studio Vermont, USA Residency (1 month)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Johannesburg Art Gallery
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Pretoria Art Museum
Gertrude Possel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand
Steggeman Gallery, University of the Orange Free State
Sasol Collection
Volkskas Bank Collection
Gencor
Durban Art Museum
Tatum Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
Natal technikon
Santam Bank Collection
Gauteng Legislature
University of Pretoria
Pretoria Technicon
Bundeskonzelampt, Vienna, Austria

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1990 Taught figure drawing at Johannesburg Art Foundation
1991 - 1999 Part-time lecturer in drawing and printmaking at the University of Pretoria
1992 - 1994 Part-time lecturer in drawing, Technikon Pretoria
1994 - 1997 Part-time lecturer in drawing, Technikon Witwatersrand