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MARLISE KEITH was born in Christiana in 1972, and is currently living in Cape Town.
ACADEMIC
1995: Completed BA, Fine Arts Degree at the University of Pretoria, at the top of my class.
1998: Commenced Masters in Fine Arts, at the University of Stellenbosch, which was completed in March.
2002: My thesis was entitled Fugitive Pieces, Reclaiming the Boundaries of Womanhood, accompanied by my first solo exhibition also entitled Fugitive Pieces, a title borrowed from Ann Michaels’ novel Fugitive Pieces, published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury, 1998.
ENRICHMENT
2002: I did a Trauma Counselling course presented by Tracy Woods in October, to equip me better to deal with learners’ problems. Due to the personal nature of the subject many learners used to confide in me.
2003: I attended a six-week course at AFDA, in filmmaking. This focused on Production Design and Cinematography and was completed in October.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1991: After matriculating I worked as a clerk at the then Transvaal Provincial Administration for 11 months.
1992-1995: Further teaching experience includes evening classes to school children while completing my Fine Arts Degree at the University of Pretoria. I also presented a craft activity at a student camp run by Land Service in 1992. Students were taught wood printing and mask making. I presented a similar activity to learners coming from particularly challenging social backgrounds in 1993.
1995: On completion of my BA (FA) degree, I managed a coffee shop before working at Savannah Interiors. As the assistant to the Interior Decorator, I was expected to fulfil clerical and design work, planning, overseeing and assisting with the installation of interiors. This also involved problem solving when installations became problematical on site. I also had to build good working relationships with co-workers, suppliers, representatives and installation staff. I remained at Savannah Interiors for 20 months.
1999-2001: During my postgraduate studies, I worked at Dorp Street Gallery, again managing minor clerical work, liasing with artists, as well as patrons, and assisting at exhibition openings. My experience in Interior Decorating was used in shop dressing and display at this Gallery, and other shops such as ERA in Stellenbosch. During this period I also attended the Dorp Street Gallery stall at the Decorex exhibition at Spier in 1999.
2001-2003: In my final year of postgraduate study, I commenced teaching at Rustenburg High School for Girls in Cape Town. I taught Art, Textile and Graphic Design as well as Art history to Gr. 8-12. In 2003 I started teaching OBE Arts and Culture, to Gr. 8 and 9.
2004-2005: Taught Production Design and Aesthetics at tertiary level (first to fourth year) at AFDA, the film and drama school in Observatory Cape Town.
2006-2007: Full time artist. Freelancing in illustration, part time teaching.
COMPETITIONS
1995: The Thembisa Fine Arts Awards, Kempton Park, and the Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria
1996: The Volkskas Atelier, Pretoria, and the Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria.
1997: The Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria.
2006: Two works were selected for the ABSA L’Atelier.
2006: Winner of the Sanlam Vuleka Art Competition.
2007: Top ten finalist for the ABSA L’Atelier.
2008: Selected for the ABSA L’Atelier.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1989: The Rust and Vrede Cultural Centre (Durbanville), Bezar, with Liza Grobler and Doreen Southwood.
1999: The Bellville Association of Arts, anima(l), with selected women artists, curated by Sandra Hanekom and Wilna Coetzer.
2000: DC Art (Cape Town), Wrap with Liza Grobler and goldsmith Saar Maritz.
2002: Gallery .38 Special (Cape Town), with Leigh-Ann Matthews.
2003: Association of Arts, Bellville Bloot, with Kim Boezaart, and Zhané Warren, in February. This exhibition was covered by an interview for KYK-Net, an Afrikaans art programme on DSTV.
2003: The Rust and Vrede Cultural Centre, Roes & Rose, with Sandra Hanekom, in April. This exhibition was covered by an interview with Nancy Richards, SAFM.
2004: Assemblage, The affordable Art Show, Battersea England with Tamlin Blake, Wilna Coetzer, Vicki Cruywagen, Loni Dräger, Victoria Gain, Sandra Hanekom, Jeanne Hoffman, Mary Holland, Diana Hyslop, Theo Kleynhans, Louise Mason, J P Meyer, Xolile Mtakatya, Kagiso (Pat) Mutlau, John Murray, André Naudé, Luan Nel, Zonia Nel, Clauette Schreuders, Jan W van Bergen, Peter van Straaten, Topsi Venter.
2004: The Art of Drawing, at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, with Christo Basson, Tamlin Blake, Marianne Botha, Wilna Coetzer, Liza Grobler, Elizabeth Gunter, Mark Hipper, Carl Jeppe, Marthie Kaden, Judith Mason, Howard Minne, Lyn Smuts, Strijdom van der Merwe and Diane Victor, reviewed in the Burger.
2004: Fooding About and Affordable Art at Longridge Wine Farm, curated by Jeanetta Blignaut with Topsi Venter.
2004: Doring Doilies, at The AVA, with artists Tamlin Blake, Karen Cronje, Michele Davidson and Rikus Fereirra.
2004: The Suid Ooster Kunste Fees, curated by Chris Koch. 2005: Serendipity, at the Dorp Straat Gallery, curated by Theo Kleynhans, with Kleynhans, John Murray, Henk Serfontein, Luan Nel, Vivian van der Merwe, Christo Basson, Lien Botha, Hanneke Benade, Claire Menck, Sandra Hanekom, and various ceramisists.
2005: Finding You, a collaborative exhibition in Clay at the AVA, working with Lisa Firer specifically. Other aritsts and ceramistis who exhibited were; Wilna Coetzer and Greta Matthews in collboration with Hennie Meyer, Peter Eastman and Tracy Lynch with Betsy Nield, Marike Kruger and JP Meyer with Ralph Johnson, Tom Cullberg and Howard Minne with Susan Kruger-Grundelingh, Barbara Wildenboer and Lyn Smuts with Katherine Glenday, Lyndi Sales and myself with Lisa Firer, Mandla Vanyaza with Lauren Scheepers, Hanneke Benade and Shirley Fintz with Gemma Orkin, Xolile Mtakatya and Karen Cronje with Tamlin Blake, and Sandra Hanekom with Karen Kotze.
2006: AVA Portrait Exhibition.
2006: Gilded, with artists such as Theo Kleynhans, André Naudé, Sandra Hanekom for example.
2007: Enchanted, collaborative show in porcelain, with Lisa Firer at What if the World
2007: The Collaboration Continues, works in porcelain with Lisa Firer at Boezaart Bauermeister.
2007: Roem: KKNK curated by Sandra Hanekom, with artists such as Henk Serfontein, Hanneke Benade, etc.
2007: Ballsports in November at the AVA with various artists.
2007: 'Out of Bounds' at the Everard Reed, Cape Town, with Beezy Bailey, Matthew Hindley, Peter Sibanda, Brad Gray, Zondi Skosana, Anton Brink, Fracois Mouton, Samuel Allerton.
2008: 'Tea Time' Edgar Gallery, Paris, with Rebecca Campeau and Pascal Vochelet
2008: 'Keepsakes' AVA with Hanneke Benade and Tamlin Blake.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000: DC Art, Fugitive Pieces, which formed part of the Cape Town City Festival. This exhibition was covered by an interview on Fine Music Radio, and a review by Cobus van Bosch of the Burger.
2001: DC Art, An Apology to my Mother, which was a selection of drawings.
2007: Kners, at the AVA in September this year.
2008: Afrikaner Dogters Sukkel Suutjies, Worldart Johannesburg.
2008: Hungry Eyes, ABSA Johannesburg.
2009: Soak, Worldart, Cape Town.
2009: Dro! op 'n Dreskas, ArtB, Bellville.
2010: Afrikaan:Accidental Harvest.
RESIDENCIES
2007: Paris, Cite des Arts, July-August.
ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESIGN WORK
2002: Poster Design for the opera Carmen, for Eieruimte Publishers, Cape Town.
2002-3: Fooding about with Topsi, an art and recipe book, published by Eieruimte Publishers, Cape Town
2003, 2004: Illustration for English Text Book, Maskew Muller Longman.
2004: Three panel designs for Qalo, the Beading Panel, Cape Town. Works cn be viewed at Nando's in Camps Bay.
2005-6: Panel design for Qalo, at the Coeo studio. Work can be viewed at Spier.
2005: Eight designs for the Waste project for Coeo collaborative art.
2005: Artwork for poster for Phillip de Villiers' musical performance, Hopefield.
2006: Thirty-two drop caps for Oxford University Press. |
