About me
I gained my honours degree in Fine arts at Rhodes University. I have a strong knowledge and experience of the International and South African art industry and visual arts. My skills include experience in fine art exhibition organisation, design and management. Furthermore I have an excellent ability to problem solve, as well as use ingenuity and creativity. I am able to adapt extremely well to new situations and people due to my strong communication skills.
Projects
- Roger Ballen - Asylum of the Birds'Roger Ballen is one of the world's most important contemporary photographers and is represented in some of the top contemporary art collections in the world, including the Tate Britain collection in London, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. The Asylum of the Birds exhibition at Circa is the first commercial show for this body of work, although the images have already been exhibited at museums and cultural institutions around the world in 2014.'
- Deborah Bell - PresenceCIRCA on Jellicoe and Everard Read Gallery exhibited an exhibition of Deborah Bell’s magnificent artwork spanning over the two galleries. The exhibition consisted of a variety of media. The main feature pieces were Bell’s large bronze sculptures and oil paintings, which were the first she had done in a number of years. Responsibilities included: Co-ordination of installation of sculpture in the CIRCA gallery. Hanging of artwork in the CIRCA gallery. Administrative organisation of artwork. Organisation of exhibition logistics. Design of invitation. Organisation of press release and publicity. Organisation of catalogue
- Enric PladevallEnric Pladevall is a Spanish sculptor who creates mystical forms that combine the natural and the man made. Working with steel and wood he creates a duality of kinetic energy and calm. His sculptures, some of which are vast, have been placed in contexts which exemplify the diversity of his work for his exhibition titled,‘The Mystery of the Elements’. The exhibition was installed at the CIRCA gallery and simultaneously in the NIROX Foundation sculpture park.
- Deborah Bell - Caversham Press PrintsCIRCA on Jellicoe held an exhibition of Deborah Bell’s iconic printmaking projects created in collaboration with Caversham Press. Deborah Bell is one of South Africa's most acclaimed artists. She has worked with a great variety of mediums during her career and has collaborated on various projects that are considered historically important. These projects include collaborations with contemporaries and pioneers of the resistance art movement such as William Kentridge and Robert Hodgins. Two of these collaborations resulted in UBU 101 and Little Morals, two very significant print collections that benchmarked the resistance movement. These two bodies of work were exhibited at CIRCA. I was responsible for the curation, installation, administration and selling of this exhibition.
- Norman Catherine - IncognitoCIRCA Gallery held a solo exhibition of new works by Norman Catherine. The show included sculpture, paintings and three-dimensional wooden sculpture. The signature work of the show is the monumental, “Cogitator”, the largest work Norman Catherine has made. My main role in this exhibition was to produce the catalogue and then manage the gallery and exhibition for the duration of it's showing.
- Lyndi Sales - DSS2Lyndi Sales is a contemporary artist working with perspex as well as experimental papers. She creates her artwork through laser cutting. Her installation at CIRCA consisted of 40 unique laser cut pieces of radiant perspex that were assembled into one structure. 'Vision, perception and the imagination were my starting point for this body of work. An eye condition began my investigation into eyesight dilemmas and perceptual associations occurring due to astigmatism. Conditions of blurring, double vision and visual illusions typical of this condition, resulted in the creations of abstract paper cut outs, drawings and a spirographic string installation.' - Lyndi Sales
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Work history
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Exhibitions co ordinator/Assistant CuratorCricket Fine Art
London, United KingdomFull Time
• Exhibition management and curation.
- Assist director with co-ordinating exhibitions.
- Liaise with Artists and gallery manager regarding needs of exhibitions and make sure they are attended to.
- Management of artists
- Assisting with curation and installation of artwork.
- General readying of Gallery for exhibitions.
- Selecting artwork from artists.
- Design and send-out of Gallery e-mail invitations.
- Management of the gallery budget for exhibitions.
- Management of design of exhibition catalogues
- Marketing of exhibitions and artists through online and social media means.
- Design, printing and installation of visual information – labels, pricelists, posters.
- Oversee the arrangements for the opening night.
- Sending of catalogues to VIPs.
- Photograph opening night exhibitions to load onto the website.
- Deadline orientated as exhibitions open once a month
• Client Relationships
- Client liaison - building relationships and finding new clients.
- Sale of artwork.
- Building relationships with decorators, consultants and third party advisors.
- Advising clients on choice of artwork
- Hanging and placing paintings and sculpture at clients and in galleries.
• General
- Viewing potential artists to add to the gallery stable.
- Updating Artist biographies.
- Management of social media for gallery and artists.
- Management of website.
- Management of stock
- Gallery maintenance & upkeep
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Assistant CuratorEverard Read Gallery
- Johannesburg, South AfricaFull Time
The Everard Read Art Gallery/CIRCA on Jellicoe Art Gallery
Rosebank, Johannesburg
South Africa
• Exhibition Management
- Assisting Curators and Directors with coordinating exhibitions.
- Liaising with Artists and Curators regarding needs of exhibitions.
- Assisting with curation and installation of artwork.
- General readying of Gallery for exhibitions.
- Selecting artwork from artists.
- Management of artists
- Assist in creating CIRCA and Everard Read online and printed catalogues, printed
invites and publications.
- Advertising: budgets, creating adverts for publications and keeping track deadlines.
- Design and send-out of Gallery e-mail invitations- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop.
- Design, printing and installation of visual information: labels, pricelists, posters.
- Oversee the arrangements for exhibition opening nights.
- Photograph opening night exhibitions to load onto website.
- Liaising with press and write press releases.
- Enforcing deadlines as exhibitions open once a month
• Gallery Management
- Management of the CIRCA Gallery
- Organisation of staff
- Ensuring gallery maintenance is done.
- Ensuring exhibitions are set up correctly and run smoothly throughout the duration.
• Client liaison
- Building relationships and finding new clients
- Selling artwork
- Hanging and placing paintings and sculpture for clients and in galleries.
- Going to auctions on the clients behalf.
- Valuations for clients.
• Liaison positions
- Liaison with Sotheby’s and Christies to obtain value estimates on artwork and work placed on auction
- Liaison and relationship manager with the Sophie Lalonde Gallery in Botswana
- Head of organisation of the gallery stand at the Johannesburg Art Fair
• General
- Viewing potential new artists
- Updating Artist biographies.
- Management of social media for both galleries
- Impromptu gallery walkabouts with big groups of the elderly and school children
Skills
- Creative Arts
- Art Curation
- Fine Art
- Art History
- Gallery Administration
- Sales
- Artist Liaision
- Photoshop
- Design
- Visual Arts
Education
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Bachelor Degree Fine ArtsRhodes University
- Grahamstown, South Africa
Major Subjects : Art Practical 4
(Majored in Graphics)
Art History 4
Psychology 3
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MatricKingsmead College
- Johannesburg, South Africa
IEB ,Matric certificate with full exemption
Senior School : Kingsmead College
Subjects (All on higher grade): Maths
English
Afrikaans
Biology
Art
Business Economics
January 2000 – December 2005
Junior School : Kingsmead College 1
January 1994 – December 1999