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Klara-Marié
den Heijer
CURRICULUM VITAE
BIO
EDUCATION
Master of Visual Arts, cum laude (2017)
Stellenbosch University, RSA.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude (2009)
Stellenbosch University, RSA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Gedagtes van Stof, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, RSA
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Member’s Exhibition, Art.B Gallery, RSA
2023 Small Miracles, RK Contemporary, Riebeek Kasteel, RSA
2023 Imprimatura, IS Art Gallery, Blaauwklippen, Stellenbosch, RSA
2022 Lush, Cavalli Gallery, Stellenbosch, RSA
2022 Entre Nous / Between Us, IS Art Gallery, Franschhoek, RSA
2021 After the Toil, Myüz, Paarl, RSA
2021 Transept, 40 Stones, Christ Church, Somerset West, RSA
2021 In conversation with colour symphony, Jan Rupert Centre, Graaff-Reinet, RSA
2020 Subsurface Scattering, GalleryOne11, Cape Town, RSA
2020 Subsurface Scattering, Porterville Arts Festival, RSA
2020 On Being, Everard Read Franschhoek, RSA
2020 Knoop / Knot, GUS, Stellenbosch, RSA
2019 Nel Art Gallery, Cape Town, RSA
2019 Everard Read Gallery, Franschhoek, RSA
2019 Tuin van Digters, Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington, RSA
2019 Local Showcase, Imibala Gallery, Somerset-West, RSA
2019 Soma, 40 Stones in a wall, Fort Selwyn, Makhanda, RSA
2019 Home Moods, Liebrecht Gallery, Somerset-West, RSA
2019 Earth & Ochre, Imibala Gallery, Somerset-West, RSA
2019 Suidoosterfees, Artscape, Cape Town, RSA
2019 Narratives of Place, Muller's Gallery, Cape Town, RSA
2019 L'acte Final: scene two, Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington, RSA
2019 L'acte Final: scene one, GUS, Stellenbosch, RSA
2018 The return of Persephone, Imibala Gallery, Somerset-West, RSA
2018 Top 100, ABSA Atelier, Pretoria, RSA
2018 Scope, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Melville, RSA
2018 This is not an exhibition, Liebrecht Gallery, Somerset-West, RSA
2018 Re-sCape, 40 Stones in a wall, Grahamstown, RSA
2018 Re-sCape, 40 Stones in a wall, Cape Town, RSA
2018 Nature Morte, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, RSA
2017 Residency 108, New York State, USA
2017 Terrain, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, RSA
2017 Vuleka, Bellville, RSA
2017 Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, RSA
2017 Member’s Exhibition, Art.B Gallery, RSA
2017 Pniël, Museum Gallery, Pniël, RSA
2017 Ligging (Master’s final exhibition), Gallery University Stellenbosch, RSA
2017 Fear & Loss - Industrial Karoo, Khazimla Center of Excellence, De Aar, RSA
2016 30 × 40 Committee’s choice, Art.B Gallery, Bellville, RSA
2016 Landmark, Gallery University Stellenbosch, RSA
2016 Imago Mundi, Benetton Collection, Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, NY
2016 PULSE, Gallery University Stellenbosch, RSA
2015 Fear & Loss - Industrial Karoo, Jan Rupert Art Centre, Graaf-Reinet, RSA
2015 30 × 40 Committee’s choice, Art.B Gallery, Bellville, RSA
2015 Introspection, Gallery University Stellenbosch, RSA
2015 Tiny Treasures II, Art.B Gallery, Bellville, RSA
2015 Nature, Oude Libertas, Stellenbosch, RSA
2015 Imago Mundi, Benetton Collection, Fondazione Cini, Venezia
2015 Fear & Loss - Industrial Karoo, Pretoria Art Museum, RSA
2015 Portretteer, Oude Libertas, Stellenbosch, RSA
2014 Imago Mundi, Benetton Collection, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome
2014 Vuleka, Bellville, RSA
2014 Imago Mundi, Benetton Collection, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy
2014 Fear & Loss - Industrial Karoo Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, RSA
2014 Oogwink: ‘n Kunstenaars blik, KKNK, Oudtshoorn, RSA
2013 Überbleibsel, Konnektor: Forum für Künste, Hannover, Germany
2013 Pentimenti, University of Stellenbosch Museum, RSA
2012 Town Hall, Yeongwol, South Korea
2010 Land: Diversity and Unity, Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, India
2010 Greatest Hits, AVA, Cape Town, RSA
2009 Gradex, Stellenbosch, RSA
2009 Wine Made Art, Tokara, Cape Town and Stellenbosch, RSA
2009 Vuleka, Bellville, RSA
2009 Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, RSA
2007 Timo Smuts, US Gallery, Stellenbosch, RSA
AWARDS
2018 ABSA Atelier, top 100
2017 Sasol New Signatures’09, Finalist
2009 Vuleka Art Competition, Merit Prize
2009 Sasol New Signatures’09, Finalist
2008 Golden Key International Drawing Scholarship
2007 Timo Smuts Art Competition, Finalist
2006 Painting SG, Best student in Western Cape
COLLECTIONS
The Tokara Winery Art Collection
The Pretoria Art Museum
Works held in private collections in South Africa, Netherlands, South Korea, USA and England (London).
WORKSHOPS
Colour Workshop - 2019
With Andries Gouws, James Town, Stellenbosch
Wood Carving Workshop - 2011-2012
Kim Sat Gat, Palgwe Village, South Korea. Traditional Korean wood carving with Mr. Hwang Dae Suk and Mr. Choe Hong Sik. An experience I’ll never forget.
Stone Sculpture Workshop - 2011
International Museum of Contemporary Art, Yeongwol, South Korea. The basics of stone sculpture with Mr. Bak Chan Kab, one of Korea's most well-known sculptors.
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