International Dialing Tel : (+2758) 2110673 - Cell: 082 4231970
P.O BOX 31, ROSENDAL 9720
E-mail: mnigrini@lantic.net

Recent Work
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Born 10 January 1965, Pretoria, South Africa

Matriculated 1982, Afrikaans Girls’ High School, Pretoria, South Africa
Qualifications:
  • Certificate in Tourism, Technicon, Pretoria, South Africa
  • BA (Fine Arts), University of Pretoria, 1987
  • Honores History of Art, University of Pretoria 1992
  • MA (Fine Arts,) University of Pretoria 1994

    Nigrini attracted public attention in 1994 when Dr. Anton Rupert from the Rembrandt foundation attended her first solo exhibition and bought all the available paintings, including ‘Color Symphony’ - the 16 meter panel which she made for her newly completed Master’s degree. This once in a lifetime event launched her career as a full time Fine artist.

    Her career involves:

  • 20 Solo exhibitions, 180 group exhibitions, Art Festivals and
  • International Projects including the Florence Biennial, Italy in 2005 and theChianciano Biennial, Italy in 2009
  • Lectures and workshops
  • Commissions for corporate companies,
  • Documentary installations
  • Audio and Visual stage productions
  • Has a solo gallery MEERKATKOLONIE in Rosendal, Eastern Free State where her work is on permanent display

    Collections include banks, corporate companies, art museums, universities and private collections all over the world

    Michèle believes that art is a medium for the elevation of the spirit yet remains rooted in the experience of everyday life.

    She paints images of her own surroundings and the environment she lives in. Her aim not to copy nature, but to interpret the essential character of things, submitting it to the spirit of the place... Her approach is based on the formal elements of painting - the play with line, mark, texture and form with color as the most important element for optic and psychological impact.