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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 Highlights: 1985 NEW SIGNATURES 2nd prize KUESTA EXHIBITION, University of Pretoria 1986 NEW SIGNATURES Group exhibition – Op die Wapad 1987 NEW SIGNATURES Group exhibition - Shell Gallery, Johannesburg Solo exhibition, Final Year - University of Pretoria 1988 NEW SIGNATURES Precious gems exhibition Aleta Michaletos Gallery 1989 Group exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum 1990 VOLKSKAS ATELIER STANDARD BANK drawing competition MELROSE HOUSE - group exhibition Opening exhibition: THE OPSTAL Miniatures: OP DIE WAPAD Group exhibition: POLS Part time lecturer University of Pretoria 1991 VOLKSKAS ATELIER CAPE Triennial PICASSO 110: MA students: University of Pretoria Group Exhibition: Aleta Michaletos Gallery Group Exhibition: Helena’s Studio Opening Exhibition: Upmarket, Centurion 1992 Triennial ARTISTS, Northern Transvaal Art Association, Pretoria ART ALIVE, Pretoria Masters Degree Students of Pretoria University – Group Exhibition, Northern Transvaal Art Association, GENERATION ART Group Exhibition, Op die Wapad, Pretoria 1993 Art and the Environment, Pretoria Art Museum MASTER'S DEGREE FINE ARTS EXHIBITION: a 16 meter panel consisting of 400 smaller works explaining certain colour theories and contrasts Art Alive, Pretoria SOLO EXHIBITION - BELLVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION, which generated nationwide interest since Dr. Anton Rupert and the Rembrandt art collection bought the larger part of the exhibition, including her Master’s degree panel consisting of more than 400 A4 sized works. Contemporary Pretoria artists: Northern Transvaal Art Ass, Pretoria Cats: The Dancing Dodo, Pretoria Women's art: Bellville Art Association Two Women: MAUD SUMNER & MICHèLE NIGRINI: Pretoria Art Museum Pretoria Painters and Sculptors 1963-1993, Pretoria Art Museum 1994 Opening: RISSIK GALLERY VOLKSKAS ATELIER Art Alive, Pretoria Environment Day: VOLKSKAS building Trees and Angels: N.TVL. ART ASSOCIATION Group exhibition, Opening ABSA BANK GALLERY, Johannesburg Art Nouveau Gallery: opening 2 months at CITè INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS, PARIS FRANCE 1995 Miniature exhibition - Café Palette, Pretoria Art Museum Solo Exhibition Johannes Stegmann Gallery, Bloemfontein University Solo Exhibition – Vanderbijlpark Public Library GIVERNY solo exhibition N.TVL ART ASSOCIATION THE JOHANNESBURG BIENNIAL: Landscape and Abstraction from the Greater Pretoria Region, ABSA gallery, Johannesburg Space to Breathe - WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY Group exhibition – Pretoria Art Museum TEMBISA FINE ARTS EXHIBITION KEMPTON PARK PRO ARTE VOLKSKAS ATELIER GREEN PAPAJA exhibition Group exhibition Jan Cilliers Primary School , Johannesburg WHO’S AFRAID OF RED, GILDE GALLERY, Pretoria 1996 VOLKSKAS ATELIER Solo exhibition - VANDERBILJPARK CITY COUNCIL World environment exhibition PRETORIA ART MUSEUM OPEN WINDOW gala opening, Pretoria Solo exhibition – William Humphrey’s Gallery, KIMBERLEY Through the eye of a Rainbow – Group Exhibition, University of Pretoria Sprokie Uitstalling – Group Exhibition, University of Pretoria Miniature exhibition - PRETORIA ART MUSEUM CAFE PALETTE Christmas exhibition - ALETA MICHALETOS GALLERY, Pretoria BMW exhibition – Guild Gallery, Pretoria Child Welfare Exhibition - Guild Gallery, Pretoria International project in CAIRO South African Art in Egypt – Pretoria Art Ass. Art Alive ’96, Pretoria Exhibition: The Sasol Art Collection volume III, Rosebank, Johannesburg Solo exhibition of works done for MONIS 1997 RESTAURANT GUIDE, STELLENBOSCH 1997 Solo exhibition - opening of the new TINA SKUKAN GALLERY, Pretoria Brandtwacht exhibition, Stellenbosch - curated by the Guild Gallery Executive exhibition - NTVL. ARTS ASS. Maximum art mix - ALETA MICHALETOS GALERY S.A Connoisseur art - KLERKSDORP ART SOCIETY Project artistic advisor: album MUSE by Karin Hougaard ABSA exhibition ABSA gallery 1998 Unity and Variety -Landscape exhibition - KAROO NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, Oudshoorn Gedagtes rondom Pase – Group Exhibition, Pretoria Art Ass Theatre lighting design and staging for professional production MUSE by Karin Hougaard, KAROO ARTS FESTIVAL / AARDKLOP ARTS FESTIVAL Solo Exhibition RAW ENERGY, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria The spirit and images of Africa, Pretoria ass. Of ARTS, Sixth Sense Six Scenes – Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria 1999 Group exhibition - Millennium Gallery, Pretoria Group exhibit – RAU University, Johannesburg ATELIER 1999 Organic Kaleidoscope - Solo exhibition, Springs Library Gallery Goodbye Roena - Group exhibition, Pretoria Arts Ass. Group Exhibition – opening of the State Theatre Art Gallery, Pretoria African Renaissance, State Theatre, Pretoria Femina- Group Exhibition, State Theatre Art Gallery, Pretoria Organic Kaleidoscope - Solo Exhibition, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town Artistic Director for music production METAMORPH by Karin Hougaard which won the award for most innovative production at both the KLEIN KAROO NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL and AARDKLOP ARTS FESTIVAL Femina exhibition – State Theatre Art Gallery, Pretoria Miniature exhibition – State Theatre Art Gallery, Pretoria Millennium Attic Exhibition – Art House on Brooklyn Group exhibition – LEONARDO POSTED, Pretoria Ass of Arts Group exhibition – Postcards from South Africa, Axis Gallery, NEW YORK Miniature Artworks, State Theatre Art Gallery, Pretoria 2000 SYNTHESIS - Solo exhibition – Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria SYNTHESIS II, Solo Exhibition, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town Solo exhibition – Studio of Ora Joubert Pretoria Group exhibition – Strydom Gallery, George Transparency - Group exhibition, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town 2001 Sasol Women of Tshwane exhibition - University of Stellenbosch art museum Four by Four exhibition – Pretoria Association of Arts Group exhibition – Strydom Gallery, George Group exhibition - Under the Southern Cross, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town Paint day for Nelson Mandela children’s fund Pretoria Treasures unframed - Group exhibition, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria Ukkasie festival – Solo Exhibition, WEMBLEY EXHIBITION HALL London Art lecturer Afrikaans Girls High, Pretoria 2002 Established the new Mind’s I art space, Pretoria, in collaboration with artists Diek Grobler, Retha Buitendach and Hanneke Benade HOUSEHOLD STORIES - Solo Exhibition, Tina Skukan gallery, Pretoria Mind’s I group exhibition – Chelsea gallery, Cape Town Matriarg group exhibition –Mind’s I art space, Pretoria Mail Art, Group Exhibition – Mind’s I art space, Pretoria Ukkasie – Group Exhibition, London 5 Minutes Silence, Group Exhibition, Mind’s I art space, Pretoria Miniature group exhibition in Ukkasie Festival, London curated by Este Mcleod Solo exhibition – house of Dr. Anneli Grobler Part time lecturer for Master classes at the University of Pretoria Solar Eclipse – installations by 7 artists –in collaboration with the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology, Mind’s I art space, Pretoria 2003 JOHANNES KERKORREL– documentary installation – commissioned by the Klein Karoo national arts festival, Oudshoorn Repositioning - exclusive to women artists, RAU art gallery, Johannesburg Group Exhibition – Frieda van Schalkwyk Gallery, University of Pretoria JOHANNES KERKORREL installation exhibited at WHAM festival, Sasolburg George 35 group exhibition - Strydom Gallery, George JOHANNES KERKORREL installation exhibited at Pretoria State Theatre Audio and visual producer for South African FASHION TV link Cover painting for the album “Scattered Thunder” by Amanda Strydom Two commissioned works for Geraas music awards Three commissioned works for All gold awards "Om die Bosch gelei" – Group Exhibition, Mind's I art space, Pretoria "Fine Line" drawing exhibition, Mind's I art space, Pretoria "Edition" printmaking exhibition, Mind's I art space, Pretoria South African Art in London – curated by Frances Coultier Kombuisteater en Kuns – Linden Johannesburg Selection panelist for WHIPPS Art Alive Women etc. – Group Exhibition, Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria Corporate and Specialty workshops on Color and Instinct e.g. Rooi Rose Supermodel finalists -"In the Mind's I" Diek Grobler, Michèle Nigrini, Gustav Vermeulen en Retha Buitendach, Rand Africa University gallery, Johannesburg Self Portraits Exhibition, Rust en Vreugd gallery, Durbanville 2004 Relocation to the small village Rosendal, Eastern Free State Environmental Visions, Group Exhibition, Pretoria Arts Ass, Pretoria ROSENDAL – Solo Exhibition, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria One of 10 prominent South African artists commissioned by Appletizer to work on the theme “ Women experiencing Pure Pleasure” these works were exhibited throughout the country en was part of the Appletizer 2005 Calendar Minds I Group Exhibition, Gallery 88, Sasolburg Landscape Now – Group Exhibition, RAU Gallery, Johannesburg George 36, Strydom Gallery, George 2005 In August 2005 Michele Nigrini and sculptor Dahla Hulme established MEERKATKOLONIE – a gallery in Rosendal, Eastern Free State, where their art is on permanent display George 37, Strydom Gallery, George Commissioned work for Appletizer Award One of 10 South African artists to exhibit at the 2005 FLORENCE BIENNALE in Italy 2006 Lecture on the Psychological Impact of Color, Bloemfontein David’s Choice – Group Exhibition, Rust en Vreugd Gallery, Durbanville IMAGINE THE COUNTRY… Exhibition by Michele Nigrini and Dahla Hulme, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria 2007 Fresh Paint, opening of new gallery in Davenport Road, Durban SNERT, group exhibition, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria 2008 Centenary Exhibition, University of Pretoria Kansa Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum The New Heritage Centre, Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria August 2008 first 2 monthly Creative workshops in Rosendal 2009 Easter exhibition, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria Exhibited 7 works on 7de Laan (local soap) The only South African representative on the CHIANCIANO BIENNALE in Italy - "The second most important curated Biennale After Venice" Robert Scott, Anglo-Italian Academy of Art Art work at Stephan Welz & Co Art Auctioneers in aid of the Tuks Alumni fund ‘Enviro Art Wow’ – 30 prominent senior and contemporary South African artists, National Cultural History Museum, Pretoria COLLECTIONS ABSA BANK art collection INFOPLAN collection, Pretoria SASOL collection TPA OLIEWENHUIS MUSEUM LINMED HOSPITAL PRETORIA ART MUSEUM (acquired 2 works from different periods 1991 and 1998) RUPERT FAMILY TRUST FOR THE ARTS RUPERT ART MUSEUM REMBRANDT ART COLLECTION UNIVERSITY ORANGE FREE STATE COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA COLLECTION TELKOM STER KINEKOR VHS Architechs PENTA PUBLICATIONS NATIONAL ARTS ASSOCIATION MUSIC FOR AFRICA ART COLLECTION National an International PRIVATE COLLECTIONS