CURRICULUM VITAE

MAGARETHA ALBERTA BUITENDACH

Born in Vereeniging, South Africa on 12 May 1968 and now living in Pretoria.

EDUCATION

  • Verwoerdburg High School - Matric with 6 distinctions - 1986
  • B (Architecture) studies not completed - University of Pretoria - 1987 - 1989
  • BA (Fine Arts) - University of Pretoria - 1990 - 1993 (Majoring in Sculpture, with distinction)

    EMPLOYMENT

  • Assistant lecturer, Sculpture workshop - Dept of Fine Arts-UP - 1994
  • Framing Assistant and consultant - Artistic Frameworks, 1996 –1997 (Full-time)
  • Artistic Frameworks, 1999 –2001 (Part-time)
  • One of four Curators - Mind’s – i art space - 2002- 2003

    COLLECTIONS

  • SASOL Corporate Collection
  • ABSA
  • Old Mutual

    Private Collections

  • UK, London
  • USA, Arizona
  • Belgium, Antwerpen

    EXHIBITIONS

  • Final Year Fine Arts Students’ Exhibition - 1993
  • Arts Alive Exhibition - 1994–1998, 2002
  • Group exhibition - Pretoria Artists at Unisa Art Gallery - 1995
  • Group exhibition – Tina Skukan Gallery - 2000
  • Solo Exhibition - ‘Terra ingocnita’, Tina Skukan Gallery - 2001
  • Opening exhibition, Mind’s-i art space, Pretoria - March 2002
  • Group exhibition – Matriarch , Mind’s-i - May 2002
  • Group exhibition – Mail Art , Mind’s-i - June 2002
  • Mind’s-i Curators exhibition, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town - Aug 2002
  • Group exhibition – Five minutes of silence , Mind’s-i - Sept 2002
  • Group exhibition – Eclipse, Mind’s-i - Nov 2002
  • Group exhibition – Angels, Open Window Art Gallery - Dec 2002
  • Group exhibition – Fool for Love, Mind’s-i - Feb 2003
  • Group exhibition – Cross, Mind’s-i - April 2003
  • Curators exhibition – Om die Bosch gelei, Mind’s-i - May 2003
  • South African Artists – Soan Studio, Fulham, London - May 2003
  • Group Exhibition – Editions , Mind’s-i - June 2003
  • Group Exhibition - Fine Line , Mind's-i - July 2003
  • Group Exhibition - Fortitude, Carol Lee Fine Art - Sept 2003
  • Nine dragon heads, Environmental Art Symposium - Exhibition in Cheong-ju Art centre, South Korea - April 2004
  • Group Exhibition – City: Country, Carol Lee Fine Art - May 2004
  • Sanctum, Duo with Marinda du Toit, Skukan gallery, Pta - July 2004
  • Trio Exhibition with Diek Grobler, Michele Nigrini – Drie, Gallery 88, Sasolburg - October 2004
  • Group Exhibition – Landscape Now, RAU Art Gallery - November 2004
  • Group Exhibition – Recent Works, Carol Lee Fine Art - November 2004
  • Group Exhibition – 10 x 10cm, Gordart Gallery - December 2004

    COMPETITIONS

  • New Signatures - 1991 – 1993, 1996, 1997
  • Kempton Park Art Competition - 1992, 1994
  • PPC Sculpture Competition, (Third Prize - 1992), (Second Prize, 1993), (Participated 1998)
  • Volkskas Atelier Competition - 1998, 1999
  • Centurion, Artist of the year Exhibition, First Prize – Sculpture - 1995

    OTHER GROUP PROJECTS

  • ARTWALL, murals at Metrorail Stations, Pretoria - 2000
  • ARTWALL, murals for Centurion City Council, Centurion - 2001