About The Artist
Artist CVProfessional Experience 1997-Present: Director, Boudiccea Productions cc, Fine Art Foundry and Sculpture Studio, Pretoria, South Africa 2002: Curator, "People, Planet & prosperity" Earth Summit Exhibition, Pretoria & Johannesburg, South Africa 2001: Juror, PPC Cement Sculpture Competition, Pretoria South Africa 1999: Guest lecturer Sculpture and Foundry techniques, Fine Arts UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa 1995-1996: Foundry/Production Manager, Art Casting BVBA, Oudenaarde, Belgium 1991-1995: Apprentice Program, The Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, Mercerville, New Jersey, USA 1993: Guest Lecturer, Sculpture Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1990: Technical Assistant to Prof. Mike Edwards, Professor of Fine Arts, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa 1989: Technical Assistant to Johan van Heerden, sculptor, Johannesburg, South Africa Education 1987-1989: University of Pretoria, Baccalaureate Fine Arts, Distinction obtained in Sculpture, Major Subjects - Sculpture, Visual Communication, Art History, Pretoria, South Africa 1986: Stellenbosch university, Studying Graphic design Stellenbosch, South Africa 1985: Matriculated, Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, Pretoria, South Africa Awards 1991-1995: Tuition Grant, The Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, Mercerville, New Jersey USA 1988:First place, Portland Cement Sculpture Competition, Pretoria, South Africa
1987: Second place, Portland Cement Sculpture Competition, Pretoria, South Africa
Exhibitions
2022: Scattered Solo Exhibition, Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria 2017: Delicate Balance with Lynette ten Krooden, Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria 2014: 4 x 8 = 32 Group Exhibition, Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria Revealing Light - Ligth Revealed, Tina Skukan Gallery Pretoria 2013: Boudiccea group exhibition, Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria 2012: Black & White, Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria 2009: Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria 2007: EVANESCO, Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria Platform on 18th, Pretoria 2006: Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria 2002: People, Planet & Prosperity, Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria & ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg Journey of the Cross, Tina Skukan Gallery "Landscape" Old Arts gallery, University of Pretoria, South Africa Printmaker's Guild Easter Show Pretoria Arts Assoc, Pretoria Works permanently carried at: The Art Gallery, PTA - Chris Tugwell Gallery, Kosmos & PTA - PTA Arts Assoc. PTA - Cherie De Villiers Gallery, JHB - Old Arts Gallery, PTA Other Exhibitions
Commissions & Installations 2001: Private Commission, Mrs. J Softman, Mooikloof Estates, Pretoria, South Africa 1998: Saldhana Steel Corp. Permanent Collection, Capetown, South Africa 1996: Atlantic Engineering, Permanent installation, Eke, Belgium 1995: Mr. & Mrs. S. Amanthramen-Shankar, Madras, India 1994: Sculpture Permanently Displayed, Guild House Gallery, Pretoria South Africa 1993: Ms. D. Donaldson, Baltimore, Maryland USA 1992: Ms. M. Weinkop, Ewing, New Jersey USA 1991: South African Trademark & Patent Attorneys, Johannesburg and Pretoria offices, South Africa 1990: South African Association for the Blind, Pretoria, South Africa 1988-1989: Sculpture Permanently Displayed, Drostdy Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa International Private Collections including the USA, India, France, Belgium, Bolivia, Hungary, Dubai, Canada and Australia. Technical Experience Sculpture: Welding (TIG, MIG, Oxy-fuel,) Soldering. Fabrication with wood, stainless & mild steels, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, cement. Carving of plaster, wood and stone. Modelling with cement, oil and water-based clays and polystyrene. Mouldmaking with plaster watse and piece moulds, polyurethane resin, silicon, rubber and Fiberglas. Printmaking with silk-screen, woodprint, linoleum block, intaglio, etching and lithography. Toolmaking, metal finishing, chasing and polishing work. Foundry: Casting- Iron, silver, copper, bronze, aluminium, pewter, Britannia metal, Lost wax investment method, Ceramic shell, Sand casting, Centrifugal Casting, Construction and maintenance of kilns, furnaces, cupolas, and cupolettes, Equipment - fabrication, maintenance and repair, Alloy composition. ReviewsJourney Across Soul and Space Her first solo-exhibition since her return from abroad. At the age of 35, sculptor Susanna Swart has travelled a journey which took her from Pretoria, across to America and then to Europe. Along the way she has distinguished herself not only as an exceptional artist but also as an expert caster, establishing a foundry with an American business partner in South Africa in 1997. Susanna Swart has exhibited in the United States throughout the Eastern Seaboard, including New York and Philadelphia. In Belgium she was invited to participate in a three-person show at the Royal Academy of Art in Oudenaarde. Her work is to be found in collections all over the world including the USA, Canada, various European countries, India, Dubai and Australia. In South Africa she is represented in private, public and corporate collections. Returning to her hometown Pretoria in 1997, Susanna Swart reconnected with her love of the African landscape. This deep spiritual bond is reflected in her female figures, which blend and become one with rock formations, trees, driftwood and bones. Armoured and weapon-like forms appear, invoking tension within an ancient sense of serenity. Of her own work she says: "I want to tap into those primal memory triggers - opening long-forgotten dialogues within the viewer." Her work has incredible magnetism, drawing the viewer into voluptuous, erotic and sometimes painfully sharp forms. Pretoria is proud to present Susanna Swart's solo-exhibition in the Old Arts Gallery at the University of Pretoria, where light and space do justice to her sculptural forms. This exhibition, entitled 'soulspace', marks an end-point to a journey that has taken her across the world and brought her back to Pretoria Katty Vandenberghe | |
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