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About The Artist
Ulricke Alida Lourens, born in Pretoria, 1980, completed her MA Fine Arts Degree, Waisttraining, performance art and identity in 2006 at University of Pretoria. She is currently the Director of ARTcentric Pty ltd and online Art and Design shop. She also teaches privately, does Illustration work for magazines and children’s books as well as her own artwork.
Previously she was a senior lecturer as well as The Deputy Principal at a Tertiary institute for 8 years. Ulricke's interests are in social studies and recently the biology of emotions and feelings with the human body still as the core subject matter.
In her MA FA she specialized in multimedia and video work exploring the boundaries of the body through waist training and documenting this 9 month process. The final work showed the marks that was left on the body and made commentaries on the way that society and culture leaves mark on the body and expects, especially the female body to submit to the prescribe notions of beauty.
Lourens has explored different mediums and techniques and uses the concept as the guide for her art making including stop frame painting. This technique comprises stills of the painting in process and then edits them together to produce an animation or moving painting. Works like these include, Reflect refuel and Fabrication. A common theme explored by the artist is the link between the body, our biology and sociology. Within this context, symbols like cells, neurons, roadmaps and, skin becomes the iconography that she uses to communicate with. The skin becomes a landscape filled with roadmaps. The body or more specifically the skin is a symbolic narrative which covers the uncompromising and unapologetic rawness underneath. Not only is the skin the largest organ of the body, but it is the primal attire for our corporeality. The work tries to capture the intimate connection between the neural circuitry in the body and the way that feelings are first felt through the skin then turned into emotions which miraculously turn into consciousness through the web of nerves, bones, muscles, sinews, energy in an endless loop.
Previous exhibitions included More & More, Gordon Froud curated collection at FADA Gallery and the Altered Pieces, Leonard Cohen traveling show that started in Johannesburg and will end in the western Cape. Ulricke's stopframe animation, Reflect refuel was showcased at the Design Indaba and her group exhibitions includes, Aarklop, KKNK, M-Net online film festival, ABSA Atelier, UJ film festival, Grande Provance, Franschhoek, Cape and the Bigwood 2 project in Berlin, Germany. She is part of the Nigerian embassy’s collection and the centenary exhibition of the Vroue monument War museum in Bloemfontein.
Artist CV
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
2003 - 2006 - MA Fine Arts University of Pretoria, Waisttraining, performance art and identity
1999 - 2002 - BA Fine Arts University of Pretoria
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:
2006 – current - Design School Southern Africa , PTA & JHB campus Vice principle & Full time Lecturer in Basic drawing, Intermediate drawing and Business practise 3rd year level. Has experience in teaching Visual communication 2nd year level, Foundation portfolio and advanced illustration (Plan study modules to facilitate drawing and visual communication. Work out lesson plans and expanding of curriculum). Duties of Vice principle includes, organizing time table schedules, Implementing and overseeing administrative duties of all lecturers. Organize annual and term social functions. The Chief Editor of quarterly internal newsletter.
1996- Current - Private teacher- Facilitate drawing and painting classes for private students aged between 16 and 65.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2007 – 2008 - UNISA Department of Art history, Visual Arts and Musicology
Fixed contract Course Leader for FRM101/5 and External moderator to facilitate Workshops (Revision and distribution of tutorial letters. correspondence with students. lesson planning for practical workshops, presenting research at workshops, assessing student projects and progress).
1996 – 2008 - Art Wise - Private teaching Teacher in painting & drawing; shop & frame assistant (Guidance in personal techniques and style development, organizing exhibitions for private art students, facilitating personal art training in various mediums).
2004 – 2006 - Carpe Diem Academy - Art and Arts & Culture Teacher for Gr. 8 -12 (Acquired curriculum and planned study modules to facilitate National Standard, set up module tests, examinations, rubrics, year planning and lesson planning, organized and implemented school art exhibitions, craft fairs, art fund raising projects and educational art field trips). Facilitated community outreach projects with students.
2003 University Of Pretoria - Part-time tutor in Basic drawing first year.
ILLUSTRATION WORK
2015: Illustrator for the children’s book “Oscar Orangutan and the blue men” to be published 2015
Taalgenoot magazine editorial illustration: Sterk Vroue in Afrikaanse literatuur
Taalgenoot magazine editorial illustration: Nostalgie
2014: Taalgenoot magazine editorial illustration: Jeug fiksie
EXHIBITIONS:
2014 – 2015: Part of the permanent exhibition at the Leonardo gallery
2013: Participant in the Tom Waits curated show, the exhibition will be at ABSA KKNK & UJ Art Gallery.
The centenary exhibition of the Vroue monument War museum in Bloemfontein.
2012: Woman of the world group exhibition, Fient Gallery, Pretoria.
2011: More is More group exhibition, FADA gallery, UJ, Johannesburg. Altered Pieces curated traveling
exhibition for Leonard Cohen show, Thompson Gallery, Jhb, PanDora Arthouse, Pretoria &
Aardklop festival, Potchefstroom, Oliewenhuis museum and Grande Provence Wine Estate in Western Cape early next year. Video posted on Youtube. Night of a thousand drawings, Gove.
2011: Currently working on group exhibition with Gordon Froud to be exhibited at Aardklop.
2010: Group exhibition: Woman at work, South Africa exhibition and Christmas show at The Gallery Duncan Yard. Commission for Nigerian Embassy. Participant in soccer world cup exhibition at UNISA art gallery. Group exhibition: This is not a porn song, Snowflake, Aardklop, Potchefstroom
2009: Group exhibitions: Bigwood 2, Berlin, Germany; Fetish object, Gordart gallery, Jhb; Just jotting, magpie gallery, Irene; Affordable art fair ’09, Fried contemporary, PTA . and ALOOKAWAY launch party. Participant in design expo’s film showcase, Design INDABA, Cape town
2008: Group exhibitions: Find, at Platform on 18th, Pta.and their group exhibitions, Urbaneye, Kyk, Pta., Decadence at Grande provance. Cape, Rondevous, FADA gallery, Jhb., Rondevous, Aardklop arts festival, Potch, The Christmas present show, Gordart gallery. Jhb, Reflect-refuel, Arts association, Pta, Exhibition, Art wise, Pta., Fabrication ,Magpie gallery, Irene. Group
2007: Participant in UJ film festival, Moving image, Jhb., KKNK, Flesh, Oudtshoorn, KKNK, Boere kitsch en ander dinge, Oudtshoorn and Bondage, at Sexpo, Jhb.
2006: Masters Solo exhibition, Fried contemporary, Reconstructed Constriction, Pta. and participant in MNET Online Film Festival
2003-2005: Participated in Pornography at Merely Mortal, Jhb. participant of ABSA Atelier Awards
1999-2002: Groups students show Exhibitions University of Pretoria and Pretoria art museum
PUBLICATIONS
2011: "Art review on Diane Victor; “Victor gee 'n padkaart van ons psigologie"
INTERVIEWS:
2006: Published in De Kat magazine, Beeld, November, Pretoria News, November
2007: Published in ALOOKAWAY, January edition, Manwees, March edition, Plastic surgery, October edition, Illustration for De Kat magazine.
2008: Published in Beeld, 24 March 2008, Rekord, 21 March 2008.
2009: Dekat television, Rosebank Killarney gazette. Week ending Febuary 06, 2009.
INTERESTS:
Art, social studies, people, films, reading, music, running
SOFTWARE SKILLS:
Adobe Premier
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Corel Draw
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