Elbie Visser Art
PAINTING|SCULPTURE
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
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Matriculated at St Paul's College, Windhoek, Namibia (2008)
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Honours Degree in BA Fine Arts at University of Pretoria, South Africa (2012)
MERITS
2010 Was invited to become a member of the Golden Key Organisation
2012 Awarded an academic achievement bursary from the University of Pretoria
2018 Found Collective won Best Visual Arts exhibition at Aardklop 2018
EXHIBITIONS
2020 It's a whole new World - Group Show at Liebrecht Gallery, Somerset West
2020 Art in Isolation - Group Show at Imibala Gallery, Somerset West
2020 On the Up - Group Show at Imibala Gallery
2020 Unleavened - Group Show at Dymen gallery, Stellenbosch
2020 Summer Sale - Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Durbanville
2019 Secret Garden - Group show at Art on Avenues in Somerset West.
2019 Soma - Group show curated by Jonathan Griffiths at Grahamstown arts Festival
2019 Home Moods - Group show at Liebrecht Gallery, Somerset West.
2019 Narratives of Place - Group show at Mullers Gallery, Cape Town
2018 40 Stones in the Wall 2018 - group exhibition at Grahamstown arts festival
2017 40 Stones in the Wall 2017 - group show at Grahamstown arts festival
2017 Progeny - Group show at Fried Contemporary in Pretoria
2016 Urban Impressions - group show, curated by Elani Willemse and Found Collective at Aardklop 2016.
2016 Tacit - travelling group show- this show opened at the NWU gallery in Potchefstroom, travelled to Kimberly and showed at the Pretoria Art Museum.
2016 FIX - group show in the Pretoria CBD
2016 Saadjies - Cool Capital travelling group exhibition
2015 Jan Cilliers Group show curated by Lizamore and Associates.
2015 Anomalies - three man show alongside Franli Meintjes and Heidi Fourie at Trent Gallery
2014 Incarnate - group show in Italy during an arts residency there.
2014 40 stones in the wall - group show at Grahamstown arts festival
2014 Group show at the Woord fees in Namibia.
2014 Syncopation group show at Aardklop 2014
2013 Top 100 Absa L’Atelier - travelling exhibition
2013 DSW Group Exhibition - Arts Association Pretoria
2012 UP Fine Arts Group Exhibition
2012 EXHIBIT A - UP Fine Arts Final Exhibition
2010 Printmaking Group Exhibition
2010 UP Second Year Fine Arts Group Exhibition
2009 UP First Year Fine Arts Group Exhibition
EXHIBITION CURATION
20S16 FIX - Co-curated as part of Found Collective
2016 Urban Impressions - Co-curated as part of Found Collective
2018 Snake Eyes 2.0 - Co-curated as part of Found Collective at Aardklop 2018
2018 Snake Eyes 3.0 - Co-curated as part of Found Collective at Fried Contempory, Pretoria
2019 Narratives of Place - Curated as Elbie Visser.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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Studio Artist/Sculptor at Dionysus Sculpture Works under Angus Taylor (2013-2015)
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Co- Founded a jewellery manufacturing company Foundri (pty) ltd (2016).
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Co-Founded Found Collective, a non-profit organisation that aim to promote and equip Pretoria-based artists. (2016)
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Practicing artist [current]