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About The Artist
Born in Vereeniging in 1968 and matriculated in 1986.
From 1987 to 1989 she studied B (Arch) and from 1990 to 1993 she studied and completed her
BA (FA) degree at the University of Pretoria.
Retha Buitendach's artworks deals with nature in both its macrocosmic and microcosmic
detail. The hidden interconnectedness of all living things is an important underlying theme,
as is the chance connections between seemingly unrelated things or even words. Unusual and
microscopic life-forms as well as those seen everyday are sometimes portrayed in unusual
contexts, thereby inducing the onlooker to discover them anew. The human figure is seldom
directly visible in her artworks, although mans presence is often implied. Man is shown to be
unique in his ability to experience nature as a supremely beautiful artwork and to be unique
in his ability to destroy it all. Her work is both naturalistic and surrealistic, combining the
recognisable with what the imagination can add to it.
Artist CV
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- 2004
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
SASOL Corporate Collection
ABSA
Old Mutual
Rand Merchant Bank
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
UK, London
USA, Arizona
Belgium, Antwerpen
Frankfurt, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibition – Sandsuiker, Association of Arts Pretoria - July 2007
Solo Exhibition – Insectorum mirabilis, Gordart Gallery, Jhb - Sept 2007
Solo Exhibition – Vergesigte en ander Pierneef Apokaliptieka, Trent Art Gallery, Pta - May 2011
Solo Exhibition – Farground foreseen, Trent Art, waterkloof Pta - July 2012
Solo Exhibition – Mombakkies, Arts Association, Pretoria - Feb 2014
GROUP 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
Group Exhibition – Funktional Art, Gordart Gallery, Melville - March 2005
Group Exhibition – Animals as metaphor, UNISA Art gallery - Feb – May 2005
Group Exhibition – Pretoria Artists, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs@Bamboo, Melville - May 2005
Group Exhibition – Vision, Tina Skukan gallery, Pretoria - Nov 2005
Group Exhibition – Oppitafel, Art Space, Fairlands - Dec 2005
Group Exhibition – SPLAT, Gordart gallery, Melville - Dec 2005
Group Exhibition - Little Bang, Platform on 18th, Pretoria - Sept 2006
Trio – Succulent, Artspace, Fairland - Sept 2006
Group Exhibition – Waste Art, Rosebank Mall - Oct 2006
Group Exhibition – Icons, Upstairs @Bamboo, Melville - Nov 2006
Group Exhibition – Saint Sebastian, Association of Arts Pta - April 2007
Group Exhibition – Boere-kitsch en ander dinge, KKNK Arts Fest - April 2007
Group Exhibition – Launch, Secret Gallery, Villieria - May 2007
Group Exhibition – Ordinary: Extraordinary, Upstairs@Bamboo - May 2007
Group Exhibition – Project, Upstairs@ Bamboo, Jhb - Nov 2007
Group Exhibition – Snert, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pta - Dec 2007
Group Exhibition – Focus Sculpture, Jhb, Univ. Potchefstroom - Dec 2007
Group Exhibition – Members Exhibition, Art Association, Pta - Feb 2008
Group Exhibition – Transform, Upstairs@Bamboo, Jhb - March 2008
Group Exhibition – Centenary Art Exhibition, University Pta - May 2008
Group Exhibition – Still Life, Upstairs @ Bamboo, Jhb - June 2008
Group Exhibition – Christmas in August, Gordart Gallery, Jhb - Aug 2008
Group Exhibition – Aardklop Arts Festival, Potchefstroom - Sept 2008
Group Exhibition – Beauty and/is the Beast, Reservoir in Bloemfontein, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein - May 2009
Group Exhibition – Affordable Art Fair, Fried Contemporary, Pta - June 2009
Group Exhibition – Kunstellasie, Woordpoort Fees, UP, Pta - Sept 2009
Group Exhibition – Mandril Art@ Zoo, Pta - May 2010
Group Exhibition – Patroon, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pta - May 2010
Group Exhibition – Pretoria Remastered, Trent Art , Pta - July 2010
Group Exhibition - Tanti Picolli Robot, Pandoras Art House, Pta - Aug 2010
Group Exhibition – Vyfkuns, HAP, Pta - Mar 2011
Group Exhibition – Altered Pieces, Leonard Cohen tribute, Thompson gallery, Jhb - Sept 2011
Group Exhibition – Rendezvous Focus Painting, Aardklop Art Festival, Potchefstroom - Oct 2011
Group Exhibition – Witrivier Art gallery, Witrivier - Des 2011
Group Exhibition – CANSA Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum - Jan 2012
Group Exhibition- Met Woord en Beeld, Breytenbach Sentrum, Wellington - June 2012
Group Exhibition – Miniatures, Art Lovers ,Waterkloof Pretoria - May 2012
Group Exhibition – Poetry of shadows, Skukan Gallery, Pretoria - July 2012
Group exhibition – Between Storms, Kievitskroon, Pretoria - Aug 2012
Group Exhibition – This Place/ Displace, UJ Art Gallery, Jhb - Oct 2012
Group Exhibition – DIGI RE-ENGINEERING, UNISA Art Gallery - Mar 2013
Group Exhibition - Funktional Art, Fient Lifestyle , Pretoria - April 2013
Group Exhibition – Tom Waits for No Man, KKNK Art Festival - April 2013
Art Residency : Cite des Arts, Paris, France. Rendezvous Art P - July 2013
Vivienne Art Galerie – Paris, France - Aug 2013
Group Exhibition – Surreal Synthesis, St Lorient, Brooklyn Pta - Oct 2013
Group Exhibition – A Void in the Landscape, Clos Malvern, Stellenbosch, Cape Town - Oct 2013
Fried Autumn Art Fair – Fried Contemporary, Pretoria - Apr 2014
Group Exhibition - Light Revealed, Skukan gallery, Pretoria - July 2014
Group Exhibition – Artist's Books, Trent Art, Pretoria - July 2014
Turbine Art Fair – with Art Lover's 1969, Johannesburg - July 2014
Nature – Oude Libertas Gallery, Franschoek - June 2015
Kingdom – Equus Gallery, Cavalli Estate, Stellenbosch - Sept 2015
The Frida Mash-up – Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Jhb - Feb 2016
I Objekt – Art it is, Johannesburg - July 2016
Camp Nouveau – Art it is, Johannesburg - Oct 2016
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
Bettie-Cilliers Painting award presented at Rendezvous - 2012
Painting exhibition. UJ Art Gallery.
Awarded a Residency in Paris, France to be used in 2013
OTHER GROUP PROJECTS
ARTWALL, murals at Metrorail Stations, Pretoria - 2000
ARTWALL, murals for Centurion City Council, Centurion - 2001
BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
Mazanendaba and the magical story-shell, Written by Gcina Mahlope, published by Jacklin Enterprises - 2006
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