MARY VISSER

Mary Visser (b. 1971) grew up in Somerset West near Cape Town.

She studied drawing and painting at Rhodes University in Makhanda (previously Grahamstown), where she graduated in 1992. In 2013 she completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Art, with distinction, at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town.

Her work is in collections locally and abroad including those of the University of Cape Town, Nando’s, Spier and the New Constitutional Court, Johannesburg.

“I make work in order to link random and unrelated visual fragments and hopefully discover new harmonies. I generate many process collages, 3-d objects and paintings on paper. Feeding into these images are the quick drawings and notes I make while strolling or driving around my home and studio. I look out for intriguing visual conversations in this collection of thoughts, ideas and shapes in order to prompt a new painting.”

EDUCATION

• 1992 - BFA, Rhodes University, Makhanda (previously Grahamstown).

• 2012-2013 - Postgraduate Diploma in Art (with distinction), Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town.

• 2016 - Part-time Lecturer, Painting Short Course, Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2021 - Celestial Trampoline, The Yard, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.

• 2018 - Funny Things are Everywhere, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

• 2018 - Prelude, WORLDART, Cape Town.

• 2011 - Along these City Streets, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

• 2005 - Nocturnes, UCT Irma Stern Museum Gallery, Cape Town

For more information, visit www.worldart.co.za or contact the gallery at +27 21 423 3075 / info@worldart.co.za.