ARTIST PROFILE

Nelmarie du Preez

  • South Africa (b. 1985 in Pretoria)
  • Currently in London, United Kingdom.
  • Nelmarie du Preez is a South African artist, performing multiple roles as computer programmer/videographer/composer/performance artist. Her practice engages with questions surrounding socio-political identity stemming from the self-other relation.

CONTACT & LINKS

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • El Cine Es Otra Cosa, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Bad Behaviour Open, Brixton East, London, United Kingdom.
  • VISITS series, Curate Projects, London, United Kingdom.
  • Kiss me, gentlemen, as part of ICSM Symposium of 'Men and Masculinities', ICSM, Izmir, Turkey.
  • Kiss me, gentlemen, as part of the Noise Summer School 2014 'Political Aesthetics and Feminist Theory: Media, Art and Affect', Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
  • Chelsea Salon, Cons Project, London, United Kingdom.
  • Sheffield Fringe, Block Projects, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

2013

  • Night of the Tin Tabernacle, Tin Tabernacle, London, United Kingdom.
  • NowHere 2013, St. James Hatcham Church, London, United Kingdom.
  • Exposure 2013, See.me Gallery, New York, United States.
  • Goldsmiths Computing Expo, Ben Pimlott Building, London, United Kingdom.
  • Opening House, FLAT 34, London, United Kingdom.
  • Rememory, Goodenough College, London, United Kingdom.

2012

  • Tin Shed, Ben Pimlott Building, London, United Kingdom.
  • AardKlop – ABSA L’Atelier Top 100, , G20, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
  • ABSA L’Atelier Top 100 Finalists, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Happily Never After, Association for Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Assemblege Launch Exhibition, Newtown Artist Run Centre and Studios, Johannesburg, United Kingdom.
  • ABSA L’Atelier Regional Finalists, Association of Arts Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Advanced Diploma, UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa.

2011

  • Top 100 Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Agter die berge - Joburg Fringe Video Berlin, Haus 19, Berlin, Germany.

2009

  • Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

LOCATION

  • Born 1985 in Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Lives and works in London, United Kingdom.

EDUCATION

  • 2013 - 2014
    Goldsmiths, University of London, London, South Africa
    Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts
  • 2012 - 2013
    Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom
    Masters of Arts in Computational Arts
  • 2011 - 2012
    University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts
  • 2008 - 2010
    University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    Bachelors in Culture and Arts (Audiovisual Multimedia)
  • 2004 - 2008
    North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
    Bachelors in Theology and Pshycology

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Judges Prize
    Bad Behaviour, London, United Kingdom
  • 2014
    Shorlisted for Aspen Online Art Award
    Contemporary Art Society, London, United Kingdom
  • 2014
    Shortlisted for ACME Goldsmiths Studio Award
    ACME and Goldsmiths, London, United Kingdom
  • 2014
    Shortlisted for Chimera Art Prize
    Chimera-Project, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2014
    Shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries
    Bloomberg, London, United Kingdom
  • 2014
    Nominated for Red Mansion Art Prize
    Goldsmiths, London, United Kingdom
  • 2013
    Postgraduate Funding
    Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 2012
    Postgraduate Funding
    National Arts Council of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 2012
    Postgraduate Funding
    Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 2012
    Top Student - Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts
    UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa
  • 2011
    Conrad Theys Artist Merit Bursary Award
    UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa

COLLECTIONS

  • UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa