Who is Retha Erasmus?

Retha Erasmus is Artist exploring themes of relating, bonds, connection, loss, formal/ visual aspects of art working in Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, Book Arts based in Kommetjie, WC, South Africa.

What does Retha Erasmus do?

Retha Erasmus is Artist exploring themes of relating, bonds, connection, loss, formal/ visual aspects of art , specializing in Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, Book Arts.

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Retha Erasmus works in Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, Book Arts.

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Retha Erasmus

Artist exploring themes of relating, bonds, connection, loss, formal/ visual aspects of art

Kommetjie, WC, South Africa

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Kommetjie, WC, South Africa

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Bio

Kempton Park, GP, South Africa

Education

2020BA Fine arts , Sculpture , University of Pretoria , Pretoria, GP, South Africa

Group Exhibitions

2026Afroblue, Fondation Blachere, Bonnieux, France , Bonnieux, 84, France, Group, Curated by Joana Danimbe

2025A beast with two backs , Association for visual arts, Cape Town , Cape Town, WC, South Africa, Group, Curated by Kelly Schinners

2024Chimeres , Fondation Blachere, Bonnieux, France , Bonnieux, 84, France, Group, Curated by Joana Danimbe

2017A painting today , Stevenson Fine Art, Cape Town , Cape Town, WC, South Africa, Group, Curated by Multiple

2009Summer 2009/10: Projects, , Stevenson art gallery, Cape Town, Cape Town, WC, South Africa, Group, Curated by Michael Stevenson

Awards, Grants & Fellowships

2000Sasol New Signatures , Pretoria Art Musuem , Tshwane NU, GP, South Africa

2000PPC Young Sculptor award, Arts Association of Pretoria , Tshwane NU, GP, South Africa

Residencies

2026Fondation Blachere Artist residence , Fondation Blachere , Bonnieux, 84, France, This was a 2 week residency on site at the foundation to install and complete work for the exhibition Afroblue.

2002Ampersand foundation residency , Ampersand Foundation , New York, NY, United States, This was a 10 week residency, 2 weeks spent in Washington DC and 8 weeks spent in Manhattan island New York with the sole purpose of living, exploring and researching in an international art capital.

Collections

Fondation Blachere , Bonnieux, 84, France

University of South Africa , Tshwane NU, GP, South Africa

Curatorial Projects

2003Grime , Bell-Roberts art gallery , Cape Town, WC, South Africa, In this exhibition various artists were asked to produce work solely based on "black/ grey" as a formal consideration in their work.

2002Clean: An Exhibition of De-saturated Contemporary Art, Millennium gallery , Johannesburg, GP, South Africa, In this group exhibition various artists were asked to produce work primarily focusing on using 'white' as a formal consideration only.

Retha Erasmus

Artist exploring themes of relating, bonds, connection, loss, formal/ visual aspects of art

Kommetjie, WC, South Africa

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Retha Erasmus

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Kommetjie, WC, South Africa

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