Robyn Nesbitt
| Robyn Nesbitt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1984 (age 31–32) Johannesburg |
| Nationality | South African |
| Awards | Spier Contemporary, 2007 |
| Website | Official website |
Robyn Nesbitt (born 1984) is a South African artist currently living and working in Johannesburg.[1] Nesbitt's work is distinguished by her meticulous observation of everyday events ranging from the ordinary routines of our life to the celestial routines that surround us.[2] Humorous, poetic, and banal moments become stylized in mediums which include research, process, documentation, drawing, video, and photography.[3][4][5][6][4] She often collaborates with Nina Barnett.[7]
Career
Education
Nesbitt is a notable alumni from Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg.[8]
Exhibitions (solo)
- 2014, A list for remembering: Cataloging of curious coincidences, Room, Johannesburg
- 2014, A Viewing of the moon, Sober & Lonely Institute for Contemporary Art, Johannesburg
- 2014, He was pointing at the moon but I was looking at his hand, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown
- 2013, Research On The Nature of The Island, Parking Gallery, Johannesburg
- 2011, Damn your eyes, damn your eyes, Commune 1, Cape Town
- 2011, Where are we exactly- are we near the island? The island- is that what you call it? VANSA, Cape Town/Outlet Project Room, Johannesburg
- 2010, Not Today, But Tomorrow, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town
Exhibitions (group)
- 2015, If on a winter's night, a room, Vetrlidsalimenningen 27a, Bergen, Norway
- 2014, Gesture, GUS, Stellenbosch
- 2014, Language Games/Josh Ginsburg, Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
- 2014, I Love Your Manners Full of Deceit, KNIPSU, Bergen, Norway
- 2013, ProveRommet/Meteror Festival, USF Verftet Bergen, Norway
- 2013, Worms: A Collective Insdividual # Rerun of an Invasion, Stadtgalerie, Bern, Switzerland
- 2013, Black Maps/Josh Ginsburg, Sometimes/Atlantic House, Cape Town
- 2013, SGC International Print Conference: 21 Years of Collaboration and Exchange at APS, Milwaukee
- 2012, Coming of Age: 21 years of Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- 2012, ALPTRAUM, Goethe Institute, Johannesburg
- 2011, Les Africa One Minute Selection, Africa Series, Amsterdam
- 2011, The Aryan Kaganof Screen at Joburg Fringe, Johannesburg
- 2011, Horse, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
- 2011, Blank Projects FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
- 2011, Oh My, Oh My: from the annals of a great telepathic affair, Convocation House, Johannesburg
- 2011, Assemblage 24 Hours in the City, Arts on Main, Johannesburg
- 2011, UNISA Art Gallery, Recent Acquisitions, Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2011, Masters Moving Out Michaelis School School of Fine Art, Cape Town
- 2010, Anonymous Feature -- Experiment 1 Intimate Theatre, Cape Town
- 2010, This Is Not Final Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
- 2010, Wish You Were Here, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery, Texas
- 2010, Contemporary Artists from South African Gallery, Bergen, Norway
- 2010, Mixtape Mobile Cinema national Arts Festival, Grahamstown
- 2009, Can You Hear Me, Public Space, New York
- 2009, "In Principle" Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
- 2008, Spier Contemporary, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- 2008, Warcry Live! Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
- 2008, The New Spell David Krut Fine Arts, New York
- 2007, Spier Contemporary, Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
- 2006, Women: Photography and New Media, Imaging the self and body through portraiture, Johannesburg Art Gallery
References
- ↑ "Art Map South Africa". Artmap.co.za. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ Newmedia AG. "PRO HELVETIA - JOHANNESBURG: Coexistent Residency". Prohelvetia.org.za. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ Pather, Jay (2007). Spier Contemporary 2007 Catalogue. Cape Town: Africa Centre. p. 57.
- 1 2 "Research On The Nature of The Island – As a Physical, Manifested And Projected Environment Parking Gallery 10th April – 28th June". Parking-gallery.net. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Kagablog". Kaganof.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sunday 10 August 7.30pm - A viewing of the moon". Us2.campaign-archive2.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Robyn Nesbitt and Nina Barnett - Bronwen Shelwell@ASSEMBLY". Assembly.withtank.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ Ian Wallace. "The World's Most Influential MFA Programs, Part 2". Artspace. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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