Marlise Keith - Excellent investment- Mixed media (Acrylic ink, gesso, ballpoint pen, pencil and collage) on paper (65cm x 54cm) mounted in frame behind glass 745mm x 595mm - 2009
ACADEMIC
1995: BA, Fine Arts Degree at the University of Pretoria.
1998-2001: Masters in Fine Arts, at the University of Stellenbosch.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
1995: The Thembisa Fine Arts Awards, Kempton Park, and the Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria
1996-97: The Volkskas Atelier, Pretoria, and the Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria.
2006-8: Selected for the ABSA L’Atelier.
2006: Winner of the Sanlam Vuleka Art Competition.
2007: Selected as a top ten finalist at the ABSA L’Atelier.
2011: Hollard Insurence won the BASA award for Rat Race, the "Single Strategic Project". On this piece I collaborated with the Spier Arts Academy's mosaic apprentices.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000: DC Art, Fugitive Pieces, which formed part of the Cape Town City Festival. This exhibition was covered by an interview on Fine Music Radio, and a review by Cobus van Bosch of the Burger.
2001: DC Art, An Apology to my Mother, which was a selection of drawings.
2007: Kners, at the AVA in September this year which sold out.
2008: Afrikaner Dogters Sukkel Suutjies with Worldart Johannesburg, followed by a review in Die Beeld, an appearance on the popular TV show Artcha and a feature in the Business Day. Another show Hungry Eyes at ABSA Gallery in June.
2009: Soak at Worldart with a review in the Cape Argus and Radio interviews on Fine Music Radio and Radio Sonder Grense. Dr*l op 'n Dreskas at Artb in October.
2010: Afrikaan at Sarah Kahn Contemporary, Schaan Lichtenstein with reviews in the Volksblad.
2010: Blight, Brundyn+Gonsalves, Wembly Square, Cape Town with reviews in the Cape Times, Die Burger and Big Issue and Fine Music Radio.
2011: Accidental Harvest at Upstairs at Bamboo, Melville JHB.
2013: Furies, Brundyn+, Cape Town.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Since 1989 Marlise has participated in numerous group exhibitions with artists such as Liza Grobler, Doreen Southwood, Sandra Hanekom,Tamlin Blake, Wilna Coetzer, Vicki Cruywagen, Loni Dräger, Victoria Gain, Jeanne Hoffman, Mary Holland, Diana Hyslop, Theo Kleynhans, Louise Mason, J P Meyer, Xolile Mtakatya, Kagiso (Pat) Mautlou, John Murray, André Naudé, Luan Nel, Zonia Nel, Clauette Schreuders, Jan W van Bergen, Peter van Straaten, Christo Basson, Elizabeth Gunter, Mark Hipper, Carl Jeppe, Marthie Kaden, Judith Mason, Howard Minne, Lyn Smuts, Strijdom van der Merwe and Diane Victor, Henk Serfontein, Vivian van der Merwe, Lien Botha, Hanneke Benade, Claire Menck, Lisa Firer to name a few.
2009: Group show with Edgar Gallery, Paris France, Fried Contemporary with Elfriede Dreyet etc, Elysian Fields at UCA Cape Town, Fairground at Worldart.
2010: Woordfees Stellenbosch, curated by Theo Kleynhands. Group show at Entropy Johannesburg, Es(cape) Association of Visual Arts Pretoria. Heems curated by Hanneke Benade, Kruisrivier Klein Karoo.
2011:Suidooster Kunste Fees curated by Henk Serfontein, Group show at the Tattoo convention. Paper is you, Salon 91. Bookshow, Iart. Selportraits at Rust en Vrede, Durbanville.
2012: Group show curated by Liza Grobler and Marna Hattingh, AVA Cape Town. Group show at the KKNK curated by Corli de Kock. Group Show at the KKNK curated by Dr. Paul Beyluss from ABSA Art Gallery.
2014: What Lies Beneath, Cavelli Gallery, Stellenbosch. I Take It All Back, Nirox Foundation, Johannesburg. Blood Sweat & Tears, ABSA Johannesburg.
