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CORNE THERON
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Cornè Theron was born in Worcester us, in terms of our individuality
in the Western Cape in 1974. She and the way we relate to each other,
matriculated in Bloemfontein Theron describes herself as a motivate my work.”
and went on to study law at the contemporary neo-optical artist.
University of the Orange Free State, In her abstract figures, she often Cornè Theron is an established artist
graduating in 1997 with an LLB, portrays images of women who find who has gained lots of positive
after which she married and moved themselves underwater. “I examine comments and her art is respected
to Swellendam. She lived on a wine our reactions to environments that and liked by collectors, buyer and art
farm in the Breedekloof where she are foreign to our natural abilities colleagues. In 2020 Theron hosted
had her studio. In 2019 the the artist and control,” explains Cornè. “I her first international solo exhibition
moved together with her family experiment with different types of titled AMA and within one week the
to France to gain international glass as filters to create my images. I body of works was sold out.
experience and to grow her art career enjoy exploring the fact that our eyes
on a far bigger international level. are not developed to see underwater,
so the images are blurred. I use water
After school Theron practised as as a metaphor for our subconscious
a conveyancer for two years but and I am very attracted by exploring
resigned to explore other areas of the ‘Blue Space’.
self-expression. She started taking art
classes and subsequently participated A neuropsychiatrist friend of mine
in two group exhibitions and hosted calls the subconscious our stored
several private exhibitions. She was memory. Most of our reactions
chosen as one of 10 artists for the stem from our ‘programming’. I
Fresh Talent exhibition held by the am fascinated by the way we mostly
Crouse Art Gallery. react towards each other without
first logically thinking about it and
reasoning about it. The sources of
our influence and the way it impacts
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