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ANDROETTA BEKKER
Androetta Bekker was born 1982 in to create art that captures the deep
a small town in the Free State, where nuances and intricacies of people’s
she grew up immersed in a rich inner thoughts and feelings. Her
blend of South African cultures. portraits investigate how we seldom
experience only one emotion at a
From an early age, her mother, time - how sadness can be tinged
herself being an artist, introduced with joyful nostalgia, for example, or
Androetta to the power of art as pride darkened by fear and anger.
a means of expression, but it was
only later in life, when her successful Androetta’s debut exhibition took
career in the sciences was disrupted place in December 2020. She has
by a traumatic accident, that since received two major accolades
Androetta rediscovered her passion (a Top 40 place in the nationwide
for art. This dramatic personal shift Sanlam Portrait award for 2021,
inspired her belief that change and a silver award for Camelback
should be embraced, as it often Gallery’s international black and
acts as a catalyst for the greatest white art competition in 2021)
discoveries and growth. and participated in group gallery
exhibitions at Artisart, Cahoots and
Currently based in Cape Town, Rust en Vrede, as well as the ‘Home
Androetta draws inspiration from is where the art is’ exhibition at the
the rich diversity of cultures in South Zeitz MOCAA.
Africa. Her bold and colourful works
are characterised through illustration Various invitations to group
and striking surface patterns. Her exhibitions and commissions have
true obsession, however, is with the followed these accolades. Androetta
depth and complexity of universal Bekker is a strong, deep and
human emotions, and she strives passionate artist to watch.
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