Gigantically Surreal Collage

Adri Reyneke (born 1972) is a multidisciplinary artist based in South Africa. Her expressionistic contemporary work includes a wide variety of media, including painting, collage, found objects, textiles, works on paper, photography, mixed media pieces and installations. Interested in the human condition, her emotional work conveys personal storytelling of fragmented memories and perceptions to her connected environment of diverse cultural experiences, food, literature, patterns, systems, popular culture, and personal trauma. Adri Reyneke has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including the prestigious Sasol New Signatures Exhibition (Pretoria), Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards (Johannesburg), Lizamore & Associates Online Exhibition, Jan Celliers Exhibitions (Johannesburg), and EnvironServ Waste Art Exhibition (Johannesburg). Adri has a passion for life itself with diverse interests in science, art, and cooking. As a trained computer scientist and statistician, she holds an M.Sc in Image Processing (1998, South Africa). During 2006 to 2009 she furthered her art making passion and studied conceptual art through the principles of painting, drawing and sculpture under the tutelage of Celia de Villiers, Wendy Ross, and Gwenneth Miller at University of South Africa. Her interest in art history led to a Diploma in Art History from The Art Institute (2017, London England). She holds a Diploma in Cooking and Culinary Arts, (2019, City and Guilds, London England) and when she is not making art, she works as a private chef specializing in conceptual dinners. She has work in private collections in Europe and South Africa.