Ydi Coetsee

Bio

Ydi is a South African artist with painting as main discipline. She completed a MA in Fine Arts at Stellenbosch University with an exchange component in Kampala, East Africa. Her current practice is focused on figurative painting, using traditional oil painting genres like still life, interior, portrait and landscape. Ydi had her first solo exhibition Bly/Stay at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in 2018 and her second at Glen Carlou in 2022. She was a Sasol New Signatures finalist in 2015 and a Top 40 finalist in the Sanlam Portrait Awards in 2017. Growing up in the segregated Reformed Church where her father was a minister continues to influence her art.

Interests: Painting, art history, theology, Africa

MA Fine Art (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Solo Exhibitions
2022 'The Road was Full of Branches', The Gallery at Glen Carlou, Stellenbosch
2018 'Bly/Stay', Rust-en-vrede-gallery, Durbanville
2015 'Romantic Landscapes', MA exhibition, US Gallery, Stellenbosch

Art Fairs/Festivals
2023 Turbine Art Fair, Paper exhibition
2017 & 2019 Woordfees, "Ek sien jou ek is hier", Die Kruisiging
2019 Suidoosterfees, 'Vers & Vlam'
2018 & 2019 Grahamstown National Arts festival (Fringe programme)

Competitions
2023 Sanlam Portrait Awards, top 40
2017 Sanlam Portrait Awards, top 40
2017 Vuleka competition Top 20
2015 Sasol New Signatures Top 100