Andrea Desmond-Smith

Born in Wales.
Educated in Britain and South Africa.
Special Award : Rembrandt Bursary Competition 1960.
1963 : Graduated from Michaelis School of Art, Cape Town.
1965 – 1974 Worked as a Graphic Artist.
1974 -1981 Worked on Mosaic and Sculpture commissions.
1981 – 1992 Taught art to adults from her home studio in Durbanville.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Sasol

Port Elizabeth Art Gallery.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY

“Desmond-Smith's work is strangely moving and disturbing”

“Clearly defined borders break down. The paintings are apparent extensions of a self-created world”

“The artist's alter ego picks up memory fragments as she glides through centuries of time. The scenes are bathed in a strange light which ripples and casts shadows. Her forays into the territory of the sub-conscious make contact with the deeper world of the collective unconscious”

Graduated from Michaelis School of Art, Cape Town 1963.
Studied at Michael Pettit Art School 1982 -1983

SOLO SHOWS

1985 South African Association of Arts Cape Town

1989 South African Association of Arts Cape Town

1994 Everard Read Contemporary, Johannesburg

2003 ArtB Bellville

2013 The Blue Lion Gallery, Franschhoek