Thelma Van Rensburg

Thelma van Rensburg was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1969 and
obtained het Btech Fine Arts degree from tshwane University of
Technology in 2007. Since completing her degree she participated in four
Solo exhibitions and numerous gruop exhibitions both nationally and
internationally. Since starting her art career she has consistently focused
on the female form and feminist investigations on the feminine as Other.

Thelma van Rensburg is currently exploring the concomitant link between femininity and death as manifested through the patriarchal male gaze. Her
work can be viewed at

Witbank Technical High School '87

University of Pretoria
Contemporary discourses

University of Pretoria '91
Anatomy
Human movement studies
English

1990 Ba. Human movement studies-University of Pretoria.
1992 Ba. Hons. Recreation – University of Pretoria.
2000 Ba. Hons Physcology- UNISA.
2007 Btech. Fine Arts- Thswane University of Technology.
Dissertation completed cum laude.
2013 4th Year Visual Arts, University of Pretoria.
Completed cum laude.
2015 Currently enrolled for a Master of Arts degree at the University of Pretoria.

List of Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:
December 2008-March 2009: ”Layers of Illusion.”
Exhibition of digital works and paintings: MAP (Modern Art Projects) Gallery in Graskop, Mpumulanga, South-Africa.
March 2009: “Masquerade”
Exhibition of digital works: Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Cape Town
September 2009: “Seductress in distress”.
Kunsthouse, Cape Town,
June 2011: “ Pinups”
Exhibition of paintings: Rust-en-Vrede gallery, Cape Town.
August 2014: ” Fragments of unbecoming”, Solo exhibition, Art Lovers gallery, Pretoria. Curator: Thelma van Rensburg.

Group exhibitions 2015:
January: The ABC of life, Art Lovers, Pretoria. Curator: Idiko Pohl.
March: Blind collaboration. Art Lovers, Pretoria.
April: Art Lovers competition exhibition, Finalist, Art Lovers, Pretoria
July: Loose Affairs-Opening exhibition of Transart’s 2015 Summer Residency
SOMOS PROJECT SPACE, Berlin.
August: And/Or, Masters exchange exhibition, St Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town
Map of the new art: Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton collection. Venezia.
September: Thami Mnjele Fine Art Awards exhibition, Kempton Park. South Africa.
State of the art Gallery, Cape Town.

Group Exhibitions 2014:
Feb: Jan Cilliers group exhibition in collaboration wi...