Marinda Swartz

Marinda Swartz is a contemporary fine artist based in South Africa. She specializes in creating art that transcends the boundaries of reality and explores the spiritual and natural world.
Her art celebrates the beauty of the world and its natural elements. Every piece is unique and created with careful attention to detail.
She believes in the power of art to tell stories, inspire, and create meaningful connections.
She creates art that is both imaginative and emotionally stirring. Her focus is on Pop-surrealism art and oil painting. She strives to capture the essence of beauty, life, and emotion in each of her pieces.
Her art expresses the eccentric, sometimes bizarre characters and stories that inhabit her imagination. These characters create a visual narrative.
Her style includes line drawing and graphic flat areas to explore the Japanese culture of manga, anime and printmaking. Majestic mountains, dramatic clouds, detailed fields of flowers and beautiful skies fill the picture plane. Other influences include graffiti, illustration, fantasy art and comic books bringing popular culture elements into the work. Surrealism, symbolism and pop art are also strong features in her work. Through vivid colours and detailed brushwork, sh...

ATKV Art Award 1993
KOSH Art Award Gold 1995
Department of Education, Science and Technology: Art Award 1996
Merit Scholarship UCT 1997
Vuleka Arts Award 2004: group exhibition
Vuleka Arts Award 2006: group exhibition finalist
Winner Lovell group Exhibition 2011
Solo Exhibition Avatar @ Lovell Gallery October 2011
The Blind Tiger Sessions Exhibition 2012: collaboration and group exhibition
For the Love of Art group exhibition 2012
Art Lovers 1932 group exhibition 2014
Gallery Noko Group exhibition: Breaking Surface 2015
Barnard gallery Nano - 1.2: group Exhibition Cape Town June 2018
Barnard gallery Nano - 1.3: group Exhibition Cape Town 2019
Home is where the art is: Zeitz MOCCA 2020
Home is where the art is: Zeitz MOCCA 2021
John Dalton Art prize top 50 2022
Nature Us Group salon at Gallery One11 2022
Brassworks Gallery first annual postcardshow 2023
Visceral pleasures at Metamorphosis Gallery Pert 2024
Brassworks Gallery Carnival Fabulon 2024