Michaella Janse Van Vuuren

I am a designer and artist with a PhD in Electrical Engineering. These diverse interests enable me to create sculptures that are technically complex and artistically competent. 3D printing brings to life my visions and mechanisms that are impossible to sculpt by hand. I love the challenge of creating something that is imagined and then designed on computer and seeing if my idea printed out as envisioned. The first time I hold the design in my hand is when the finished product comes out of the 3D printer.
I have been involved in 3D printing since 2006 with a Post doctorate in Custom Medical Implant design at the CUT. Since then my Chrysanthemum centrepiece was voted the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at Design Indaba 2009. In 2012 I won the VISI emerging designer of the year and in 2014 named one of the City Press 100 world class South Africans. My 3D Printed Garden of Eden fashion collection debuted on the 3D Printshow catwalk in New York in 2014 and The Horse Marionette, a fine art piece, was on exhibition for two years in the London Science museum, and is now part of the Museum’s permanent collection. I founded the Agents of the 3D revolution in 2013; through exhibitions and seminars the public is given access and educat...

Pretoria Art Music Ballet and Drama High School.
BSc in Electrical Engineering. The University of Cape Town.
PhD in Electrical Engineering, The University of Cape Town.
Post Doctoral Fellow. Medical Implant design using 3D Printing 2007,The Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein.

2015
The Horse Marionette becomes part of the London Science museum permanent collection
3D Printshow exhibitions in London, Berlin, Madrid, Califoria.
2014
October: Sculptures exhibited in the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.
October: Fashion pieces, 3D Printshow Paris
September: Named one of the City Press 100 world class South Africans.
September: Fashion pieces, 3D Printshow London
August: Speaker TEDxJohannesburg
February: GUILD Organiser, fundraiser, co-curator Agents of the 3D revolution, Cape Town World Design Capital 2014.
February: 3D Printshow catwalk New York, Fashion Pieces and sculptural works.
February: Speaker 3D Printshow New York.

2013
November Featured in the gallery of the 3D Printshow Paris
November Featured in the gallery of the 3D Printshow London
November: Speaker at the 3D Printshow in London
October: Southern Guild 2013 Collection MOAD
October 2013-September 2014 Exhibition at the London Science Museum
July: Organiser, fundraiser, co-curator Agents of the 3D Revolution. 6-22 July, Johannesburg.
June: ART DESIGN & 3D PRINTING Exhibition, Slovakia
June: Design Miami/Basel Fair Switzerland
May: Collective.1 design Fair NY.
March: Design Days Dubai 17-21 March 2013.
January...