Sharon Kuisis

I love photography almost as much as my painting so I combine the two, deciding on a subject for
the next body of work, then planning a trip to go and get the photographs I need. Usually this means
travelling around South Africa on an adventure motorcycle or my really old Nissan Xtrail looking
for new places and roads less travelled to explore. I am quite particular about my subject matter,
always looking to create a certain atmosphere in my paintings, and this is inevitably created using
early morning or evening light, but sometimes I happen to find it in the middle of the day, so will
usually spend the whole day exploring!
I am fascinated by the diversity of oil paint and what one can do with it, so I choose the subject
matter which allows me to explore my medium in a certain way. Previously I worked in a very
traditional realistic way, painting each and every part as I saw it, spending many many hours on a
painting. Then I started playing around with a palette knife which taught me a lot more about paint
and which I now thoroughly enjoy, so now I often combine the two, working in layers which allows
me to explore the more abstract aspects of painting and yet still create something that looks realistic
from afar.
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I studied art at school, and mostly self taught worked in pastels and pencil for over 25 years. I then studied oil painting with
Elbie de Muillon from 2005-2007. I have done various art courses throughout the years at
Open window School of Visual Communication, Traditional illustration with Daniel Du Plessis,
Watercolours with Trevor Lloyd Evans, and Advanced oil painting under Danie de Wet. I have studied
painting and other aspects of art at Studio Collectives Art Studio. Every year I look for art courses or workshops with different artists in order to explore and improve on my skills.

exhibited for many years as a young woman in her early 20's at the Arts in the Park Magnolia Dell
in Pretoria, and then at Artists under the Sun at Zoo Lake in Johannesburg where I received many
of my commissions. I have had exhibitions at private homes, local galleries.
2004 – Private exhibition of Pen & Ink drawings at Private Home
2010 – Group exhibition with Lee Gioia at Private Home
2012 Group exhibition with Wakaba Muteki, Given Leshaba, Quentin Oosthuizen and Heinz
Thomas Weitz at the Ga Rouge Restaurant.
2014 Group exhibition – International Art Fair in Rotterdam– Studio Ekaterina
2014 Group Exhibition – Treasure for the Future - Studio Ekaterina
2014 Solo Exhibition at the Grahamstown Festival
2015 Sounds of South Africa Group Exhibition – Heeswijk Castle Germany - Studio Ekaterina
2015 Solo Exhibition at Innibos Festival
2018 – Exhibited paintings at Tina Skukan Gallery
My work has been sold to both local and international collectors including Carlos Alberto Parreira,
the Bafana Bafana coach during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.