Visual Artist, Sculptor, Kiln-Glass Specialist
I am a visual artist from South Africa, residing in Belgium since 2021. With a background in Fine Arts and a specialisation in sculpture and kiln-formed glass, my practice revolves around material-based experimentation. Internationally, I hold two master's degrees in Fine Arts with distinction, from the Tshwane University of technology in South Africa, and from PXL-MAD in Belgium. During my bachelor's and master's degrees, I gained teaching experience as a technical assistant and part-time lecturer in the Glass department at Tshwane University of Technology and in 2024, I was engaged as a substitute lecturer at PXL-MAD, offering student support within the glass studio.
Material & Landscape
The tension between material requirements for artistic creation and environmental responsibility raises significant ethical questions. The exploration of a kiln-formed glass practice within this context offers the potential to examine and reimagine human-material relationships within the current geological era. The parallels between kiln-formed glass and geological processes, particularly the transformation of silica-based substances through heat, time, gravity, and viscosity, resulting in formations, offer physical, metaphorical and poetic insights into processes of transformation that shape the Earth.
