Janet Botes

Janet Botes

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About Janet

I am a proudly South African artist - born in 1984 and home-grown in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. I have always loved drawing and find personal peace and freedom in the creation process, especially when experimenting and combining different mediums.

After studying Graphic Design at the Vaal University of Technology and attaining my B Tech with Cum Laude, I worked and lived in Johannesburg and then Pretoria (or Tshwane), before settling in Cape Town, where I now work as artist in my studio in Woodstock or on site armed with my camera.

I have a deep love and affinity for nature and animals, which inspires and guides most of my creative work. Other influences, interests and inspiration for my work includes people, other artists, magazines, film, performance art, spirituality, culture, heritage, and subversive culture.. This results in a varied set of influences on my art and creative work - which ranges widely between digital illustration, mixed media painting, drawing, assemblage, sculpture and installation.

Combining my love for nature and a compassion for people and animals with personal creative expression, I especially love creating landscapes, working as land artist, and creating sculptures and installations from natural materials such as rocks, wood and sand.

Price Range

US$87-672

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Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions:

"Sex.Cake.Death.", curated by William Martin, at Wessel Snyman Creative, Cape Town, 1-2 May 2010. "Sangisa Sangisa" at VANSA Spin Space, Cape Town, 21 September - 2 October 2009. "MOLO LOMO" at Thupelo Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, 23 April - 6 May 2009. "Unified: Unpretty, Unclean, Underneath, Unnatural" at Eat Your Words Artspace, Vereeniging, 2 – 19 December 2008. "Dabbling in Digital Dichotomies" at Magpie Gallery, Irene, Pretoria, 6 - 23 September 2008. "Between the lines" at the Gallery at Duncan Yard, Hatfield, Pretoria, 11 - 28 October 2008.

Education

B Tech: Graphic Design from the Vaal University of Technology

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