Woodborne is a printmaker and painter. She obtained her B.A.F.A from Michaelis School of Fine Art in 1988; an advanced Diploma in Printmaking awarded with Distinction in 1989, and was awarded her Master of Fine Arts Degree with Distinction from UCT in 1993. She currently runs her own printmaking studio, Intagliostudio teaching classes, workshops and curating exhibitions and projects
Woodborne
completed residencies at the Grafische Werkstatt im Traklhaus, (Austria) as
well as taking part in collaborative printmaking portfolios with artist/curator
Jan Jordaan, working on the Break the Silence HIV Campaign,
Art for Humanity, Woman Artists supporting Children's' Rights
Campaign; Playing
Card Portfolio curated by Veerle Rooms, Playing Card Museum,
Belgium and Body Politic portfolio
in collaboration with Prof. Teresa Cole, Tulane University, USA. Woodborne was
selected as the ABSA Klein Karroo Kunsfees Festival Artist in 2007 and produced
a body of paintings entitled The Garden of Eden. She curated and published a portfolio of 16
etchings, The Exquisite Corpse, selected for the Klein Karoo
Kunsfees 2009. She has participated in many International Print Biennales and
her work is represented in International Public Collections and Museums. She
was invited to present an exhibition titled "Alternative Histories" at the Salzburg Summer Festival in the
She
was a guest curator for the Woordfees 2018 and 2019 and presented a print
portfolio of 14 artists under the theme "Endless Horizon" for the Festival in 2018, and "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow"
for the 2019 Festival. Woodborne was selected for the IPCNY's curated Summer
2020 exhibition "Give me Space" and was one of the 10 shortlisted
artists for Art on Paper Contest 2021,
Artist's Statement for Printmaking Works
“My work is inspired
by symbolism, mythologies and literature combined with an interest in the natural
sciences. Hayden Proud (Curator at