Education
BA Fine Art (2022), Michaelis, University of Cape Town.
BA Anthropology (2021), University of Cape Town.
National Senior Certificate (2017), Westerford High Putter School (2017)
Peter Clarke Art centre: Photography (2014-2016)
Exhibitions
2023: Beyond the Canvas: Corporeality, Materiality and Texture group show, Marvol Gallery, Stellenbosch
2023: Back in Town group show, SMAC gallery, Cape Town
2023: The 2020s: New Forms of Abstraction, Part 2 group show, Berman Contemporary, Johannesburg
2023: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Church Projects
2023: The 2020s: New Forms of Abstraction, Part 1 group show, Berman Contemporary, Johannesburg
2023: Loud and Clear group show, SMAC gallery, Cape Town
2023: ANTI-BOOTH, Church Projects, Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
2022: Matter Out Of Place, Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT, Cape Town
2022: Art Under The Bed, Cape Town
2022: Love is a Place, Ladder Cafe group exhibition, Cape Town
2022: Turbine Art Fair: PAPER, Johannesburg
2021: Pop Up Art Show, GalleryOne11, Cape Town
2021: ZAZA group show, Brutal Curation, Cape Town
2021: Home Is Where the Art Is, Zeitz Mocca, Cape Town
2020: Turbine Art Fair: PAPER, Johannesburg
2020: Drift, Connecting through Connectivity, Cape Town
2019: The Tree Project, self-published zine, Cape Town.
2018: Seasons Change, Conteu Magazine, Johannesburg.
2017: ViewPoint, Conteu Magazine, online
2017: Putter School exhibition, Cape Town
Experience
2023-2022: Participant in Spier Creative Block programme
2023-2022: VIP Collector Group assistant at Cape Town Investec Art Fair
2022: Assistant Painting teacher at Michaelis 1st year class
2022: Professional Development Workshop at Irma Stern Museum, hosted by Nobukho Nqaba.
2021: Artist Alliance programme, mentored under Storm Janse Van Rensberg. A two-month mentorship creative business programme for 12 selected young creatives, hosted by V&A Waterfront and Between10and5.
2021: Co-host of Connecting Through Creativity.
In 2018, Pia Truscott and Lily Waterkeyn founded Connecting through Creativity, an independent art collective that aims to connect young artists and exhibit their art. To date, we have hosted four successful exhibitions, hosted from Newlands, Queenside Studios, The Pop Up Place and online.
2019: Self-publisher of The Tree Project
The Tree Project was a self-motivated book dedicated to the love of trees. It was an open-submission that called for poems, artworks and stories celebrating trees. The collaborative book was self-published and launched at Bibliophilia in Woodstock.
Achievements
Deans Merit List (2019-2022, UCT)
Class medal for Art History (2021-2022, UCT)
Top 12 Selected Artists of the V&A Artist Alliance art
business mentorship programme, mentored by Storm
Janse Van Rensberg (2021)
