Karin Lijnes | CV

Karen Lijnes

b. 1955, Cape Town, South Africa

ACADEMIC
1994-98 Master of Art in Fine Art (MFA). University of South Africa
1985-89 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (BAFA). University of South Africa

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000. not a uni verse Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
1998. Reweaving Traditions MFA Graduate Exhibition., Oak Square gallery, UNISA, Pretoria

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001. Innovative Threads Curated by Margie Garret. Travelling Exhibition. Nova Constantia, Arts Association, Bellville, Durban Art Gallery, Vincennes, Paris, France
2001. ydetag Curated by Andrew Putter. South African National Gallery
2001. Manuscript 3 Curated by Anna Varney. art on paper, Melville and Boekehuis, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 
2001. Manuscript Exhibition 3 Part of Word Stock. Grahamstown Festival
2000. Weft & Warp Curated by Justine Lipson. Civic gallery, Johannesburg
2000. Cross-cut Criss-cross Duo Exhibition with Gwen Miller. Millenium Gallery, Pretoria
2000. Trauma and Violence Curated by Frieda Hattingh. Unisa Gallery Main Campus. Pretoria
2000. Manuscript Exhibition 2000 Curated by Anna Varney. Travelling Exhibition. Boekehuis, Auckland Park and Centre for the Book, Cape Town
2000. Cloth WorkerĂ•s Coaltion Exhibition Co-curated by Karin Lijnes. African Window, Pretoria
1999. Manuscript Exhibition 1 Curated by Anna Varney. Carfax, Johannesburg
1999. Eco-shrine Exhibition Curated by Di Graham, Hogsback
1999. Postcards from South Africa Axis Gallery, New York, USA
1999. Leonardo Posted Arts Association Pretoria and Absa Bank, Johannesburg
1998. Objekt Buch Ludwig-Uhland- Institut fur Empirische Kulturwissenschaft an der Universtat Tubingen
1998. Women’s Voice Curated by David Koloane for Daimler-Chryslar. Travelling Exhibition: Mercedes Benz Museum, Stuttgart; Volkerkundemuseum, Hamburg; Gallerie Seipple, Koln; and General Consulates, Munchen
1997. Tembisa Art Exhibition
1996. New Signatures Pretoria art Museum
1995. New Signatures Pretoria art Museum
1995. Artists from greater Pretoria Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria
1993. Momentum Exhibition Pretoria Art Museum
1993. Painters and Sculptors. 1963-1993 Pretoria Art Museum
1993. Artists from greater Pretoria Unisa Art Gallery
1992. Duo show with Joseph Modise, Market Galleries, Newtown, Johannesburg
1992. New Signatures Arts Association, Pretoria

COLLECTIONS
Sasol Art Collection, South Africa (1992)
Mary Slack Art Colelction (1992)
Unisa Art Collection (1998)
Unisa Art Collection (2000)
Mpumalanga Government Riverside Collection

ARTIST’S PUBLISHED ARTICLE
April 1999. Dynamic Shifts: the art of the Winterveldt women, De arte, no 59

SELECTED REFERENCES
2000. R. Becker and R Keene (eds). Art Routes. A guide to South African Art Collections, Witwatersrand University Press
T. Rivalland, B Pernstone-Pender & C. Collard (eds). The Collectors Guide to art and artists in South Africa, The South African Institute of artists and designers
Catalogue for Womens’ Voice, by David Koloane
Catalogue for Manuscript Exhibitions 1, 2000 & 3
The Pretoria News, Giving form to a feminine world by A de preez. 9 september 1997
Die Stern Heft. Nr 26. Rosige Zukunft fur bunte Bilder, 18 June 1998
The Cape Times. Focus on Women by Benita Munitz. 23 May 2000
The Cape Argus: Smoker’s Bible- is it puff or poetry? 8 september 2001