Maritza Breitenbach
Stellenbosch, Western Cape
I am playful and my interests are diverse. Let's play, explore & celebrate the nuanced tension, contrast, balance and beauty in this world around us.
MessageMy academic background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Science (Cum Laude) , a Teachers Diploma, a Certificate in Small Business Management (Cum Laude), and a Masters Degree (MPhil) in Applied Bio-Medical Ethics (Cum Laude).
I have practiced art for the last 25 years, and have successfully pursued as an art career for the last few years. My works are seen in a number of galleries in South Africa and I have clients worldwide. Here a few exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions:
· Pro Arte Art School Annual Exhibition, Potchefstroom Museum
· SCULPTX 2022
· Aardklop Arts Festival Potchefstroom
· Art Exhibition at the Potchefstroom Community Hall; Western Cape Art Society Annual Exhibition, Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, 2019.
· Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
· ABSA, PAUL ROOS & IS ART, Stellenbosch 2022
Art Auctions:
Cape Winelands Wine & Fine Art Auction held at Dornier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch.
Woordfees ART FESTIVAL, De Zalze, Stellenbosch, 2022
PAUL ROOS @ STRAUSS & CO. 2022
STRAUSS & CO & PAUL ROOS: Rugby Interschools 2022
Solo Exhibitions:
· Open Studio, Cite des Arts, Paris, 2017;
· Brampton Bull Pens Art Studio & Gallery Opening, Stellenbosch, March, 2020.
· Jan Blohm & Maritza Breitenbach, Strand, Western Cape
· Open Gardens, Stellenbosch.
· Woordfees Art Exhibition & Open Studio, 2021
Statement
I am acutely aware of the dynamic balance, contrast, play, tension and beauty that exist in the relationship between nature and man. I am also aware of the same tension, contrast, play and delicate balance and beauty present between individuals, as well as in the internal landscape of an individual. In my work, I aim to represent the emotional qualities of these delicately nuanced interactions.
My work centers around the human experience: With a background in philosophy, I am sensitive to duality of being human - the emotive dance between being vulnerable and confined to this time, space and reality, yet at the same time, the ability to be a timeless, deliberate, expansive and strong.
I think what makes my work unique is the combination of the thinking (i.e. stylised) and the feeling (i.e. raw) experience of being human, with the focus on interaction between man and nature, man and man, and the internal dialogue of an individual's private, internal topography.
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