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Artist Information:
Karin Margeret Mary Lijnes
Sun Valley, Ca
South Africa
Member Since: Apr 2004
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Artist Statement:
In her work Karin
appropriates and explores a
wide variety of materials,
images and aesthetic ideas
from consumer culture and
traditional forms of art.
One of these being the idea of
text as image and image as
text.

These are manifest in works on
paper, sewn works and lately
Karin investigates `containers
of meaning' .

she lives and works in
Noordhoek with Jon. she has
two sons, Beau and Liam, four
cats, a parrot and a tortoise.

...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
Axis gallery,
artvark Contemporary Gallery,
Kalk Bay....

Further Information
Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
Collections:
PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
Sasol Art Collection, South
Africa (1992)
Mary Slack Art Colelction
(1992), South Africa
Unisa Art Collection (1998),
South Africa
Unisa Art Collection (2000),
South Africa
Mpumalanga Government
Riverside Collection, South
Africa
First Rand Bank, Gauteng
(2006) Two works.

My work is in many private
collections, in South ...

Further Information
Commissions:
Coming Soon!

Exhibitions for Karin Margeret Mary Lijnes:



SOLO EXHIBITIONS
May 2000 not a universe. Solo Show, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
August 1998 Reweaving Traditions. MFA Graduate Exhibition.,Oak Square gallery, UNISA, Pretoria
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
June 2006. Innovative Threads. Nova Constantia, cape Town.
October-November 2004
Brett Kebble Awards. Cape Town Convention Centre.
1 september - 7 october 2004,
History of Conflict, Future of Hope. Frazier Museum Kentucky, USA
2 july - 23 July 2004, Gravados and Fotografias, Barcelona, Galeriazero.
10 september - 12 october 2002, I.D. ology. Axis Gallery. New York.
30 April 2001 - 15 February, 2002.
Innovative Threads. Curated by Margie Garret. Travelling Exhibition. Nova Constantia, Arts Association, Bellville, Durban Art Gallery, Vincennes, Paris, France
7 September, 2001
ydetag.Curated by Andrew Putter. South African National Gallery.
29 September - 15 October 2001
Manuscript 3.Curated by Anna Varney. art on paper, Melville and Boekehuis, Auckland Park, Johannesburg
29 June – July, 2001
Manuscript Exhibition 3. Part of Word Stock. Grahamstown Festival.
14 November 2000 – 7 January 2001
Weft & Warp. Curated by Justine Lipson. Civic gallery, Johannesburg
31 October – 17 November 2000
Cross-cut Criss-cross. Duo Exhibition with Gwen Miller. Millenium Gallery, Pretoria.
28 September – 31 October 2000
Trauma and Violence. Curated by Frieda Hattingh. Unisa Gallery Main Campus. Pretoria.
9 September – December 2000
Manuscript Exhibition 2000. Curated by Anna Varney. Travelling Exhibition. Boekehuis, Auckland Park and Centre for the Book, Cape Town.
13 – 29 June 2000
Cloth Worker’s Coaltion Exhibition. Co-curated by Karin Lijnes. African Window, Pretoria.
20 November 1999– 30 June 2000
Manuscript Exhibition 1. Curated by Anna Varney. Carfax, Johannesburg.
24 September 1999 – 30 January 2000
Eco-shrine Exhibition. Curated by Di Graham, Hogsback.


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