A new series experimenting with seawater and acrylic as a medium, exploring personal myth and self-reflection, in the modes of surrealism, magical realism and expressionism, in an ever-present ode to the interplay between my two muses: colour and light. Making Space (2022) acrylic on canvas Venus and the birth
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Written at the close of a year of pandemic, lockdowns, alcohol bans, Zoom parties, hand sanitizer, lounge yoga, a little too much Trevor Noah and John Oliver, and far too much isolation! In a time of the global decline of identity-forming structures – geographical boundaries, culture, tradition, religion
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Sarah Jayne Fell, Lerato Sengadi & Carin Bester, chaired by Carissa Cupido. ACTIVISM & SOCIAL CHANGE: HOW ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY FOSTERING CHANGE? Webinar panel discussion for 10and5.com, 10 August 2020 - Creative Women Month series, presented by Carissa Cupido featuring guest speakers, Sarah Jayne Fell,
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“For most of history Anonymous was a woman.” – Virginia Woolf When I started ANON. as a pop-up gallery in January 2019, I was inspired by this Virginia Woolf quote. I’d never thought of myself as a feminist, and yet this powerful line had sat with me for almost
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(exhibition release) ANON.Pop Up Art Show presents RISE A curated exhibition of artists, photographers, activists & poets “Still, like air, I rise…” – Maya Angelou LAUNCHPop Up Exhibition24 – 28 October 2019Salt Circle Arcade NEW SHOW: EXHIBITION & SPECIAL EVENT16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence25 November to 10 December 201944 on Long “I raise
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(exhibition release) 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town21 to 25 February 2019 “For most of history, Anonymous was a woman” – Virginia Woolf Introducing ANON. ANON. is a new contemporary gallery concept launching at this debut show in February 2019. Conceived, curated and produced by Sarah Jayne Fell, ANON. is a democratic space
Continue ReadingAt AGI Open in 2013, I interviewed the great Stefan Sagmeister, graphic designer and filmmaker. Stefan Sagmeister is an Austrian graphic designer living and working in New York City. At AGI Open 2013, he spoke about doing both experimental and client-based work, and the effect it has had
Continue ReadingIn 2013 I went to London to attend the AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) Open Conference held at the Barbican Theatre, and got to interview a world great: graphic designer, typographer and artist Paula Scher. She's also a partner at Pentagram Design in New York. From the signage for
Continue ReadingIn 2013 I went to London to attend the AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) Open Conference held at the Barbican Theatre, and got to interview one of the world's greatest living graphic designers and design teachers, Michael Bierut. He's also a partner at Pentagram Design in New York. From
Continue ReadingMargaret Calvert is a graphic designer famously known for her design of road signs and typefaces, including the font Calvert. I interviewed her in London in 2013 at the AGI Open conference. Margaret Calvert is a graphic designer famously known for her design of road signs and typefaces,
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