Janet Botes bio.

Janet Botes (1984- ) is a visual artist from South Africa, inspired by ecology, biodiversity and natural cycles – the growth/decay balance, lunar cycles, seasonal changes, and our own place as species within the landscape. Her work tends to be process based and intuitive, and is intended as an expression and celebration of the earth's rhythms, captured within a moment. www.janetbotes.co.za

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES

 

2018 | VERGE - art exhibition & programme of educational events, workshops and guided walks in support of endangered & vulnerable species, Old Gaol museum, Knysna, South Africa.
2018 | Human-Nature performances as the Knysna Arts Festival, Western Cape, South Africa.
2016 | Pond performance as part of Stories of Rain (GNAP SA 2017), Wildekrans Country House, Houw Hoek, Western Cape, South Africa.

2016 | ORGANISM (solo exhibition), StateoftheART GAllery, Cape Town, South Africa

2015 | Dirt is good, soil installation at THAT ART FAIR, Salt River, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

2015 | It’s in my Nature… Exhibition by Janet Botes & Jaco Coetzee. Liebrecht Gallery, Somerset West

2015 | Remembrance of Nature: 30 Nature Artists in the World, Geumgang Nature Art Center, Gongju, South Korea

2014 | WILD & STILL: expressions of the landscape (solo exhibition), StateoftheART Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2014 | The industrial Karoo: FEAR & LOSS, curated by Katie Barnard du Toit. Oliewenhuis Art Museum, “The Reservoir”, Bloemfontein.

2012 | SAND(SPOOR], interactive installation and performance, Arts Lounge, National Arts Festival, Western Cape, South Africa

2012 | (eco)nversations GREEN ART 2012, Green Expo, Cape Town Internation Convention Centre (CTICC)

 

 

RESIDENCIES

2019 | Tankwa Artscape, South Africa
2016 | OPENLab2016, as part of the Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD), an initiative of the Vrystaat Arts Festival and University of the Free State. Included a weeklong residency at MAP (Modern Art Projects) in Richmond, South Africa.

2015 | Global Nomadic Art Project Korea II. Presented by Yatoo-i, South Korea

2015 | Thupelo workshop, Ruth Prowse School of Art, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

2011 | Site_Specific International Land Art Biennale, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

2011 | Koekenaap regional artists workshop. Presented by Wesland Art Society and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Koekenaap, Matzikama District, South Africa