ERNA BODENSTEIN
Paper colle and etching
Titled: I- IV, dated 1982
4 panels each measure 7.5 cm x 7 cm
Framed dimensions: 51 cm x 52.5 cm
Erna Bodenstein was born in 1958, in Pretoria. She completed her BA(FA) degree in 1980 at The University of Pretoria, and completed her MA(FA) degree (with distinction) in 1998 at The University of Pretoria.
She lectured in printmaking at The Department of Fine-Arts, UP, from 1981 to 1991 after which she lived, and produced art, in Barcelona, Spain, over a period of several years. Moving between Barcelona and South-Africa, she continued teaching as a guest lecturer at the Department of Visual Art, University of Pretoria, focusing on Conceptual/installation art. She has also lectured in art at various other art Institutions in Pretoria over the years while working as a fulltime artist.
She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, both locally and internationally since 1981.
She has produced eight solo exhibitions in South-Africa and four in Barcelona, Spain.
The artists work have been taken up in a number of public collections, namely; The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), University of Pretoria, University of South-Africa, The Pretoria Art Museum, and ABSA Bank, Johannesburg.
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)