Angela de Jesus explained

Angela de Jesus
Birth Date:	1982
Birth Place:	Kroonstad
Nationality:	South African
Field:	Video art
Awards:	Sasol New Signatures (merit winner) Xposure Award (merit winner) Spier Contemporary 2010 Thamdigi Foundation Residency Prize

Angela de Jesus is a South African visual artist and curator living and working in Bloemfontein.

Background

de Jesus uses her Portuguese heritage and experience working in a takeaway shop to investigate intercultural exchange and visual perception. She uses hidden CCTV cameras as materials in her own video creations.^[1]

Career

Education

• MFA from the University of the Free State

Exhibitions

• Sasol New Signatures Competition at the Pretoria Art Museum^[1]
• Absa L’Atelier, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg^[1]
• Bellville Gallery, Cape Town^[1]
• Oliewenhuis Art Museum^[1]
• Spier Contemporary 2010 - winner of Thamdigi Foundation Prize in Arnhem, Netherlands^[2]

Notable works

Control Room

Video installation, size variable^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spier Contemporary » Artists Detail » Angela De Jesus. www.spiercontemporary.co.za. en. 2018-01-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20190729140850/http://www.spiercontemporary.co.za/artists-detail/angela-de-jesus. 2019-07-29. dead.
2. Web site: Spier Contemporary 2010 Exhibition – Open for Art | Cape Town Partnership . 2012-04-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110921214056/http://www.capetownpartnership.co.za/spier-contemporary-2010-exhibition-%E2%80%93-open-for-art/ . 2011-09-21 .