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
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
- 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.
- 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 .