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Presentation

Born in 1990, in Windhoek, Namibia.

Now based in Cape Town, South Africa.



   Presentation


Her work examines the histories of colonialism and creolisation embedded in domestic material culture, calling into question how identity is encoded in the private domain. These objects have provided her with a language to investigate the creolised formations of identity that are linked to South Africa’s histories of colonialism, slavery, segregation and apartheid.



   Education

2023   PhD Candidate in Visual Arts  - Stellenbosch University - Stellenbosch,

            South Africa

2016   MA Visual Art (Art Eductation) (Cum Laude) - Stellenbosch University -

            Stellenbosch, South Africa

2013   BA Visual Art (Fine Art) (Cum Laude) - Stellenbosch University -

            Stellenbosch, South Africa



   Residencies

2025              Ceysson & Bénétière, La Chaulme, France 

2018              Komposjaart Residency, Stellenbosch, South Africa

                50ty50ty Print Collaboration, Cape Town, South Africa

2014 - 2015 Swains Yard, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa



   Awards


2023   Standard Bank Young Artist Award, Visual Arts Category

            Emerging Researcher Award, University of Cape Town

2022   The Triennial Young Artists Award, Fellbach, Germany

2020   Finalist, Megalo International Print Prize 2020, Kingston, Australia

2014    Swains Yard First Space Young Artist Studio Award

     Rector’s Award for Excellent Academic Achievement, Stellenbosch University

2013    Keith Dietrich Award

     Golden Key Society


Selected Artworks
Sewejaartjies
Sewejaartjies
2023
49.0 x 20.0 x 26.0 cm / 19.3 x 7.9 x 10.2 in
Karnaval
Karnaval
2023
48.0 x 35.0 x 26.0 cm / 18.9 x 13.8 x 10.2 in
Gehou en gedra
Gehou en gedra
2023
61.0 x 34.0 x 16.0 cm / 24.0 x 13.4 x 6.3 in
Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoorn
2023
51.0 x 18.0 x 11.0 cm / 20.1 x 7.1 x 4.3 in
Herdenking II
Herdenking II
2019
50.0 x 52.0 x 48.0 cm / 19.7 x 20.5 x 18.9 in
Ave Thandi
Ave Thandi
2019
80.0 x 40.0 x 80.0 cm / 31.5 x 15.8 x 31.5 in
Onttreking
Onttreking
2025
55.0 x 55.0 x 50.0 cm / 21.7 x 21.7 x 19.7 in
Spookagtig
Spookagtig
2025
56.0 x 45.0 x 45.0 cm / 22.0 x 17.7 x 17.7 in
Ruiker I
Ruiker I
2025
65.0 x 48.0 x 43.0 cm / 25.6 x 18.9 x 16.9 in
Ruiker II
Ruiker II
2025
61.0 x 42.0 x 34.0 cm / 24.0 x 16.5 x 13.4 in
Exhibitions In Our Galleries
All Exhibitions


Solo Exhibitions 


2025

Ontorwel, Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, France


2024

Wegwysers deur die blinkuur, Stephané E Conradie – Standard Bank Young Artist – Visual Arts Award exhibition, Makhanda, Gqeberha Johannesburg, South Africa


2022

Souvenir, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, South Africa


2019

Domestic Lives, Nomadic Belongings, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa


2017

Ordentilikheid : a creolised object, Pop-up exhibition, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa



Group Exhibitions 


2025 

We, the People: 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa, curated group exhibition Liese van der Watt, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa


2024

Soil Edition, Hazendal Festival, participating artist,curated by Khanyisile Mbongwa, Stellenbosch, South Africa 

Vital Signs, curated by Fritha Langerman and Svea Josephy, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa


2023

FIND/FUSE, Curated by Maëlle Ebelle and Francesca Pessarelli, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York, USA

Overwhelmed, UJ Art Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa

Unmourned Bodies, curated by Jo Rogge, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa


2022

Slow Intimacies, curated by Stella Viljoen and Ernst van der Wal, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Material Echoes, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Home Strange Home at WITW x Krone - Krone x WHATIFTHEWORLD, Tulbagh, South Africa

The vibration of things, The 15th edition of the Triennial of Small Sculpture, Fellbach, Germany

(IM)MATERIALITY, Águeda Arts Center, Portugal

The Phoenix Runway, WHATIFTHEWORLD, curated by Reservoir, Cape Town, South Africa


2021 

Falling awake, The Fourth, curated by Reservoir, Cape Town, South Africa

40 under 40, Krone x WHATIFTHEWORLD, Tulbagh, South Africa

Circle: AVA 50 Collectors, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa

Between strangers, Nuweland, Oosterzeee-Buren, The Netherlands 

Black Luminosity, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa


2020

SHAPING THINGS: An exploration of clay and ceramics in contemporary South African art practice, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Materiality, Iziko National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Megalo International Print Prize 2020, Kingston, Australia


2019

Sans, Open24hours Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Unresolved Category, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa

Forward? Forward! Forward…, Stellenbosch University Museum, 

Stellenbosch, South Africa


2018

Kwaai, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa

Transmissions, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape to Tehran, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa


2017

A continent beyond, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa

Redemptive Beauty, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa

SS17, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa


2016

30 x 30 under 30, Group Exhibition, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa

Mexico Exchange Exhibition, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa

Sasol New Signature Finalist Exhibition, Pretoria, South Africa


2015 

Steller, Group Exhibition, Salon91, Cape Town , South Africa

Narratives Group Exhibition, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa

Barcleys L’atelier Regional Exhibition, Rust en Vrede Art Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa

Barcleys L’atelier National Exhibition, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa


2014

Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Greatest Hits, Cape Town, South Africa

Divergence, The Keith Dietrich Award Exhibition, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Music and Lyrics Group Exhibition, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa

Familiar Group Exhibition (co-curated), Swains Yard Studios, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

Golden Haze Group Exhibition, Salon91, Cape Town, South Africa


2013

ABSA L’atelier Regional Exhibition, ArtB Gallery, Bellville Cape Town, South Africa

Pentimenti and more Group Exhibition, ArtB Gallery, Bellville Cape Town, South Africa

ASBA L’atelier National Exhibition, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sasol New Signature Finalist Exhibition, Pretoria, South Africa

Pre/Pri Stellenbosch and Wits University Collaborative Print Exhibition and Portfolio box, South Africa

Bibliography

Publications


2021

Tise, E. Conradie, S.E. Seyffert-Wirth, M. 2021. Preserving knowledge: The Stellenbosch University Library visual redress journey

In Fataar, A and Costandius, E. (Ed). 2021. Evoking Transformation: Visual Redress at Stellenbosch University. SunMedia. Stellenbosch


2018

Stephané E. Conradie. 2018. Coloured Cabinets: A Reflection on Material Culture as a Marker of Coloured Identity in Cloetesville

South Africa, African Historical Review, 49:2, 1-21, DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2018.1423763


2017

The Storming: Insurrections III. SAHO. Sun Media, Stellenbosch. Illustrated, S. E. Conradie. Biscombe, M., Conradie, S. E., Costandius, E & Alexander, N. 2017. Investigating “othering” in Visual Arts spaces of learning.Education as change, 1-18 [Online].  


Media


2024

Kwanele Sosibo, City Press, One woman’s trash is another’s treasure, 25 August 2024, p. 12. Available: https://www.news24.com/citypress/trending/art-one-womans-trash-is-anothers-treasure-20240825

S’bo Gyre, Daily Maverick, Home is a portal through time and own experiences, 31 October 2024, p. 22. Available: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-10-31-wegwysers-deur-die-blinkuur-a-deep-dive-into-cultural-narratives-and-material-heritage/

David Mann, Artthrob, Sentimental Assemblages, 20 August 2024. Available:

https://artthrob.co.za/2024/08/20/sentimental-assemblages-stephanie-conradies-wegwysers-deur-die-blinkuur/

Ashraf Jamal, Artthrob, Consoling Pleasures, 8 April 2019. Available:

https://artthrob.co.za/2019/04/08/consoling-pleasures-stephane-e-conradies-domestic-lives-nomadic-belongings/