Heidi Fourie

Heidi Fourie, a painter based in Pretoria, examines the interplay between figurative representation and the intrinsic qualities of paint. Her work features everyday scenes of figures and familiar objects, allowing her to refine her balance between restraint and excess, as well as gestural and polished mark-making. Heidi completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts, specializing in painting, at the University of Pretoria in 2012, where she received the Bettie Cilliers Barnard Bursary for Fine Arts.

Her first solo exhibition, Islands, was held in 2015 at Lizamore & Associates Gallery in Johannesburg, under the mentorship of Frikkie Eksteen. Since then, Heidi has showcased two other significant solo exhibitions in Cape Town and Pretoria and has participated in numerous group exhibitions across South Africa. Her upcoming solo exhibition is set to open at David Krut Projects in 2020.