Karin Preller
Karin Preller lives and works in Johannesburg. After a brief career in law, she completed a BA(FA) (cum laude) at Unisa, an MA(FA) (cum laude) at Wits and her PhD in Art and Design at UJ in June this year. Preller’s paintings are characterised by their reflection of the haunting and strange at the heart of the banal, in still lives and snapshots.
Solo exhibitions include Family Album at ABSA gallery (2001); Snapshots at Gordart Gallery (2007); Aperture at Fried Contemporary (2008); Stills at Artspace (2009); City and Suburban at the Standard Bank Gallery (2010); Just above the mantelpiece at Artspace (2013); Stilled lives at Lizamore and Associates (2015); Almost no memory at Lizamore and Associates (2020); and Beyond memory at the 2022 KKNK. She was the recipient of the 2022 KKNK Kanna award and was nominated for a KykNET Fiësta in 2023. Her works are included in the collections of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, UNISA, ABSA, SASOL, The Public Protector, The Pretoria Art Museum and Oliewenhuis Art Museum.
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