Vanessa Berlein is a Cape Town-based fine artist who has been practicing full-time since 1987. A graduate of Natal Technikon where she majored in painting, her work is primarily concerned with human emotional response and our relationship to one another and the landscape.
While she has experimented with photography, printmaking, and sculpture, painting remains her core discipline. A pivotal moment in her career came after viewing an exhibition of Mark Rothko’s work in London in 1998. This inspired her to begin experimenting with abstraction, concentrating on the profound effects of colour and light. This shift also led her to incorporate non-traditional mediums such as beeswax, industrial varnishes, building materials, and metal leaf into her practice.
As an established artist and curator, Vanessa has exhibited her work extensively in numerous exhibitions in both the USA and South Africa.
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Vanessa Berlein is a Cape Town-based fine artist who has been practicing full-time since 1987. A graduate of Natal Technikon where she majored in painting, her work is primarily concerned with human emotional response and our relationship to one another and the landscape.
While she has experimented with photography, printmaking, and sculpture, painting remains her core discipline. A pivotal moment in her career came after viewing an exhibition of Mark Rothko’s work in London in 1998. This inspired her to begin experimenting with abstraction, concentrating on the profound effects of colour and light. This shift also led her to incorporate non-traditional mediums such as beeswax, industrial varnishes, building materials, and metal leaf into her practice.
As an established artist and curator, Vanessa has exhibited her work extensively in numerous exhibitions in both the USA and South Africa.
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