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ANDROETTA BEKKER












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                Androetta Bekker was born 1982 in           portraits investigate how we seldom        and a silver award for Camelback
                a small town in the Free State, where       experience only one emotion at a           Gallery’s international black and
                she grew up immersed in a rich              time - how sadness can be tinged           white art competition in 2021) and

                blend of South African cultures.            with joyful nostalgia, for example, or     participated in The Travelling Art
                                                            pride darkened by fear and anger.          Gallery group exhibitions.
                From an early age, her mother,
                herself being an artist, introduced         Androetta’s debut exhibition took          In October 2021 Bekker showed in
                Androetta to the power of art as            place in December 2020. She has            Hamburg /Germany for the first

                a means of expression, but it was           since received two major accolades         time on an international level and
                only later in life, when her successful     (a Top 40 place in the nationwide          gained huge interest. This exhibition
                career in the sciences was disrupted        Sanlam Portrait award for 2021,            was followed by a female artist only

                by a traumatic accident, that               and a silver award for Camelback           exhibition in May 2022 as well in
                Androetta rediscovered her passion          Gallery’s international black and          Hamburg/Germany. She participated
                for art. This dramatic personal shift       white art competition in 2021)             in group gallery exhibitions at
                inspired her belief that change             and participated in group gallery          Artisart, Cahoots and Rust en Vrede,
                should be embraced, as it often             exhibitions at Artisart, Cahoots and       as well as the ‘Home is where the art

                acts as a catalyst for the greatest         Rust en Vrede, as well as the ‘Home        is’ exhibition at the Zeitz MOCAA.
                discoveries and growth.                     is where the art is’ exhibition at the
                                                            Zeitz MOCAA.                               Furthermore, she showed her art

                Currently based in Cape Town,                                                          with The Travelling Art Gallery
                Androetta draws inspiration from            Various invitations to group               in Palma de Mallorca/Spain in
                the rich diversity of cultures in South  exhibitions and commissions have              November 2022 and 2023 in Kassel/
                Africa. Her bold and colourful works  followed these accolades. Androetta              Germany.
                are characterised through illustration      Bekker is a strong, deep and

                and striking surface patterns. Her          passionate artist to watch.
                true obsession, however, is with the
                depth and complexity of universal           Androetta’s debut exhibition took

                human emotions, and she strives             place in December 2020. She has                The portfolio of
                to create art that captures the deep        since received two major accolades             Androetta Bekker starts on
                nuances and intricacies of people’s         (a Top 40 place in the nationwide              page 51
                inner thoughts and feelings. Her            Sanlam Portrait award for 2021,









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