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ANJA MARAIS
Sole Journey Series 1 Triptych
14.5 x 16
Sole Journey Series 2 Diptych
14.5 x 16
Unforeseen Snow/Onvoorsiene
Sneeu
Video installation and found
objects
51 x 26 x 30
Miami-based, South African multi-disciplinary artist Anja Marais was
born in Sabie, Mpumalanga. She is one of the post-apartheid generation
artists whose work deals with the trek of the disenfranchised. Coping
with history became one of her leitmotifs, along with exploring African
and ancient mythology, and later, Shaman mysticism. After graduating
with a BFA Honors from the University of South Africa, she emigrated to
the United States. Marais has been selected for art residencies in Japan,
the Mino Art Residency; the Kronstadt Art Residency in St. Petersburg,
Russia; the Arteles Art Residency, Finland; Ucross Art Residency, the
Vermont Studio Center and the Sedona Summer Colony in the States.
www.anjamarais.com