Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
- 1997 - 1999 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa M.A.F.A by research (cum laude)
- 1991 - 1994 Rhodes University, South Africa B.A.F.A (with distinction)
- Trinity College of Music Piano Syllabus and examinations
- Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom, MoMA New York
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2011 Third Prize, MC Portrait Competition 2011, UK
- 2011 INPA 2 publication, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2011 INDA 6 publication, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2011 ArtKudos Finalist
- Above & Beyond Award for outstanding contribution to Art, Music & Performing Arts Enrichment in Livermore school district, California
- Honorary Mention (2009 Lark Gallery juried show)
- Merit Award Winner (2008 ArtKudos International Juried Show)
- Winner in the Manhattan Arts International "Her Story 2007" juried exhibition
- Finalist (2006 23rd annual Artist's Magazine Competition, Portrait/Figure category)
- Placed (2006 National Art Show "REALISM" Guests Gallery, U.S.A.)
- Winning finalist (Abstract EXPOsure Juried Show, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
- Honourable Mention (N. Kitsap Arts & Crafts Juried Show, WA., U.S.A.)
- Exchange Visitor Programme Award in Arts (C.S.I.R., New York, U.S.A.)
- Postgraduate Merit Scholarship (University of the Witwatersrand) x 2
- Degree of M.A.F.A with distinction (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Kempton Park/Tembisa Fine Art Award (Johannesburg)
- Postgraduate Merit Award (University of the Witwatersrand) x 3
- Postgraduate Scholarship (merit) (Centre for Scientific Development)
- Postgraduate Merit Scholarship (offered by Rhodes University)
- Rowney Prize (Best Fourth-Year Painting Student) (Rhodes University)
- Half Colours (academic) (Rhodes University)
- Degree of B.F.A with distinction (Rhodes University)
- Tuition Scholarship (double first-class pass 1993) (Rhodes University)
- Award Best Second-Year Painting Student (Rhodes University)
- Award Best First-Year Painting Student (Rhodes University)
- Award Best First-Year Student (Rhodes University)
- Award Most Promising First-Year Fine Art Student (Rhodes University)
- Award Most Outstanding Art Pupil (Matric, Mondeor High School)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2015 INPA 4 publication, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2014 Face First, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2012 Figurehead Gallery, Livermore, California
- 2011 INPA 2 publication, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2011 INDA 6 publication, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2011 First Street Gallery "2011 National Juried Exhibition", New York, NY
- 2011 "3rd Annual Nude Exhibition", Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2011 "Women's Works 2011", NAAC, Crystal Lake, Illinois
- 2011 "The Figure Now" (drawing exhibition), Fontbonne University Art Gallery
- 2010 "Women's Contemporary Art Exhibition, Focus 2010", June - August 2010, Kevin Milligan Gallery, Danville, CA USA
- 2010 Manifest Gallery "NUDE 2", Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2010 Torpedo Factory Art Center: Target Gallery "WomanMade" exhibition
- 2010 "Expressions West" Coos Art Museum, Oregon, USA
- 2010 "The Figure Now: Fontbonne University Fine Art Gallery
- 2010 Art Calendar "Self-portrait competition"
- 2009 Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, USA
- 2009 Lark Gallery online, USA
- 2009 Target Gallery, Torpedo Art Center, USA
- 2009 Manifest Gallery "NUDE 1", Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2009 Bankhead Theater, USA
- 2009 Great South African Nudes, Everard Read Gallery, South Africa
- 2009 Hodnett Fine Art, Canada
- 2008 iArt Gallery, South Africa
- 2008 South Africans Abroad, Hodnett Fine Art, Canada
- 2008 ArtKudos International Juried Show, U.S.A.
- 2007 31st Annual NW Watercolor Society International Open Exhibition (October 2007)
- 2007 Autumn Show, Blackheath Gallery, UK
- 2007 Inaugural Show, new Winsor Gallery, Vancouver B.C.
- 2007 Manhattan Arts International "Her Story 2007" juried exhibition
- 2007 National Painting Drawing Printmaking exhibition Jan and Gary Dario gallery Lake Worth, FL
- 2006 "JUICE" Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
- 2006 South African Department of Science and Technology National Art Competition
- 2006 National Art Show "REALISM" Guests Gallery, U.S.A.
- 2005 EAG Juried competition
- 2005 Abstract EXPOsure Juried Show, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
- 2005 100 Nudes National Juried Show, California, U.S.A.
- 2004 Blackheath Gallery Summer Exhibition, London, UK
- 2003 Montserrat Gallery (offer of show), New York, U.S.A.
- 2002 Pleasanton Art League Juried Show, California, U.S.A.
- 2001 North Kitsap Arts and Crafts Juried Show, Washington, U.S.A.
- 2000 (Standard Bank National Watercolour Festival) Structures and Scarifications, Gallery on the Square, Johannesburg
- 2000 Bottled at Source, Johannesburg Civic Gallery
- 2000 International Group Exhibition Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
- 1999 Babel Tower, Johannesburg Civic Gallery
- 1999 Kempton park/Tembisa Fine Art Competition Exhibition
- 1999 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
- 1995 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
- 1993 Momentum's Life Art Competition, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
- 1991 - 1994 Rhodes University, Grahamstown
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
- 2011 "The Emergent Body: Paintings and Drawings by Thomasin Dewhurst", Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2009 "Tactility: denial and desire" with Cobus Haupt, iArt Gallery, South Africa
- 2000 Exhibition of oil paintings, watercolours and sculptures, The Bill Ainslie Gallery, South Africa
- 1999 Masters Exhibition, Gertrude Posel Gallery, South Africa
- 1998 Exhibition of Paintings, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- 1994 Exhibition of Drawings, Grahamstown National Arts Festival, South Africa
- 1992 Exhibition of Paintings, Grahamstown National Arts Festival, South Africa
ART INSTRUCTION
- 2011 - present Art Instructor LARPD, CA
- 2009 - present Piano Instructor for children and adults, CA
- 2009 - present Art instructor for children and adults, CA
- 2009 2010 2011 Art, Music, Theatrical Arts Enrichment Instructor, Pre- and Elementary school level, USA
- (received Above and Beyond Award for outstanding contribution to Art, Music & Performing Arts Enrichment, California)
- 1998 1999 Art Instructor, Parktown College, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1998 Sandton Civic Gallery, Exhibition Guide, Gauteng, South Africa
- 1997 1999 University of the Witwatersrand Bursary work Teaching Assistant, South Africa
- 1996 Art Demonstrator, Mondeor High School, Johannesburg, South Africa
SELECTED CORPORATE and PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- Gauteng Legislature, Johannesburg
- Johannesburg International Airport
- Ericsson South Africa
- Rhodes University Alumni Collection, South Africa
- Numerous private collectors in Denmark, Switzerland, UK, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Germany and U.S.A
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS and REVIEWS
- Manifest Gallery Press, "INPA 2", (LINK)
- Manifest Gallery Press, "INDA 6", (LINK)
- Manifest Gallery Press, "Tapped / Thomasin Dewhurst / One", (LINK)
- Manifest Gallery Press, "Nude 2009", (LINK)
- Rhodes University Press, "Expression in the depiction of tactility", by Zamuxolo Matiwana, 14th February 2011(LINK)
- The Independent, N. California, USA
- The South African Art Times, "South African artist, Thomasin Dewhurst awarded Solo exhibition in prominent Cincinnati (U.S.A.) gallery", January 18, 2011 (LINK)
- The South African Art Times, "The Rhodes Art School and the Influence of the Grahamstown Group" by Jeanne Wright, June 2010, p. 6-10 (LINK)
- The Independent newspaper, Livermore, CA, "Students Sample Music and Art through FAME" by Patricia Koning, May 27th 2010, p. 4, Arts & Education
- "Target Gallery's In the flesh ii: hands, eyes and upholstery" Shauna Lee Lange, USA
- The Independent, N. California, USA
- The Independent, N. California, USA
- Financial Mail, South Africa, "Worcester sauce, blood and coffee" by Michael Coulson, 9 June 2000, Arts and Lesure (LINK)
- Artthrob, South Africa
- Financial Mail, South Africa, Michael Coulson
- Die Beeld, South Africa
