Minien
is a South African fine artist holding a BA Fine Arts (Hons) degree from the
University of Pretoria. Her predominant mediums of choice include performative
photography, installation, drawing and mixed media. Her work explores the
otherwordly and unusual, ranging from spirituality, social consciousness,
humour entwined with an innocence. In the art-making process, she trusts her
gut, it's neither as pragmatic as the brain, nor as romanticised as the heart.
The intention of her work is to emotionally capture the audience, to make them
feel something, exploring subjects that are often taboo or overlooked. Her
artistic development usually stems from a tactile experience. Art and music
have interchangeably always been one of the constants in her life. She responds
intuitively to materials, if there’s something around her, be it in her
immediate environment that captivates her, she’ll use it as a source of
inspiration.
Defining
moments in her career comprise of three solo exhibitions, National art
competition Sasol New Signatures Top 100 (2014, 2015 ,2017) winning the Thami
Mnyele Fine Arts Merit award for Multi and New Media (Ekurhuleni, South Africa,
2015) as well as, winning Second prize in the Young Talents category of the La
Quatrième Image photography competition (Paris, France 2017). She has taken
part in numerous group exhibitions to date.
