Two Worlds

Sanet du Plessis

Artist bio

Sanet du Plessis resides in Pretoria and works as a visual artist, jewellery manufacturer, graphic designer and publisher. After finishing a National Diploma in Art and Design she started her career as a graphic and exhibition designer. She opened her own business in 2000 and has since pursued a career in art and design. She has participated in several group exhibitions, the most recent being ‘The Intertwined Nature of Utopia and Dystopia’ at the Tina Skukan Gallery in Pretoria where she featured 21 works . She is passionate about art and design and easily transitions between the disciplines of visual and applied arts.

Artist statement

My work on this exhibition talks about the changes in Africa, the blending of cultures and the dystopian and utopian elements in my country and continent. I  incorporate expressive shapes and patterns in my work and find myself drawn to the provocative colours and decorative images of ethnic African art. I see Africa oscillating between two worlds: the beautiful wildlife and landscapes and the modernised, often struggling or dysfunctional systems. Although continuously conflicted with the fact that I am apart and part of Africa at the same time, I find Africa deeply beautiful. My work depicts its unstoppable changing and diverseness.