ABOUT THE ARTIST

ELSA MARITZ IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHO WORKS ON THEMES SURROUNDING TRANSIENCE,GRIEF AND VULNERABILITY.

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She explores these notions through interactions and sensory experiences with nature and meditations with multi-media. For her, her art is a form of grounding, flowing, and releasing. 

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Elsa Maritz is a South African artist, born in KwaZulu Natal. After matriculating, her love for the arts took her on a five year journey as a performing artist. She then enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch and completed her BA Visual Arts in 2011, with a focus on relational aesthetics, social sculptures and performance art.

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During this time, she delves into the complexities of the South African societal landscape and is selected to take part in a performance piece at the Spier Contemporary 2010.

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Introduced to photography and videography as a medium, she then practised it for the next decade, in a commercial setting. She has since explored digital art, working with mixed media, drawing, painting and performance art.

 

She is currently based on a farm on the outskirts of Pretoria. 

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