Art for the Arch Auction for the Tutu Legacy Fund
Live Virtual Auction, 22 September 2021
Evening Sale
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About this Item
dated 2021 and inscribed 'The Desmond Tutu Foundation donation' on the reverse
Notes
Georgina Gratrix was born in Mexico City in 1982 and grew up in Durban, South Africa. Gratrix graduated in Fine Art, specialising in painting, from the University of Cape Town in 2005. In 2018, Gratrix was awarded the Discovery Prize at the 50th Anniversary edition of Art Brussels, for her presentation with SMAC Gallery. Gratrix is a recipient of the Ampersand Fellowship Award and completed a residency with them in New York City, USA in 2018. Past exhibitions include The Reunion, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa (2021, solo); The Pleasure is Mine, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles (2020, solo); Plus One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2018); On Repeat, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (2017, solo); Puppy Love, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2016, solo); and Thinking, Feeling, Head, Heart, curated by Marilyn Martin, New Church Museum, Cape Town, South Africa (2015).
Provenance
Donated by the artist. Courtesy of SMAC Gallery.
Framing courtesy of Maxwoods Framers and Gilders.