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Thought Seed 1, 2022. Acrylic paint on paper, 25 x 25cm
Nicky Marais is a Namibian artist, educator and activist who lives and works in Windhoek. Marais is well-known for her abstract artworks created using a personal vocabulary of abstract forms and colour relationships derived from everyday life as well as the socio-political history of Namibia and icons from around the continent. These forms are often layered using a mixture of stencils and traditional painting techniques. Marais describes her practice as a “constant hunt for significant shapes”, which are subjected to a process of near-obsessive repetition, appearing multiple times in different combinations. Much of her work explores the relationship between physical and spiritual worlds, which extends into an investigation of the relationship between the tangible and the intangible, the signifier and the signified. Speaking about Marais’ work, Rosa Namises said “Sometimes we are trapped between the gates and the snakes. We have to choose to go through the path of knowledge, to learn what the snakes have to teach us, and not allow ourselves to be trapped by the gates” (2017).
Marais has exhibited extensively in Namibia and abroad. In 2017, The National Art Gallery of Namibia hosted a solo exhibition by Marais, titled ‘Presence in Absence’. Marais exhibited as part of StArt Art Gallery's group exhibition 'Look-see' in 2018. She is recently retired from an eleven year posting as the Head of Department of Visual Arts at the College of the Arts in Windhoek.
- Creator:Nicky Marais (1962, African)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 9.85 in (25 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Windhoek, NA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1506211131922
Nicky Marais
Nicky Marais is a Namibian painter who has lived and worked in Windhoek as an exhibiting fine artist, arts project coordinator, arts educator and activist since soon after graduating in 1987 from the Port Elizabeth Technikon in South Africa. Marais has exhibited extensively in Namibia and internationally.
Marais works from her studio in Windhoek as well as facilitating various collaborative projects with artists and the public. Marais is dedicated to increasing public access to art. She is recently retired from her position as the Head of Department of Visual Arts at the College of the Arts, where she taught theory of art and built local content into the diploma qualification courses offered by the College. Nicky Marais is represented by Guns&Rain Gallery in South Africa and StArt Art Gallery in Namibia. To see more of her available work online visit the Guns&Rain and StArt Art Gallery websites.
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