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CV AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EXHIBITION

DEIRDRE PRETORIUS IS AN EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg in YEAR DESCRIPTION GALLERY / CLIENT
the Graphic Design Department. She currently lectures 2018 Curator of Mayibuye: The Cartoons of Eddie Roux. JIAS (Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Study).
Design Studies on undergraduate level and supervises 2017 Transparency Exhibition, organising Committee member. FADA Gallery in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy, Pretoria.
postgraduate students in the Honours Design, MA De- 2017 Work listed in “Artist’s Book Yearbook 2018/2019” and “The Blue Impact Press, Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the
sign and PhD (Art and Design) programmes. As a design Notebook”, vol. 12 no. 1, Autumn- Winter 2017. West of England.
historian her research focus is on contemporary and his- 2017 Artist book exhibited at Booknesses: South African Artists’ Books. FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg
torical graphic design and visual culture in South(ern) 2017 Invited to participate in the GAPS 2017 Summer School: Goethe University, Frankfurt.
Africa. She has published in academic journals, presented Performing Post-Colonialisms.
at conferences and contributed book chapters on topics 2015 Erasmus Mundis Inspire Scholarship for lecturer exchange. Uppsala University Art History Department, Sweden.
which include South African Communist Party graphics,
Second World War posters, political party logos and over-
views of visual communication history. She has practiced as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
a freelance graphic designer, curated three exhibitions, had Thank you to Daniel Erasmus, Natasja Kelly, Jo-Ann Chan and
one solo exhibition and participated in a number of group Erica Lüttich for feedback, discussion, and support and to
exhibitions. Her creative practice over the last few years has Eugene Hön and his team at the FADA Gallery for curating the
revolved around creating artist books and she is currently exhibition.
engaged in research-led creative practice. She is an advi-
sory board member for the Journal of Design History and a
member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and
SAVAH (South African Visual Arts Historians).
CONTACT DETAILS ISSUU LINK FOR CATALOGUE
DEIRDRE PRETORIUS Academic, Design Historian, Visual Communicator https://issuu.com/d_pretorius/ docs/catalogue_pretorius_web
dpretorius@uj.ac.za | https://johannesburg.academia.edu/DeirdrePretorius & https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deirdre_Pretorius

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