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Artist's Curriculum Vitae Exhibition

personal information
Christa van Zyl (1981) completed her undergraduate degree and Master's degree in acknowledgements
Graphic Design at the University of Stellenbosch in 2003 and 2008. After working as a printing of works — Dumanis textile printers
professional designer, she chose to follow in the footsteps of her parents and grandpar- sowing — Nozuko Ndisina / Nhantsike Apparel
ents by taking up an academic position at the University of Johannesburg. Since the end sculptures and paintings — Christa van Zyl in collaboration with Christhea Coetzee-van Zyl
of 2010, van Zyl has been a full-time faculty member at UJ's Faculty of Art Design and styling of photography — Eugene Hön
Architecture. She teaches Communication Design to undergraduate and postgraduate editor (artist statement and series paragraphs) — Lizè Groenewald
students. Within this position, her research focus shifted from representation to collab- proof reading — Adrie Haese
oration and human-centred design. She is commencing with her PhD at the University art directing — Eugene Hön
of Johannesburg in 2024, focussing on her postgraduate teaching and the difficulties of graphic design and layout (catalogue) — Mubanga Changa / MPDS
creating impactful community engagement projects..

artist’s biography Thank you to Eugene Hön and his team for the curation and installation of the exhibition.
Christa van Zyl works mostly in the commercial sphere and has designed numerous book A special word of thanks to the University of Johannesburg Research Committe (URC)
covers, magazines, murals and postcards for NGOs, her faculty and clients. and Faculty Research Committee (FRC) for their financial support.

exhibitions & awards
Christa van Zyl has participated in multiple exhibitions, including design work for Eugene
Hön's Interventions in Practice piece (2021), Art on Paper (2014), as well as Book-
nesses (2016) in collaboration with David Paton, Martin Bolton, Ashton Moseley and Eu-
gene Hön. She is also the departmental annual exhibition curator for Graphic Design
from 2011 to the present.

Voorskoot.
Length 3000mm / height 1000mm / width 2000mm.
Digitally Printed Fabric and diverse materials.
June – August 2022.
Not for sale
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