Stephanie Bester
COLOUR AND PHILOSOPHY
Bronze, Drawing, Mixed Media · South African Artist
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Female Emancipation.
An exhibition of oil paintings, etchings and digital images in aid of raising funds for the African Eye Foundation (AEF).
'Ecological Identity' an exhibition of etchings and sculptures as a social comment on the various relationships between human beings, and between humanity, time and nature.
Ecological Reciprocus: My masters degree solo exhibition depicting the relationship between humanity, animals and the environment.
Birthing Identity.
Questioning 'Birthing Identity'.
A solo exhibition analysing the female identity crisis by comparing Saartjie Baartman to Nguma the Sun Burnt Queen.
The Myth of Fire.
Group Exhibitions
'Ecological Intelligence' - an exhibition of paintings, bronze sculptures and etchings questioning the state of humanity.
'Ecological Intelligence' - an exhibition of bronze sculptures and etchings connoting the interconnectedness between humanity, animals and nature.
'Communication' - bronze sculptures, drawings, etchings and paintings that question the interconnectedness between human beings, animals and nature.
An oil painting in participation of the '200 Eastern Cape Artists' exhibition.
'Eastern Cape Handmade Collection' - sculptures and etchings continuing the theme of 'Ecological Reciprocus'.
A life size sculpture of a female figure covered with Buffalo hide and burnt skin. This image convey the message of physical and mental abuse women, children, men and animals have to endure within a specific environment.
'Birthing Identity' - life size sculptures, photo etchings and digital images question the adversity women have endured, the roads they continue to walk, to free themselves of the destruction and untrue stereo-type which have resulted in their entrapment.
Life size sculpture 'Ukoyika' made of polyurethane, animal hide and bone, wax, metal and staples; compares the stories of Saartjie Baartman and Gquma, the Sunburnt Queen.
Oil paintings and mixed media of my on going journey in capturing the intensity of fires and all it symbolises.
Oil paintings questioning the relationship between human beings and nature.
Oil paintings, drawings and mixed media using symbolism in the way of my subject matter - fire - conveying an array of messages regarding the complex relationship between man and nature.
Oil paintings of the symbolic meaning of fires.
Oil paintings of the symbolic meaning of fires.
Oil paintings on canvas depicting the interaction between shipwrecks, fire and human beings.