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LOUISE GELDERBLOM

Curriculum Vitae

Contact details:
+27 (0) 82 658 3568
louise@louisegelderblom.com
www.louisegelderblom.com

Born in 1964 in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Completed BA(Fine Arts) at the University of Stellenbosch in 1986.
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.

Work represented in various private and corporate collections in South Africa and internationally, including:

• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum,
• Iziko Collection,
• Corobrick Collection,
• DeBeers Louis Vuitton Collection,
• William Humpreys Gallery,
• British Airways Collection,
• Oppenheimer Collection,
• Rose Korber Collection and
• Royal Collection of the Kingdom of Jordan.

Work available at the following dealers and galleries:

• Cape Town: OKHA
• Africa Nova
• Rose Korber Art Consultancy
• Source
• Pakua
• Durban: Cecile and Boyd
• Kruger Park: Singita Lodge Group
• Pretoria: Gillybean
• New York: Amaridian
• Los Angeles: Malibu Market
• Atlanta: Kubatana Moderne
• Hamburg: Art from Africa
• Madrid: Sabi Sands
• Dubai: Hide & Seek

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

2009:

• Design Indaba EDIDA stand, Cape Town
• “On top of the world” Exhibition, Cape Town
• DTI Craft Exhibition, Pretoria
• “David Walters and Friends” Exhibition, Wiiliam Humfreys Gallery, Kimberley

2008:

• Winner EDIDA Award for Best Craft Designer (Elle Deco International Design Award)
• “NowHere” Solo Exhibition, Cape Town
• “Ceramics South Africa” National Exhibition, Johannesburg
• “iLunch” Exhibition, Rooms on View, Johannesburg
• “David Walters and Friends” Exhibition, Wiiliam Humfreys Gallery, Kimberley
• Biscuit Mill Exhibition, Clementina Gallery, Cape Town
• Regional Ceramics South Africa Exhibition, Cape Town

2007:

• “It’s beautiful here” Exhibition, Rockefeller Centre, Washington
• Solo Exhibition, Potter’s Shop, Cape Town
• “One of a kind”, Johannesburg
• “David Walters and Friends” Exhibition, Wiiliam Humfreys Gallery, Kimberley
• “Ceramics South Africa” Regional Invited guest and judge
• “Greenhouse Effects”, Clementina Gallery
• “Craft Icon” Exhibition, Spier
• Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town

2006:

• “Ceramics South Africa” National Exhibition, Cape Town
• Design Indaba, Cape Town
• Amaridian Gallery, New York
• Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town

2005:

• “Ritual and Renewal” Exhibition, Clementina Gallery, Cape Town
• Design Indaba, Cape Town
• New Work, Clementina Gallery, Cape Town
• APSA Regional Exhibition, Cape Town
• “Landscape” Exhibition, Rose Korber, Franschoek
• “Family Matters” Exhibition, Potters Shop, Cape Town
• “Louise Gelderblom and Friends”, Riebeek Kasteel
• “From Harare to Higgovale”, Conran Group, London and Paris
• “Louise Gelderblom Summer 05/06”, Okha, Cape Town
• Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town

2004:

• “Four Ceramicists” Durbanville Clay Museum, Cape Town
• National Ceramics South Africa Exhibition, Pretoria
• Studio Exhibition, Potters’ Shop, Cape Town
• Heritage Exhibition, Clementina Gallery, Cape Town
• Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town

2003:

• “Memory Vessel” Exhibition, Art B Gallery, Bellville
• Decorex Cape Town
• Piece Exhibition, Cape Town Convention Centre
• Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town
• South African Ceramic Triennial, Cape Town
• “African Art Now” Exhibition. 3rd Korean Contemporary Art Festival.

2002:

• AVA Members’ Exhibition, Cape Town
• “West One Africa” Group Exhibition, Liberty’s, London
• Decorex: Cape Town
• “Earthart” Group Exhibition, Johannesburg
• Group Show, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town
• Traveling exhibition of ceramics from the permanent collection of the
• King George VI Gallery, Port Elizabeth
• Peter Visser Gallery Summer Show, Cape Town
• Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town

2001:

• Rooms on View, Johannesburg
• APSA National Exhibition, Cape Town
• Committee’s Choice Exhibition, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
• Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town