Louise Gelderblom – Curriculum Vitae

 

  • 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
  • Cape Town World Design Capital 2014

Work available at the following dealers and galleries:

Cape Town
  • Africa Nova
  • Ebony
  • Louise Gelderblom Studio
Johannesburg
  • Kim Sacks Gallery
Durban
  • Cecile and Boyd
Franschhoek
  • Ebony
Kruger Park
  • Singita Lodge Group
Los Angeles
  • Malibu Market
Istanbul
  • ZA Design & Art
Hamburg
  • Art from Africa
Madrid
  • Sabi Sands
Dubai
  • Hide & Seek
Basel
  • Museum der Kulturen

Recent Exhibitions

2013

  • Women in Clay Exhibition, Cape Town
  • Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town
  • Three Things Exhibition, Cape Town
  • Black and White, Kim Sacs, Johannesburg
  • Still Life, AVA, Cape Town

2012

  • TCAC collection, Design Indaba
  • Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town
  • Design House Exhibition, Helsinki
  • Southern Guild Exhibition, Johannesburg
  • National Ceramic Exhibition, Pretoria
  • La Motte Exhibition, Franshhoek
  • Louise Gelderblom Clay Therapy Light Exhibition, Cape Town
  • Recently/Onlangs Solo Exhibition, Cape Town
  • Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town

2011

  • Design Indaba Salon Privé
  • Rose Korber ceramics exhibition
  • IS Art Exhibition, Clay Festival, Franschhoek
  • Grand Provence Exhibition, Franschhoek
  • Regional Exhibition, Ceramics SA, Cape Town
  • Rose Korber Art Salon

2010

  • Design Indaba Expo: Louise Gelderblom Stand Cape Town
  • Design Indaba Expo: CCDI Stand Cape Town
  • Rust en Vrede Exhibition: Tea bowls Cape Town
  • Kim Sacks Gallery: Vessels Exhibition Johannesburg
  • National Ceramic Exhibition, Franschoek
  • Black to Luxury Exhibition, Cape Town
  • Ceramics South Afrca Corobrik SA
  • Rose Korber Art Salon, Cape Town

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