Artist Biography
Cameron de Bruyn is a Pretoria based artist who continuously explores techniques in handmade paper. Following an art residency at Manang Artist Residency in Nepal, he questioned what the community at large actually perceives on a daily basis?
During his time in Kathmandu and Ngawal, he fostered connections and learnt more about papermaking through a process of trial and error. This led to many discoveries which he continued to pursue when he got back to South Africa.
His current work mounts assemblages of paper waste onto masonite boards salvaged after the elections. Into this surface he works oil pastel and encaustic wax, massaging and layering the paper into forms that consider the cultural dust we leave upon the earth.
Cameron’s focus is to engage with the viewer. He has observed that we each see the world differently — and that many of us are not perceiving reality as it is, only reacting to it. By drawing attention to what we miss sight of, he hopes it can persuade the viewer to stop and think rather than simply responding.
Curriculum Vitae
Art Experience
Solo Exhibitions:
2024: Ancestral Erosions; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
Workshops:
2024: Diane Victor Drawing Workshop; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
Art Residencies:
2025: Sept - Manang Artist Residency in the Himalayas, Nepal.
Events Hosted by Woza ART:
- 2025: March - NXT: Strike Art At?; Woza ART; Collaboration with artists from Mamelodi for Human Rights Day, Pretoria
- 2025: Feb - JAG’ging About; Woza ART; Event at Johannesburg Art Gallery
Group Exhibitions:
- 2025: Curious Collective Small Group Exhibition; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2025: June - Skulls Group Exhibition; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2025: April - The Masters Re-imagined Group Exhibition; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2025: March - Mimi van der Merwe’s students exhibition; Michael Heyn’s Gallery, Pretoria
- 2025: Feb - Diane Victor’s Group Exhibition; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2024: Corners; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2024: Shades of Red; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2023: Postcards; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2023: Birds of a Feather; Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria
- 2016: The Loading Bay Group Exhibition; Grace Kotze organized event, Durban
- 2016: Group Exhibition for SAFMH; Worker’s Museum, Newtown, JHB
Experience:
- 2023 - Current: iOS Developer - HearX
- 2021 - 2023: iOS Developer - Optimi
- 2020 - 2021: iOS Developer - Astrocyte / Vertice Medtech
- 2019 - 2020: iOS Developer - ITSI (Now Optimi)
- 2018 - 2019: iOS Developer Internship - First National Bank
- 2017 (Apr / May): Web Developer Internship - atnetplanet
- 2016: Manual laborer at National Urethane Industries
- 2015: Manual laborer at Rand Refinery
Education:
- 2021 - Current: BSc Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (UNISA), University of South Africa.
- 2016 - 2018: WeThinkCode_ certification in computer programming
- 2012 - 2015: BEng Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria (Incomplete)
- 2011: BSc Biological Science at the University of Pretoria (Incomplete)