Eunice Botes | South Africa
BIO
A teacher by trait, my love for ceramics started at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg (USA) where my husband furthered his studies. I completed my B-Tech in Ceramics in 1998 at the Vaal Triangle Technikon, where I received numerous awards. After lecturing for two years at that institution, we moved to Botswana where I pursued a career as art teacher at the Cambridge Secondary School in Gaborone Botswana for seven years.
Back in South Africa, I am currently a full time ceramic artist with my own studio and have started participating in exhibitions. I also completed the “Mentorship Programme” with John Shirley that helped me in my on-going maturation as a ceramic artist. In 2011 I received a Highly Commended award at the Ultra-Furn Exhibition at the University of Pretoria! I also received on the 13 May 2012 at the MuseuMAfricA “The Glazekor premier Award for Best work for Use” and 2014 the Ndebele Premier Award at Gauteng Regional Exhbition. My new work explores porcelain and its endless yet daunting possibilities.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Selected solo Exhibitions
2003
Brazilian, Gaborone, Botswana
Selected Group exhibitions
2020
Botanical Exhibition, Kim Sacks Gallery Parktown, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Clay of Colour, Fyn Arts Festival Exhibition, Hermanus, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Gallery on Leviseur, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa
2019
GFI Art Gallery Ceramic Fair, Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa
Gauteng Regional G & W Mineral resources, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Clay of Colour, Fyn Arts Festival Exhibition, Hermanus, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Weightless in water, Pure South, Hermanus, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Black and White Exhibition, Kim Sacks Gallery Parktown, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Corobrik National Ceramic Exhibition, Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Gauteng Regional G & W Mineral resources, MuseuM AfricA, Newton, Republic of South Africa
Fynbos Cacti and Birds, Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Claymuseum Durbanville, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Beyond Fire, Hermanus Fyn Arts Festival Exhibition ,Hermanus, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
The Three Ceramic Palettes, Tina Skukan Gallery, Fairview, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Beyond Fire, Hermanus Fyn Arts Festival Exhibition ,Hermanus, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
The Three Ceramic Palettes, Tina Skukan Gallery, Fairwview, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
2017
Christmas Exhibition, Arts of Association of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Gauteng Regional G & W Mineral resources, MuseuM AfricA, Newton, Republic of South Africa
Art in Clay Walter and Friends Exhibition, William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, Republic of South Africa
Winter Blues, Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Claymuseum Durbanville, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Forms of Expressions, Hermanus Fyn Arts Festival Exhibition ,Hermanus, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Golden Autumn, Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Claymuseum Durbanville, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
2016
Corobrick National Ceramic exhibition, University of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Indigo blue & White, Kim Sacks Gallery Parktown, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Forms of Expressions, Hermanus Fyn Arts Festival Exhibition ,Hermanus, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Walter and Friends Exhibition In Full Colour, William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, Republic of South Africa
Fillingdon Fine Art Exhibition, Fillingdon Fine Art, Fillingdon Farm, Piddington, England
2015
G&W Regional Exhibition, Fada Gallery, Buntig RD Campus, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Walter and FriendsExhibition, William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, Republic of South Africa
Black and White & Contemporary, Kim Sacks Gallery Parktown, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Fillingdon Fine Art Winter Exhibition, Fillingdon Fine Art, Fillingdon Farm, Piddington, England
The Eastern Cape branch of CSA, Black & White and a dash of Colour, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Hermanus Fyn Arts Festival Exhibition, Hermanus, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Narrative Exhibition, Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Claymuseum Durbanville, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
2014
The Leonardo Exhibition premier of Lute Vink and Eunice Botes, The Leonardo Gallery, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Gauteng Regional G & W Mineral resources, MuseuM AfricA, Newton, Republic of South Africa
2013
Gauteng Regional Ultra Furn Exhibition, MuseuM AfricA, Newton, Republic of South Africa
Fragile exhibition, Liz Loubser Gallery, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
2012
Black and white Exhibition, Year-end Exhibition, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Ground Zero Exhibition, Art in the Forest, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Monica van den Berg and Eunice Botes Exhibition, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Corobrik National Ceramic exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum, Republic of South Africa
Regional Ultra Furn Exhibition, Newton, MuseuM AfricA, Republic of South Africa
2011
Regional Ultra Furn Exhibition, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
2008
New Signatures, Alice ART Gallery, Ruimsig, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
2004
Messages, Thabong Visual Art Centre, Gaborone, Botswana
2003
Expression in Clay, Gaborone, Botswana
2002
Exhibition of Artist in Botswana, National Museum, Gaborone, Botswana
2001
Vaal River Exhibition, Vereeniging, Republic of South Africa
Three River Exhibition, Vereeniging, Republic of South Africa
Out of Blue Bellville exhibition, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
2000
International Ceramic Biennale, Sandton, Republic of South Africa
Contemporary Ceramics, Chairs and Cutlery Exhibition, Bellville Art Gallery, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Functional Ware Exhibition at RAU, Johannesburg, South Africa, Republic of South Africa
Gauteng Regional Exhibition, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
1993 – 1997
Student exhibitions, Vaal triangle Technikon, Vereeniging, Republic of South Africa