Claire Zinn

Claire Zinn started collaborating with David Krut Workshop (DKW) in 2015, producing monotypes. She was also represented by DKP at Turbine Art Fair 2015. Since collaborating with DKW, Zinn has produced over 50 monotypes.

Zinn had her first solo exhibition with David Krut Projects (DKP) in November 2016, which showcased a range of her monotypes. Since then, she was featured at DKP’s booth at Turbine Art Fair 2019.

Zinn’s next solo exhibition with DKP titled ‘The Day Lingered’ opens in September 2021, featuring reduction and single plate linocuts, oil paintings and mixed media monotypes.

Claire Zinn is a full-time artist based in Johannesburg. She has a Fine Art Honours Degree, majoring in Art History and Printmaking from Rhides University in Grahamstown. Her art practice consists mainly of oil painting often combined with printmaking techniques such as drypoint, linocut and monotype. These are layered in order to create depth and set up an interaction between the mediums. She views this as an entaglement of images, ideas and events, as well as feeding her obsession with achieving photorealistic perfection. Claire's main focus is the natural world, one that excludes humans. Apart from a vast landscapes, many of her works also feature the small but essential creatures and plants that allow life to flourish. The fascination and admiration stems from a lifetime spent camping in reserves around South Africa, as well as afternoons gardening with her father.