Heidi Fourie

Heidi Fourie (b. 1990) uses oil painting to explore the relationship between people and the spaces they occupy. She takes inspiration from the medium’s natural tendency to represent organic lines and shapes. Curiosity motivates her practice, as demonstrated by her gestural representation, muted palette, and unique angular perspective. By emphasizing the natural world through washed texture and depth, Fourie explores intuition and relativity.

Fourie studies how the results of figurative representation and the intrinsic qualities of paint are pursued simultaneously. Her subject matter is simple – everyday scenes of figures and familiar objects – the simplicity frees her to practice and constantly refine her balancing act between restraint and excess, between gestural and polished mark-making.

Heidi Fourie (b.1990) lives and works in Pretoria. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in painting, in 2012 at the University of Pretoria, for which she received the Bettie Cilliers Barnard Bursary for Fine Arts. Her first solo exhibition, Islands, was produced under the mentorship of Frikkie Eksteen and presented in 2015 at Lizamore & Associates Gallery in Johannesburg. Since then, she has had multiple solo exhibitions, and she has been shown in group exhibitions countrywide. Heidi Fourie has been collaborating with the David Krut Workshop (DKW) since 2017, when she first came in to create a series of watercolour monotypes. She has since created a number of works with DKW, and her work – both prints and paintings – has been presented at art fairs and included in many group exhibitions at David Krut Projects in Johannesburg. In 2021, David Krut Projects presented a solo show of Fourie’s work Grass You Can Swim In. The exhibition included etchings and monotypes made in collaboration with David Krut Workshop, as well as paintings. In 2022, Fourie participated in a three-week residency at the workshop where she explored mark-making in drawing with pastels and began a new series of etchings using soft-ground. During and after this residency, she created a body of work for her solo exhibition that same year titled On Soft Ground. In the beginning of 2023, Fourie once again collaborated with the David Krut Workshop to create a series of monotypes that were shown at the 2023 Latitudes Art fair. Fourie’s work was also shown in the DKP booth at the 2024 Latitudes art fair, she was also one of the featured artists of the fair. Her latest show with DKP, Unfurling, took place from 25 May to July of 2024. Heidi Fourie is one of the artists featured as part of South African Artists in New York, DKP’s ongoing initiative to showcase South African talent at our New York Gallery.

Artworks

Flowering Somewhere

Small and unobtrusive

It's been a while

I'll tell you by the fire

flying is a brave act

over his shoulder

Study for Boulder that became a Cave

Study for Lifeforms

Study for ‘Testing the Water’

Study for Pathways

Cerderberg Study IV

Cederberg study II

Cederberg Study I

Study for 'Testing the water'

Cederberg Study IV

First day from memory

She handled the cold

He kept coming back to it

We spent a week there

Hoping to find more

challenges in waking life

A Natural History

her fingers made contact I

her fingers made contact II

boulder problem

Testing the Water

algorithmic boulder

Finding soft ground

absolutely organic

While Unconscious

Image that kept coming

This will last forever

Two Weeks After

heidi fourie artwork drypoint etching blackened stems landscape of grasses with two figures in the distance

Blackened Stems

A fair amount of fumbling

Higher Altitudes

The Bankrupt Bush

Necessary Detour

Unsuspecting Individuals 2

Unsuspecting Individuals 4

Unsuspecting Individuals 7

Unsuspecting Individuals 8

Unsuspecting Individuals 9

Unsuspecting Individuals 10

sleeping sculpture

lungs full of air

They followed the light

wetland creatures

We started too late

More vulnerable

the moth she had been searching for

Relocation study

Unsuspecting Individuals 3

Ripples were felt

Agencies of the universe

Her way through

Tree Climber II

Tree climber III

Hours of sunshine

Whose dog is this

I Feel Pretty Blue

I Feel Pretty Blue

i can see its water

News

Heidi Fourie: Fire, Creatures, and the Unruliness of Nature

Written by Lungile Ngcobo Collaborative Printer: Kim-Lee Loggenberg-Tim Fourie at the David Krut Workshop surrounded by her freshly printed monotypes.David Krut...

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David Krut Projects at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair

Established in the West Chelsea Building in 2001, David Krut Projects Artspace, New York continues to connect the David Krut...

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David Krut Workshop | Where we are!

The David Krut Workshop (DKW) is the centre of David Krut Project’s artistic collaborations. David Krut Workshop is located in downtown Johannesburg,...

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LATITUDES 2024: Land of the Mind

David Krut Projects is delighted to be participating in this year’s instalment of the RMB Latitudes Art Fair. This year...

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Exploring Boundaries: Heidi Fourie’s journey from sketch to print

In November 2023 continuing into January 2024, we eagerly welcomed esteemed artist, Heidi Fourie, back to the David Krut Workshop....

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For the new collector! Our top picks for starting your collection.

Starting an art collection is about more than just acquiring pieces—it's a unique way to enrich your living space and...

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Passion and Printmaking: Anya Lureman’s internship experience

Anya Lureman worked as an intern at the David Krut Workshop from April to August of this year. She is...

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Heidi Fourie: New Layered Unique Prints

By Kim-Lee Loggenberg and Melissa Waters Painter Heidi Fourie has become a powerhouse in printmaking as her ongoing collaboration with...

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Heidi Fourie ‘On Soft Ground’: Creative flow and intuitive mark making

Written by Elda Bredenkamp and Melissa Waters Heidi Fourie first started collaborating with David Krut Projects in 2017 and most...

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DKP x Young artists to keep on your radar.

Gallery collaborations, artist residencies and curated art exhibitions are all ways that David Krut Projects are involved with the youth...

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David Krut Podcast: Heidi Fourie sharing the gift of Paradise…Listening time 22 Minutes.

In 2022, Fourie was invited to be in residence at the David Krut Workshop in Maboneng to work at a...

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What is a Monotype and Monoprint?

By Roxy Kaczmarek & Melissa Waters Detail of Heidi Fourie’s watercolour monotype The lost ones, 2021. Monotypes are known to...

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The Magic of Pigment – Heidi Fourie’s new series of watercolour monotypes

Heidi Fourie’s collaborative journey with the David Krut Workshop started with the creation of a series of watercolour monotypes in...

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A Look Back at Editions, Projects & Collaborations from 2021

The year 2021 was a productive one in the workshop and the gallery. We saw editions and projects by a...

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Podcast Playlist: Top episodes 2020 – 2021

Take a listen to this playlist of the top episodes of our podcast where we have spoken to various artists...

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FILM | Heidi Fourie – Printmaking collaboration 2020

Pretoria based Painter Heidi Fourie collaborates with the team of print technicians at the David Krut Workshop at Arts On...

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David Krut Podcast: Heidi Fourie – Between the Grasses | Listening Time: 20 minutes

Ame Bell and Britt Lawton from the David Krut Gallery team visited artist Heidi Fourie at her studio in Pretoria...

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DO-IT-AT-HOME ACTIVITIES

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DKW Weekly Do-it-at-home Kids Activity | Heidi Fourie with Kim-Lee Loggenberg

Even though we are all in #lockdown and can’t go outside that much, we can still make our own awesome forest inspired...

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