
Olivia Botha
Collaboration History
Olivia Botha’s unique work has been included in a number of group exhibitions at David Krut Projects (DKP) in Johannesburg, most recently in Kind of Blue, which was exhibited at the Parkwood gallery space over December 2019/January 2020.
Botha spent time in March 2020 working closely with David Krut Workshop (DKW) printer, Sarah Hunkin, exploring the monotype technique and experimenting with the unpredictable translation of her mark into print. Botha made a series of watercolour and oil-based monotypes at DKW, followed by a series of trace monotypes printed without the aid of a printing press.
In April 2021 David Krut arranged a collaborative residency for Botha with The Fourth – a working space and art gallery in Cape Town. Here she produced a body of oil paintings inspired in part by the trace monotypes of 2020.
DKP presented a solo exhibition by Olivia Botha – CAUGHT – in August 2021. The show brought together paintings produced during her residency at The Fourth and afterwards, and selected monotypes including the trace monotypes.
Biography
Olivia Botha is a multi-disciplinary artist working predominately in video performance, installation, collage and painting. She is interested in concepts of language – how we communicate, and how we are unable to communicate. Through this framework, Botha explores the different ways in which our relationships – with inanimate objects, as well as the animate – affect our lives.
Botha was born in Bloemfontein and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. She holds a Fine Art degree from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, where she graduated in 2017. Botha has also participated in numerous group shows, most notably at The African Center in New York, Turbine Art Fair in Johannesburg, ABSA Gallery in Johannesburg and at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. In 2018, Botha was a recipient of the Moleskine Foundation Scholarship granting her the opportunity to participate in the AtWork workshop conducted by Simon Njami and Andrew Tshabangu at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. In 2019, the artist was invited to attend a workshop presented by Penny Siopis as part of Siopis’s residency programme at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo.
Exhibitions with David Krut Projects
Pictures Worth a Thousand Words (2019)
Blogs and Other Media
Artist Olivia Botha speaks about her first collaboration with the David Krut Workshop
David Krut Podcast & Video Playlist: Womens Month 2020
UPCOMING CURATORS AND ARTISTS SHINE IN KKNK VIRTUAL GALLERY 2020
A look back at new editions, projects & collaborations from 2020
David Krut Podcast: Olivia Botha – CAUGHT | Listening time: 25 minutes
Tracing the trace monotype process in Olivia Botha’s work
Podcast Playlist: Top episodes 2020 – 2021
A Look Back at Editions, Projects & Collaborations from 2021
What is a Monotype and Monoprint?
Berlin Studio Visit with Olivia Botha
DKW and The Creative Skills Factory
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Berlin Studio Visit with Olivia Botha
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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...
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...
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...
Tracing the trace monotype process in Olivia Botha’s work
Multi-disciplinary artist Olivia Botha collaborated with the David Krut Workshop (DKW) on a series of delicate trace monotypes titled Caught...
David Krut Podcast: Olivia Botha – CAUGHT | Listening time: 25 minutes
In this episode multi-disciplinary artist Olivia Botha called from Cape Town to chat to Britt Lawton in a remote interview...
A look back at new editions, projects & collaborations from 2020
The year 2020 was a productive year as we saw new editions and projects by a variety of artists in...
UPCOMING CURATORS AND ARTISTS SHINE IN KKNK VIRTUAL GALLERY 2020
Press release issued by the KKNK | 31 July 2020 The visual arts programme of this year’s Klein Karoo National...
David Krut Podcast & Video Playlist: Womens Month 2020
The David Krut Projects team wishes you a very HAPPY WOMEN'S MONTH!! We are keeping you inspired by bringing you...
Artist Olivia Botha speaks about her first collaboration with the David Krut Workshop
In March 2020, Artist Olivia Botha spent some time working closely with David Krut Workshop (DKW) printer, Sarah Hunkin, exploring...
DKW Weekly Do-It-At-Home Kids’ Activity | Trace Monotypes with Olivia Botha & Sarah Judge
#DKW brings you another DO-IT-AT-HOME ACTIVITY!! Artist Olivia Botha and printer Sarah Judge show you how to make artworks using...
Multimedia Memories – Olivia Botha Turns Her Hand to Printmaking at DKW
Olivia Botha, an accomplished multi-disciplinary visual artist working predominately in painting, collage, installation and video performance, has recently expanded her...