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Born 1965, Durban, South Africa Lives in Istanbul, Turkey Moved studio from Cape Town, South Africa to Istanbul, Turkey in 2006 1992: Rhodes University: MFA Painting 1987: University of Cape Town: HDE (PG Sec) 1986: University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg) BA Honours (Fine Art and History of Art) AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 2008 Ampersand Artist's Fellowship, Axis Gallery and Ampersand Foundation, New York City Independent visitor, Platform Garanti Contemporary Arts Centre, Istanbul 2003 Awarded carpet design commission for Judges Chambers, New Constitutional Court, Johannesburg (Boudoir Biscuits and the women of St Anne's Home) 2002 Runner-up in CONVENCO Public Art Work Competition, Cape Town Convention Centre (Boudoir Biscuits and the women of St Anne's Home Cape Town) 1991-93 Raymond Pullen Art Bursary for post-graduate study in Fine Arts 1986 Silver Award winner: Rolfes Impressions 86: National Student Exhibition Johannesburg
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010: Ships & Dreams Arnavutkoy Art Gallery, Istanbul 2008: Produced a performance piece "Pitch Blue" in Redhook, Brooklyn (Axis Gallery) 2007: Sound Installation "Kadin Sesleri", Galata, Istanbul 2007: 360Istanbul, Beyoglu, Istanbul 2006: Buchanan Square, Woodstock,Cape Town 2005: Wandel Street Exhibition, Gardens, Cape Town 2004: Herbst-Gerlach Collection, Johannesburg 2003: Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town 2001: Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg 2000: Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town 1996: Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town 1995: Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town 1993: Market Galleries, Johannesburg 1992: Grahamstown Arts Festival SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011:THEN NOW NEXT: Diana Page & Justin Eccles Ouvroir d'Art Istanbul 2005: Imprints: Works on paper, Axis Gallery, New York 2005: New Work: Diana Page Paintings; Jane Young Ceramics, Irma Stern Museum, Rosebank 2004: AVA Exhibition of Cape-based artists: Gesseau Art, Johannesburg 2003: Trilogy: Sanlam Gallery; Rust en Vreugd Gallery; Bellville Art Gallery, Cape Town 2003: "Fortitude": Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg 2001: Invited artists interpret works from the Michaelis Collection' Old Town House, Cape Town 2000: Batsoso Manuscript Exhibition 2000: Boekehuis, Gauteng 1999: Volkskas Atelier Exhibition, Pretoria 1999: Boudoir Biscuits Installation, MCQP Party, River Club, Cape Town 1998: Boudoir Biscuits Exhibition: Irma Stern Gallery, Cape Town 1997: Boudoir Biscuits Exhibition: Ibis Art Centre, NieuBethesda 1997: Boudoir Biscuits Exhibition: George VI Gallery, Port Elizabeth 1995: South African Arts Show: South African High Commission, London 1995: District Six Exhibition: National Gallery, Cape Town
COLLECTIONS ABSA Bank BP Southern AfricaCitibank Grindrod HSBC Bank LTA & Grinaker Nando's U.K Old Mutual Pretoria Technikon St Andrews Episcopal School, Washington DC University of Cape Town Don Maclennan Collection Lady Graaff Collection Various private collections
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=south-african-artist-depicts-merging-moments-in-istanbul-2011-01-13 http://todayszaman.com/news-204228-133-south-african-artist-offers-intrigue-with-artwork-on-istanbul.html Diana Page, “A Fresh look at a beautiful city” Lale, IWI Publication, Jan 2010 Ayse Sahin, “Diana Page, South African Artist” Time-Out, Istanbul, Dec 2009 Yesim Nur, Instyle Home, Turkey, April 2009 Esin Akaya, Aksiyon Magazine, April 2009 Eser Baykus, “Turkiye’de yabanci olmak”, ,Yasa Business Quarterly May 2009 Diana Page, “The making of Pitch Blue” Artscape Magazine, New York,Fall-winter, 2008 Sonya Schoeman, “Collectables”,Top Billing Magazine, May 2006 Lizza Littlewort, “Diana Page at the Irma Stern”, Artthrob website, October Edition, 2005 Melvyn Minnaar “Review: Diana Page at the Irma Stern”, Cape Times, August,2005 Holland Cotter, “Review: Imprints: Axis Gallery”, New York Times, April 2005 |