Penny Siopis (born 5 February 1953) is a South African artist from Cape Town. She was born in Vryburg in the North West province from Greek parents who had moved after inheriting a bakery from Siopis maternal grandfather. Siopis studied Fine Arts at Rhodes University in Makhanda, completing her master's degree in 1976, after which she pursued postgraduate studies at Portsmouth Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. She taught Fine Arts at the Technikon Natal in Durban from 1980 to 1983. In 1984 she took up a lectureship at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. During this time she was also visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds (1992–93) and visiting Professor in Fine Arts at Umeå University in Sweden (2000) as part of an interinstitutional exchange. With an Honorar
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| - Penny Siopis és una artista sud-africana nascuda a el 1953. Siopis va estudiar un Màster en Belles Arts a la , Grahamstown (1976), i és professora de la , de la Universitat de Ciutat del Cap. Siopis treballa en el camp de la pintura, la fotografia, el cinema, el vídeo i la instal·lació. La seva obra es caracteritza pel que ella mateixa anomena “poètica de la vulnerabilitat” i explora temes relacionats amb la història, la memòria, la migració, la violència i la sexualitat. (ca)
- Penny Siopis (born 5 February 1953) is a South African artist from Cape Town. She was born in Vryburg in the North West province from Greek parents who had moved after inheriting a bakery from Siopis maternal grandfather. Siopis studied Fine Arts at Rhodes University in Makhanda, completing her master's degree in 1976, after which she pursued postgraduate studies at Portsmouth Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. She taught Fine Arts at the Technikon Natal in Durban from 1980 to 1983. In 1984 she took up a lectureship at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. During this time she was also visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds (1992–93) and visiting Professor in Fine Arts at Umeå University in Sweden (2000) as part of an interinstitutional exchange. With an Honorar (en)
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| - Siopis with her large scale paintings at Maitland Institute, Cape Town (en)
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| - Penny Siopis és una artista sud-africana nascuda a el 1953. Siopis va estudiar un Màster en Belles Arts a la , Grahamstown (1976), i és professora de la , de la Universitat de Ciutat del Cap. Siopis treballa en el camp de la pintura, la fotografia, el cinema, el vídeo i la instal·lació. La seva obra es caracteritza pel que ella mateixa anomena “poètica de la vulnerabilitat” i explora temes relacionats amb la història, la memòria, la migració, la violència i la sexualitat. Ha exposat a nivell nacional i internacional, incloent exposicions individuals com Time and Again: A Retrospective Exhibition, a la South African National Gallery, de Ciutat del Cap (2014) i al de Johannesburg (2015); Red: The iconography of colour in the work of Penny Siopis al KZNSA Gallery de Durban (2009) o Three Essays on Shame al de Londres (2005). L'obra de Siopis també ha format part de les biennals d'art de Venècia (2013 i 1993), Sydney (2010), Johannesburg (1995 i 1997), Gwangju (1997) i l'Havana (1995). (ca)
- Penny Siopis (born 5 February 1953) is a South African artist from Cape Town. She was born in Vryburg in the North West province from Greek parents who had moved after inheriting a bakery from Siopis maternal grandfather. Siopis studied Fine Arts at Rhodes University in Makhanda, completing her master's degree in 1976, after which she pursued postgraduate studies at Portsmouth Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. She taught Fine Arts at the Technikon Natal in Durban from 1980 to 1983. In 1984 she took up a lectureship at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. During this time she was also visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds (1992–93) and visiting Professor in Fine Arts at Umeå University in Sweden (2000) as part of an interinstitutional exchange. With an Honorary Doctorate from Rhodes University, Makhanda – Siopis is currently Honorary Professor at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. (en)
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