CURRICULUM VITAE
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Elske Henderson
Conceptual visual artist working across painting, sculpture and printmaking
Cape Town, South Africa
Born 1968
Lives and works in Cape Town,
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EDUCATION
2020 BVA (Cum Laude), UNISA, South Africa
1996 MBA, University of Cape Town, South Africa
1992 B Pharm, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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AWARDS
2019 Finalist, Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2019 3rd Prize, Vuleka Art Competition, ArtB Gallery, Cape Town
2019 Finalist, Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards, Springs Art Gallery, Ekurhuleni
2019 Semi-finalist, PPC Imaginarium, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2018 Merit Award, UNISA Department of Art and Music, Pretoria
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Lost Expectancies, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Side Track Open Studios, Spice Yard, Cape Town
2025 Personal Encounters, Solo Studios, Riebeeck Kasteel
2025 Hot off the Press, ArtB Gallery, Cape Town
2025 The Creative Collective – An Exhibition, Welgemeend Manor House, Cape Town
2025 Forms in Paper & Clay 2.0, Lisa Linnow Gallery, Cape Town
2025 Common Ground, RK Contemporary, Riebeeck Kasteel, Western Cape
2024 Side Track Open Studios, Spice Yard, Cape Town
2024 Personal Encounters, Solo Studios, Riebeeck Kasteel, Western Cape
2024 Melkbos Ateljee – 30 Artists’ Open Studios, Atlantic Beach Hotel, Melkbosstrand
2024 Tiny Treasures, ArtB Gallery, Cape Town
2023/24 Zoo, Gallery Glen Carlou, Paarl
2023 Surface, 6 Spin Street Gallery, Cape Town
2023 Borderline Biomes, Gallery Glen Carlou, Paarl
2023 Melkbos Ateljee – 30 Artists’ Open Studios, Atlantic Beach Hotel, Melkbosstrand
2023 Drawing Inspiration, Gallery Glen Carlou, Paarl
2022/23 Inescapable (as part of The Trine Art Collective), AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2022 Ebb, DAOR Contemporary, Cape Town
2020 AVA “Under 18s” Campaign, Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
2019 Vuleka Art Competition Exhibition, ArtB Gallery, Cape Town
2019 Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards Exhibition, Springs Art Gallery, Ekurhuleni
2019 PPC Imaginarium (Semi-finalist Exhibition), AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2019 Sasol New Signatures (Finalist Exhibition), Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2018/19 FORWARD, forward, forward?: The Future(s) of Higher Education in Africa,
Stellenbosch University Museum, Stellenbosch
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COLLABORATIONS / PROJECTS
2022 Journey into the Styx, animation collaboration with Christel Liebenberg, exhibited
in Ebb, DAOR Contemporary, Cape Town
2021 Journey into the Styx, animation collaboration with Christel Liebenberg, Lost
Expectancies, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2018 Humachine, collaboration with Christel Liebenberg, exhibited in FORWARD:
The Future(s) of Higher Education in Africa, Stellenbosch University Museum
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019– Conceptual artist and owner, Elske&Co – Art Studio, Cape Town
2008–2011 Owner and Curator, The Artist's Touch Gallery, The Bay Hotel, Camps Bay,
Cape Town
2008 Lecturer in Marketing and Branding, Business Acumen for Artists, UCT
Graduate School of Business
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2025–2026 Chairperson, Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town
2024–2025 Vice-Chairperson, Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town
2023–2024 Board Member, Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town