Full name: Adelheid Camilla von Maltitz
Cellphone number: +27(0)76 555 9131
E-mail address: vonmaltitzac@ufs.ac.za
Languages: Fluent in English, proficient in Afrikaans and South African Sign Language
2014 – July 2021 (Completed with graduation pending)
PhD in Fine Arts
University of the Free State
Thesis: Art, Place, Death: The Transformative Power of Dynamic Thresholds
Supervisor: Prof. Suzanne Human; Co-Supervisor: Prof. Janine Allen-Spies
2010 – 2013
Occasional Studies
Completed 1st, 2nd and 3rd year South African Sign Language (all with distinctions)
2006 – 2009
Master of Arts (Fine Arts)
University of the Free State
Thesis: Fear Transformed: Constructing Roaming Structures as a Means of Confronting and Overcoming a Fearful Response to a Displaced Urban Environment
Supervisor: Charlayn von Solms
(Received a distinction for installation and sculpture)
2002 - 2005
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts)
University of the Free State
(Received distinction for sculpture)
2001
First year of the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts)
UNISA
(Part time studies, incomplete)
2000
Matriculated
St Michael’s School, Bloemfontein
1 November 2014 – present
Permanent staff member and full time Lecturer , Department of Fine Arts, University of the Free State
1 January 2013 – 31 October 2014
Permanent staff member and full time Junior Lecturer , Department of Fine Arts, University of the Free State
2009 – 2012
Contract staff member and part time Junior Lecturer , Department of Fine Arts, University of the Free State
o Lecturing primarily in Drawing and Sculpture for undergraduate students (2009-2021)
o Lecturing in Art Administration and Management (2009-2017)
o Lecturing Art Education and Occupational Therapy modules (2009-2014)
o Supervising senior students (3rd and 4th year students) (2009-2021)
o Postgraduate supervision (2019-2021)
o Critique sessions, discussions and meetings with postgraduate student (2013-2021)
o 2020 – 3 students
o 2019 – 5 students
o 2018 – 2 students
o Internal examiner for the thesis titled Grief and Art: Sites, games and melancholy objects by Lyrene Kühn-Botma (née Kühn) at the University of the Free State (2020)
o Internal examiner for the thesis titled Beliggaamde verbeelding: sprekende beelde en blikke by Lana Combrinck (née Coetzee) at the University of the Free State (2017)
o External examiner for the thesis titled The found object: Documenting the artistic journey from decay to sustainable life through design thinking by Peneria Venessa Ansley George at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2015).
2021
o May 2021, Solo exhibition: Site, Materiality and Ritual: Constructively Engaging with Death and Loss , Oliewenhuis Art Museum, in partial fulfillment of PhD in Fine Arts
2009
o June 2009, solo exhibition: Fear Transformed: Constructing Roaming Structures as a Means of Confronting and Overcoming a Fearful Response to a Displaced Urban Environment , Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, In partial fulfillment of MA in Fine Arts
2021
o Absa L’Atelier Ambassador award for winning category A which includes Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia (see online)
2017
o Finalist in Barclays l’Atelier Top 100: art needs you, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg
2016 – 2017
o Selected for the travelling exhibition and guerilla biennale Saadjies/Psyche (Cool Capital Biennale), locally: Anton van Wouw Museum, Pretoria; Aardklop Arts Festival, North West University Gallery, Potchefstroom; Modern Art Projects, Richmond; Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Stellenbosch; internationally: Brussels, Belgium; Utrecht, Netherlands; Amsterdam, Netherlands; London, England (see online catalogue )
2015
o Finalist in Barclays l’Atelier Top 100: art needs you, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg
2014
o Invited to participate in South Africa: 10 by 12 @ SA, Contemporary Artist from South Africa , Bennettons Foundation, exhibited at Museo Bilotti, Rome, Italy
o Finalist in Barclays l’Atelier Top 100: art needs you, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg
EXHIBITION RECORD: NATIONAL
2021
o Finalist in Sasol New Signatures Top 100: discovering South Africa’s emerging artists , Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2019
o Finalist in Sasol New Signatures Top 100: discovering South Africa’s emerging artists , Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2018
o Finalist in the Sasol New Signatures Top 100: discovering South Africa’s emerging artists , Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2016
o Finalist in the Sasol New Signatures Top 100: discovering South Africa’s emerging artists , Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2015
o Finalist in Sasol New Signatures Top 100: discovering South Africa’s emerging artists , Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
o Invited to participate in Fear & Loss – The Industrial Karoo, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2014
o Selected to participate in Assemblage Art exhibition, at the Turbine Art Fair in Newtown, Johannesburg
o (Runner up award) Finalist in Sasol New Signatures Top 100: discovering South Africa’s emerging artists , Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
o Invited to participate in 17th annual ACT Awards. (Donation of two artworks that increased the funds that is available for the development of arts, culture and heritage in South Africa, the works were exhibited at the 17th annual ACT Awards), Moslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg.
o Invited to participate inTRU DAT LCD SCREEN TEDx Johannesburg. This is a video I participated in that was part of a Multimedia Ensemble curated by Chi Diaries that opened TEDx Johannesburg.
2013
o Finalist in Sasol New Signatures Top 100: discovering South Africa’s emerging artists , Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
o Invited to participate in Prophecy, Steve Biko building, Rhodes University, Grahamstown
o Selected for Absa l’Atelier Top 100: blood, sweat and tears at the regional selection, Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, Bloemfontein
EXHIBITION RECORD: LOCAL
2021
o Finalist in the Phatshoane Henney New Breed Art Competition, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein
2020
o Grounded, group exhibition by the department of Fine Arts at the University of the Free State, Online, Vrystaat Arts Festival vrystroom.
2018
o Finalist in the Phatshoane Henney New Breed Art Competition, Oliewenhuis Art Museum
o Invited to create work for Speaking out and standing up: an exhibition in honour of courageous South African women , Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein
o Invited to partake in the Leermeesters van Bloemfontein/Art Lecturer’s Group Ex hibition from Bloemfontein, Gallery on Leviseur, Bloemfontein
2017
o Invited to participate in Elements, Embodiment and Attainment: Celebrating exceptional female Free State artist , Coco C function venue, Bloemfontein
2016
o Finalist in the Phatshoane Henney New Breed Art Competition, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein
o Invited to exhibit, PAP Public exhibition during the Vryfees for ‘PIAD’, Hertzog square, Bloemfontein
2015
o Invited to participate, PLACE/PLEK for the Vryfees in the Scaena at the university of the Free State, Bloemfontein
2014
o Invited to create a work for Torings: Community-based Group Exhibition, Scaena Gallery, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
o Invited to participate in The inquisitive mind: Science and Imagination, A collaboration between scientist and Artist that I was requested to participate in, exhibited at Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein
o Invited to participate in Fine arts and Affiliated Artists Group exhibition during the Vryfees at the University of the Free State, EBW building, Bloemfontein
2013
o Invited to participate in Fine arts and Affiliated Artists Group exhibition during the Vryfees at the University of the Free State, EBW building, Bloemfontein
o Selected for Absa l’Atelier Top 100: blood, sweat and tears at the regional selection only, Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, Bloemfontein
2021
o Absa L’Atelier Ambassador award for winning category A which includes Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia (see online)
2014
o Runner up award Sasol New Signatures Top 100: discovering South Africa’s emerging artists , Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Book chapter:
o ‘Spontaneous shrines and the studio desk: learning from working with objects through an arts-informed, practice-led lens’, Shauna Rak, Adelheid Camilla von Maltitz & Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan in ‘ Object Medleys; Interpretive possibilities for educational research’ . Editors: Daisy Pillay, Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan & Inbanathan Naicker.
2015
o Invitation to be a visiting artist for a two month period at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
NATIONAL RESIDENCY (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY)
2014
o OPENLab Arts Residency. Chosen as one of fourteen of South Africa’s most promising emerging and mid-career artists to partake in the experimental and interdisciplinary residency, Free State Arts Festival in Bloemfontein, and Modern Art Projects (MAP) in Richmond.
2019
o PhD support from the Dean of Humanities, UFS
2016
o National Arts Council for my PhD in Fine Arts.
2015
o Funding from the Dean of Humanities at UFS to be a visiting artist at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & design at the University of Michigan.
2007
o National Arts Council for my MA in Fine Arts.
REVIEWED RESEARCH
2020
o Reviewed two creative outputs submitted to DHET
o Academic Head of Department of Fine Arts at the University of the Free State (2019-2021)
o Committees:
o Arts advisory board, UFS (2019-2021)
o Oliewenhuis Advisory Committee (2021)
o Scientific committee for postgraduate title registration, UFS (2020-2021)
o Humanities exam board, UFS (2021)
o Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Futures, UFS (2020)
o Working group developing faculty-specific promotions criteria, UFS (2019)
o Joint arts steering committee
o Training: Women in leadership programme (UFS Business School, for September 2021)
Prof Suzanne Human (PhD supervisor 2016-2021)
Art History and Image Studies, UFS
Work: +27(0)51 401 2281,
Cell: +27(0)82 086 4319
E-mail: humane@ufs.ac.za
Prof Naomi Morgan
Afrikaans and Dutch; German and French, UFS
Work: +27(0)51 401 3568
E-mail: morgann@ufs.ac.za
Prof Elfriede Dreyer
Curator, artist, Professor Extraordinarius in Art at the University of South Africa.
Cell: +27(0)83 271 2342
E-mail: elfriede.dreyer@gmail.com