Bio
Tessa Teixeira was born in 1969, in Ermelo, South Africa. She completed a Bachelor’s in Primary Education, majoring in Art, in 1991 through the University of the Witwatersrand and her self-portrait at the time, was kept by the JCE campus Arts Department.
In her twenties and thirties, she was extensively involved in projects addressing access for housing in lower Income sectors, she raised the money to build two schools, and worked for The Mineworkers Development Agency, the development wing of The National Union of Mineworkers, addressing rural development economic needs in South Africa.
She created artwork on an ad hoc, private basis, throughout this period.
In 2006 she started focusing on her Art practice, and facilitated Adult Art workshops at her studio in Johannesburg.
She enrolled for an MFA at The San Francisco Academy of Arts University in 2010, completing the courses Chiaruscuro, Renaissance Art History, and early Philosophy
She switched to the The University of California, Berkeley Extension, Post Bacc Art programme, and completed three courses of the programme, Colour Theory, Fundamentals in Drawing and Painting.
She moved to London in 2011, and enrolled for short Art courses at Central St Martins, The Heatherley School of Fine Arts, and The Princes Drawing School.
She returned to Johannesburg at the end of 2011 and has been focused on developing her work in Mixed Media & Painting, Installation and Printmaking.
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Please refer to her CV below for exhibitions, Art practice development &References
Exhibitions
2018
Exhibited in a solo show in April ‘Nothing stands still’ at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
2017
Exhibited at the BagFactoryArt SALON show – Open Call curated selection
Exhibited with LLeditions at The Fine Art Print Fair hosted at Gibbs, Johannesburg
2016
· Paddle 8 online auction and Live Auction in New York – AMREF HEALTH
· ABSA Gallery – Johannesburg – Artistproofstudio’s Proshop show
· London based Jacksons Open Art Prize – longlist selected
2015
· Turbine Art Fair – Johannesburg – LL Editions & Artistproof Studio’s shows
2013
· FNB Joburg Art Fair – Johannesburg – Artistproof Studio’s group show
· Joburg Fringe – Johannesburg – Open call selection group show
2012
· Johannesburg Art Gallery – Artistproof studio’s Open Call group show
· Stateoftheart online gallery – Open call selection
Publications
2009 The South African, Artlife, Edition: Dec 2009 -Jan 2010
2012 Catalogue: ‘Coming of Age’, 21 years of Artist proof Studio
2013 Listed on the JoburgFringe online catalogue
2015 LL Editions Collaborations Catalogue, Vol 1
2017 Bag Factory SALON exhibition Catalogue
Professional Art work & Practice Development
2016
· Londonprint Studio – London, UK – Silkscreen and photopolymer course
· College of Digital Photography – Johannesburg – Introduction DSLR video
2015
· LL Editions – Johannesburg – Lithography Edition
· Artistproof Studio’s – Johannesburg – Etching Edition
· Warren Editions – Cape Town – Aquatint Etching workshop
2014
· The Artists Press – Mpumalanga, White River – Monotypes
· Market Photo workshop – Johannesburg – Intro to photography
2013
· The Artists Press – Mpumalanga, White River – Monotypes
2009
· Artist Proof Studio’s – Johannesburg – Etching Edition
Formal Education and Institutional Short Courses
2011
· Central St Martins College of Art & Design – Clerkenwell, London
Mixed Media, Expressive painting
· Princes Drawing School – Shoreditch, London – Still life drawing
· Heatherleys School of Art – Chelsea, London – Still life drawing
2010
· San Francisco Academy of Art University – San Francisco, USA – Spring semester
programme of MFA: Chiariscuro, Italian Renaissance Art History, early Philosophy
· University of California – Berkeley Extention – San Francisco, USA – Post Bacc
programme: Colour Theory, Fundamentals in drawing and painting
2006
· University of Southern Africa – Honours Bcomm
1991
· University of the Witwatersrand – Johannesburg – Bprim Ed – Art major
1987
· Ermelo high school – Mpumalanga, Ermelo – Matriculated – University exemption
References
Mark Attwood & Tamar Mason – Master Printer and Owners of The Artists Press http://www.artprintsa.com
Jeanne-Maré du Bois – Gallery Manager and Sara – Aimee Verity – Master Printer at the Proshop Artistproof Studio’s – http://www.artistproofstudio.co.za
Sarie Potter – Organiser/ Curator for Joburg Fringe – http://www.JoburgFringe.com
Joe Leshoka Le Gate – Master Printer and Owner of LL Editions – http://www.lleditions.co.za
Zhane Warren – Master Printer and Owner of Warren Editions – http://www.warreneditions.com
Aysha Waja – Curator at the Bag Factory Art Studio – http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za
