Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1993 Matriculated DF Malan High School, Bellville.
1996 ND Jewellery Design & Manufacture, Cape Technikon (CPUT)
1997 NHD Jewellery Design & Manufacture Cape Technikon (CPUT)
2020 MVA University of South Africa Cum Laude
2023 – ongoing PhD in Art University of South Africa
EMPLOYMENT
1997-1998 Jewellery designer, SA Link, Cape Town.
1998 – 2000 Jewellery designer, Visconti & Co, Cape Town.
2001 – 2005 Principal, Jewellery designer, Visconti & Co, Cape Town
2005-2010 Freelance Jewellery designer
2009 – ongoing Visual Art Educator / Lecturer, Laurette de Jager Visual Art Courses
2020 – Committee Member Bellville Arts Association
2021 – Chairperson Bellville Arts Association
2021 - Ongoing Organizer Boston Open Studios
2022 – Interim Postgraduate Research assistant, Unisa. 3 Month Contract.
2023 – Visual Art & Design Teacher Grade 8 – 12, DF Malan High School, Bellville – 3-month contract (16 January 2023- 31 March 2023)
EXTERNAL EXAMINER DUTIES
2000 - External moderator NHD Jewellery Design & Manufacture Cape Technikon
AWARDS
1998 - 2nd Place in the Designer category of Jewellex Collection awards
2000 - 2nd Place in the Professional category of Jewellex Collection awards
1998 - 2nd Place in the American Swiss Jewellery Designer of the year 97/98
2000 - Superiority in Jewellery Design in the Professional Designer category Jewellex
2015 - Top 200 Finalist Sanlam Portrait Competition at Rust en Vrede gallery
2016 - Three Highly commendable awards SASA Selection Weekend 2016
2015/16/18 - Finalist Vuleka Art Competition hosted by Art.b gallery
2019 - Top Ten Finalist State of the Art Competition
2023 – Art.co.za Top Ten Artists to Watch in 2023
2023 – Top 200 Finalist Rust en Vrede Portrait Award
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015
February: Art.b gallery – Members exhibition
June: Art.b gallery – Tiny Treasures exhibition
August: Art.b gallery – Vuleka 2015 competition finalist
September: Art.b gallery – Greg Kerr student exhibition
October: Art.b gallery – A3 Format exhibition
2016
May: SASA Members 1 exhibition 2016
August: Art.b gallery – Vuleka competition finalist
September: SASA Members 2 exhibition
October: SASA 109th Annual exhibition
2017
January: SASA Merit exhibition
November: The Goldsmiths’ Gallery - Steampunk Trouvé
2018
August: Art.b gallery – Vuleka competition finalist
2019
September: State of the Art Gallery - Award Finalists
October: Youngblood Africa – Poetry of Decay with Romi Flowers
2020
November: Art.b gallery - A Part / Apart
December: IS art gallery - Hamba Kahle
2021
February: Youngblood Africa – Broken Monsters with Louis Chanu
June: Art.b gallery - Violent Femmes
September: Edg2020 – Gothic Romantic
October: Turbine Art Fair – Gothic Romantic
November: Art.b gallery - The Secret History
December: RK Contemporary - Phantasmagoria
2022
June: Rust en Vrede – The Grand VI
December: Art.b Summer Salon
2023
June: Art.b Tiny Treasures X – curated
July: Art.b – Obscura and Other Apparitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
March 2019: Poetry of Decay (MVA) - Art.b gallery
February 2023: Ephemera – Rust en Vrede gallery
CURATORIAL:
Apart / A Part – a group exhibition exploring the human condition under social distancing at art.b gallery - November 2020
Catalogue Available [online] https://issuu.com/laurette_de_jager/docs/apart_a_part_art.b_2020_catalogue_issuu.pptx
Violent Femmes - Interrogating the Femme Fatale archetype at art.b gallery - June 2021
Catalogue Available [online] https://issuu.com/laurette_de_jager/docs/violent_femmes_catalogue_issuu.pptx
The Secret History - A Group exhibition of Gregory Kerr Students’ work at art.b gallery – November 2021.
Catalogue Available [online]
https://issuu.com/laurette_de_jager/docs/the_secret_history_catalogue_issuu.pptx
MEDIA AND PRESS:
Apart / A Part Webinar – a discussion on the exhibition - November 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JgsqJ9KzlU
Violent Femmes – Interview on RSG Kuns - 15 June 2021
Podcast available [online] https://iono.fm/e/1055351
Ephemera – Interview on RSG Kuns - 7 February 2023
Podcast available [online] https://omny.fm/shows/rsg-kuns/ephemera-laurette-de-jager
Impermanent Earth – The Ephemeral Nature of Things. Digital Archive: June 2023
https://impermanentearth.com/archive/laurette-de-jager/
1993 Matriculated DF Malan High School, Bellville.
1996 ND Jewellery Design & Manufacture, Cape Technikon (CPUT)
1997 NHD Jewellery Design & Manufacture Cape Technikon (CPUT)
2020 MVA University of South Africa Cum Laude
2023 – ongoing PhD in Art University of South Africa
EMPLOYMENT
1997-1998 Jewellery designer, SA Link, Cape Town.
1998 – 2000 Jewellery designer, Visconti & Co, Cape Town.
2001 – 2005 Principal, Jewellery designer, Visconti & Co, Cape Town
2005-2010 Freelance Jewellery designer
2009 – ongoing Visual Art Educator / Lecturer, Laurette de Jager Visual Art Courses
2020 – Committee Member Bellville Arts Association
2021 – Chairperson Bellville Arts Association
2021 - Ongoing Organizer Boston Open Studios
2022 – Interim Postgraduate Research assistant, Unisa. 3 Month Contract.
2023 – Visual Art & Design Teacher Grade 8 – 12, DF Malan High School, Bellville – 3-month contract (16 January 2023- 31 March 2023)
EXTERNAL EXAMINER DUTIES
2000 - External moderator NHD Jewellery Design & Manufacture Cape Technikon
AWARDS
1998 - 2nd Place in the Designer category of Jewellex Collection awards
2000 - 2nd Place in the Professional category of Jewellex Collection awards
1998 - 2nd Place in the American Swiss Jewellery Designer of the year 97/98
2000 - Superiority in Jewellery Design in the Professional Designer category Jewellex
2015 - Top 200 Finalist Sanlam Portrait Competition at Rust en Vrede gallery
2016 - Three Highly commendable awards SASA Selection Weekend 2016
2015/16/18 - Finalist Vuleka Art Competition hosted by Art.b gallery
2019 - Top Ten Finalist State of the Art Competition
2023 – Art.co.za Top Ten Artists to Watch in 2023
2023 – Top 200 Finalist Rust en Vrede Portrait Award
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015
February: Art.b gallery – Members exhibition
June: Art.b gallery – Tiny Treasures exhibition
August: Art.b gallery – Vuleka 2015 competition finalist
September: Art.b gallery – Greg Kerr student exhibition
October: Art.b gallery – A3 Format exhibition
2016
May: SASA Members 1 exhibition 2016
August: Art.b gallery – Vuleka competition finalist
September: SASA Members 2 exhibition
October: SASA 109th Annual exhibition
2017
January: SASA Merit exhibition
November: The Goldsmiths’ Gallery - Steampunk Trouvé
2018
August: Art.b gallery – Vuleka competition finalist
2019
September: State of the Art Gallery - Award Finalists
October: Youngblood Africa – Poetry of Decay with Romi Flowers
2020
November: Art.b gallery - A Part / Apart
December: IS art gallery - Hamba Kahle
2021
February: Youngblood Africa – Broken Monsters with Louis Chanu
June: Art.b gallery - Violent Femmes
September: Edg2020 – Gothic Romantic
October: Turbine Art Fair – Gothic Romantic
November: Art.b gallery - The Secret History
December: RK Contemporary - Phantasmagoria
2022
June: Rust en Vrede – The Grand VI
December: Art.b Summer Salon
2023
June: Art.b Tiny Treasures X – curated
July: Art.b – Obscura and Other Apparitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
March 2019: Poetry of Decay (MVA) - Art.b gallery
February 2023: Ephemera – Rust en Vrede gallery
CURATORIAL:
Apart / A Part – a group exhibition exploring the human condition under social distancing at art.b gallery - November 2020
Catalogue Available [online] https://issuu.com/laurette_de_jager/docs/apart_a_part_art.b_2020_catalogue_issuu.pptx
Violent Femmes - Interrogating the Femme Fatale archetype at art.b gallery - June 2021
Catalogue Available [online] https://issuu.com/laurette_de_jager/docs/violent_femmes_catalogue_issuu.pptx
The Secret History - A Group exhibition of Gregory Kerr Students’ work at art.b gallery – November 2021.
Catalogue Available [online]
https://issuu.com/laurette_de_jager/docs/the_secret_history_catalogue_issuu.pptx
MEDIA AND PRESS:
Apart / A Part Webinar – a discussion on the exhibition - November 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JgsqJ9KzlU
Violent Femmes – Interview on RSG Kuns - 15 June 2021
Podcast available [online] https://iono.fm/e/1055351
Ephemera – Interview on RSG Kuns - 7 February 2023
Podcast available [online] https://omny.fm/shows/rsg-kuns/ephemera-laurette-de-jager
Impermanent Earth – The Ephemeral Nature of Things. Digital Archive: June 2023
https://impermanentearth.com/archive/laurette-de-jager/