Deborah Weber
Academic Background
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BAFA, University of Cape Town, 2004
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Post Graduate Diploma Fine Arts, University of Cape Town, 2015
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Masters in Fine Arts, University of Cape Town, 2020. Michaelis School of Fine Arts.: https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/31776
CV and Profile
Deborah Weber was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1979. She graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BAFA in 2004, a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art in 2015 and her Masters (MAFA) in Fine Arts in 2020.
She has been a practicing artist for two decades; working mostly in performance and video and interested in ephemeral and collaborative practice. In the early 2000’s her work focused on gender and sexuality and in 2014 she started exploring other social issues through collaborative practice with other multidisciplinary artists. These collaborative projects have explored themes such as; environmental threats, social justice, land ownership and restitution and gender-based violence, they have been largely performance based and exhibited as video installations at museums, galleries, art fairs and festivals nationally and internationally. Deborah created the umbrella organisation called Artcollab studio to house these projects.
EXHIBITIONS
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2023 - Sound and Colours, Group Exhibition Le Havre- Galerie, France.
2023 - Open Studios, Victoria Yards, Johannesburg.
2022 - Ubumbano/Unite Collaboration, 100% Design, JHB.
2021 – Ubumbano/Unite Collaboration, video exhibition at the Melrose Gallery Johannesburg.
2021 -* Ilizwe/Nyika/Nation Collaboration, exhibition at the Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm.
2021 - Ilizwe/Nyika/Nation Collaboration, exhibition at the Turbine Art Fair Johannesburg and Artsy platform.
2021 - Ilizwe/Nyika/Nation Collaboration, exhibition at the Bulawayo National Gallery, Zimbabwe.
2018 - *Ubulungiswa/Justice Collaboration, exhibition at Chale Wote Festival, Ghana.
2018 - *Ubulungiswa/Justice Collaboration, exhibition at The AVA Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2018 - *Ubulungiswa/Justice Collaboration, exhibition as part of the Assemblage programme in Alexander, JHB, ZA.
2017 - Karoo Disclosure Collaboration, exhibition and sound workshop at Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, ZA
2015 - * Ubulungiswa/Justice Collaboration, exhibition at Michaelis Gallery, University of Cape Town, ZA
2015 - Karoo Disclosure Collaboration, exhibition and conference at Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, ZA
2015 - Karoo Disclosure Collaboration, film screening for Museum Night, SA Museum Cape Town, ZA.
2015 - Karoo Disclosure Collaboration, video installation, That Art Fair, Cape Town, ZA.
2015 - Karoo Disclosure Collaboration, film screening Indie Karoo Film Festival, Prince Albert, ZA.
2006 - *Art Media Media Art: the last of the Brett Kebble Art Awards, first solo public exhibition,
The Premises Gallery, Johannesburg, ZA.
2006 - DWG, group exhibition, Outlet Gallery, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Cape Town, ZA.
2005 - *World Tune, Videoart Channel, Kobe Art Village Centre, Japan.
2004 - *Pulse, Videoart Channel, screening of African video art, Tokyo.
2004 - *Best Before 1, a group multi-media video and sound exhibition at the Cold Room, Cape Town, ZA.
2004 - *Brett Kebble Art Awards exhibition at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, ZA.
2004 - *An Exhibition, solo exhibition of graduate work Bell-Roberts Gallery at the Complex, Cape Town, ZA.
2001 - Centre for African Studies, group exhibition by female Fine Art students at UCT, Cape Town, ZA.
2001 - YDETAG, group exhibition the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA.
2001 - Solo performance at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts graduate exhibition Cape Town, ZA.
2001 - Long Street Festival, collaborative performance, Cape Town, ZA.
1999 - Soft Serve, group exhibition held at the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA.