What We Do
Eastern Cape
Governance
VANSA is in the process of convening a dynamic group of people from the visual arts in Gauteng and surrounds to oversee the regional activities of our national office in Johannesburg. See below for more information on who the people are who will be guiding the development of VANSA in Gauteng and immediately surrounding provinces.
Lerato Bereng
Lerato is a young curator who originates from Maseru, Lesotho. She is currently a curator at Brodie/Stevenson in Johannesburg, whilst pursuing her MFA in curating at Rhodes University. From 2007 to 2009 Bereng was one of five young curators in CAPE's Young curator's Programme for which she curated "Thank You Driver", an exhibition on mini-bus taxis. She has been involved in several exhibitions including being assistant curator for Dada South?: an exhibition curated by Roger van Wyk and Kathryn Smith. Until 2010 Bereng was a member of the curatorial board for Focus 10, a biennale held in Basel, Switzerland.
John Fleetwood
John Fleetwood has been the Head of the Market Photo Workshop since 2002. He is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the organisation, and the development and implementation of the conceptual and artistic framework of the educational and public programmes. He has a BA Honours in Political Studies from Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg).
Ra Hlasane
Rangoato Hlasane is an artist, activist and scholar based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He recently completed a masters degree in Visual Arts (cum laude) from the University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. His dissertation was an investigation into the role of the arts in mobilising communities. Rangoato’s work has been shown at Work-Detroit gallery as part of his residency at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design in 2008 as well as the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2009. He is the co-founder and director of Keleketla! Library, an interdisciplinary library and media arts project based at the Drill Hall in Johannesburg. He coordinates the implementation of arts, culture and heritage programmes in partnership with inner city youth, NGOs, artists, activists and other practitioners. He has facilitated and coordinated collaborative community based arts and development projects around South Africa over the last five years, most recently in Musina, Mafikeng and Welkom.
Percyval Madia
Percyval Madia has been an art educator at Bishop Bavin School for the past 7 years and a visual artist. During the past 11 years he has been involved in a range of projects such as art teacher training in Mabopane in the North West province, In-service Teacher Training at UJ (Wits Tech), Artists in School Project (WSoA and Curriculum Development Project) and also a poverty alleviation project that focused on Papermaking. He has a fine art diploma from Funda Centre, an advanced print making certificate from artist proof studio, an in-service teacher training certificate from UJ (Wits Tech) and is presently working toward a teaching qualification from UNISA.
Zen Marie
Zen Marie was born in Durban South Africa, in 1980. He studied photography at the Market Photo Workshop in 1995 and thereafter completed a BAFA degree (with distinction) majoring in sculpture, at the University of Cape Town in 2001. Alongside this artistic training Marie went on to pursue two post graduate studies: a two year studio residency at de-ateliers in Amsterdam and a Masters degree at the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, based at the University of Amsterdam where he graduated in 2006 (also with distinction). Marie currently lectures at the WITS School of Arts where he tutors senior under graduate students, as well as supervises Masters students. Marie exhibits art locally and internationally and recently won one of the top awards at Spier Contemporary 2010.
Nontobeko Ntombela
Nontobeko is a curator based in Johannesburg. She is currently studying towards a Masters degree in Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand. Ntombela has participated in art residencies, curatorial projects, conferences, and exhibitions nationally and internationally. She has also worked for various organisations as a curator and an advisory member, and currently serves as curator for contemporary art at the Johannesburg Art Gallery.
Ijeoma Loren Uche-Okeke
Ijeoma is a researcher, cultural facilitator and project manager, currently working as gallery manager at Gallery Momo. She has over eight years of professional experience in the non-profit cultural sector as an administrator, curator and cultural facilitator. She has worked actively as an arts and culture manager in both the creative and performing arts sectors in Nigeria, her country of birth, and more recently in South Africa. Building partnerships and working collaboratively with multiple constituencies has formed an integral part of her professional career. She also has a strong interest in the development of policy as a tool for increasing efficacy of management of creative and cultural industries. Ijeoma has a BA (Hons) in Fine and Applied Arts, a PGD in Arts and Culture Management and an MA in Heritage Studies from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
