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Diana Page (born 1965) is a painter, performance and installation artist originally from
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Diana Page (born 1965) is a painter, performance and installation artist originally from South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
but currently residing in Istanbul
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, Turkey
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. Exploring experiences of traveling back and forth between these two homes, Page's artwork concerns ideas of globalization and nomadic lifestyle. Through painting, drawing, performance, installation, and video, Page investigates the urban environments she inhabits as an emotional as well as physical setting.
Career
In 2022, Page's solo exhibit, ''Walking on a rim of light'', which including wall-based paintings and photographic and digital prints, was exhibited at the Oliewenhuis Art Museum (the Reservoir) from 24 February to 10 April 2022.Education
Page has a BA Honours fromUniversity of Natal
The University of Natal was a university in the former South African province Natal which later became KwaZulu-Natal. The University of Natal no longer exists as a distinct legal entity, as it was incorporated into the University of KwaZulu-N ...
, 1986, a HDE from University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
, 1987, and a Master in Fine Arts from Rhodes University
Rhodes University is a public university, public research university located in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, ...
, 1992.
Exhibitions
*Infecting the City
Held in Cape Town, South Africa Infecting the City is a public arts festival that is committed to making art freely available to everyone. The festival hosts a range of different types of site-specific art, art intervention and performance art i ...
Public Art Festival, Cape Town, 2012
*Its Liquid:Liquid Cities and Invisible Identities 2012, Venice
*Between Colour and Line, Diana Page & Joicy Koothur 2012, Ouvroir d'Art, Istanbul
*Then Now Next Diana Page & Justin Eccles Ouvroir dArt, Beyoglu, Istanbul
* Ships & Dreams Arnavutkoy Art Gallery, Istanbul
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, 2010
* Produced a performance piece "Pitch Blue" in Redhook, Brooklyn (Axis Gallery), 2008
* Sound Installation "Kadinin Sesleri", Galata, Istanbul, 2007
* 360Istanbul, Beyoglu, Istanbul, 2007
*Unknown Cities, Buchanan Square, Woodstock, Cape Town, 2006
* Irma Stern, Diana Page & Jane Young, 2005
*Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town, 2003
*Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, 2001
*Feeling the spaces Chelsea Gallery Cape Town, 1996
*Pilgrims Chelsea Gallery Cape Town, 1995
*Going Home Market Galleries Johannesburg, 1993
*Going Home Grahamstown Arts Festival, 1992
Photo gallery
References
External links
*http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=south-african-artist-depicts-merging-moments-in-istanbul-2011-01-13 *https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000724/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=204228 *Infecting the City, 2012: **https://www.flickr.com/photos/infectingthecity/6820427746/in/photostream **https://www.flickr.com/photos/infectingthecity/6966561871/ **https://www.flickr.com/photos/infectingthecity/6845873423/in/photostream * ''Walking on a Rim of Light'': http://issuu.com/fashionnl/docs/dianapage 1965 births Living people Artists from Durban Women performance artists 20th-century South African women artists 21st-century South African women artists {{SouthAfrica-artist-stub