BIOGRAPHY
Manuela Holzer was born into a creative Austrian family. Her late Viennese grandmother, Grete Zimmer, was a famous actress in Austria and was also well known in many parts of Germany and Switzerland. Manuela matriculated from the Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2008 and decided to pursue her passion for art. She initially studied at the University of Witwatersrand where she completed her Bachelor in Fine Art in 2012. During her studies at the University of Witwatersrand she received an invitation to become a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, which she accepted. In 2013, she completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Education cum laude at the University of Johannesburg. Thereafter, Manuela moved to the Western Cape to study further and received a Master’s degree in Visual Art from the University of Stellenbosch in 2016. She currently resides in Cape Town and furthers her artistic practice by creating sculptures of the female figure in various media that explore the challenging states of the human psyche. At present, Manuela is also a PhD candidate in Creative Arts Production at the University of Pretoria.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 The Shadow of Nude Existence, Gallery of the University of Stellenbosch
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Autumn ‘23 Group Exhibition, Daor Contemporary Gallery in the Port of Cape Town
2022 Good Neighbours, Nirox Sculpture Park in Johannesburg
2022 Ebb: A Group Exhibition, Daor Contemporary Gallery in the Port of Cape Town
2022 Girls Girls Girls!, Daor Contemporary Gallery in the Port of Cape Town
2022 Meraki, Daor Contemporary Gallery in the Port of Cape Town
2021 (Un)Infecting the City Festival, Cape Town
2021 Thread(ed): Interlacing Womxn of the 21st Century, Association of Arts in Pretoria
2020 Dyman Gallery in Stellenbosch
2020 Phantasmagoria, Online Art Exhibition, Lizamore & Associates Gallery
2019 Jan Celliers Art Exhibition in Johannesburg
2019 Ebony Gallery in Franschhoek
2019 The Boutique Gallery in Sint-Martens Latem, Belgium
2017 Turbine Art Fair, Candice Berman Gallery in Newtown, Johannesburg,
2017 Cape Town Art Fair (CTAF2017), Candice Berman Gallery, Cape Town
2015 Introspection, Gallery of the University of Stellenbosch
2014 The Distance to Here, Gallery of the University of Stellenbosch
2012 Fourth year Art Auction, Afronova Gallery Space, Johannesburg
2012 Fourth year Graduation Show, Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg
COMMISSIONS
2017- 2021 Indian Runner Duck (1.6m high bronze), Vergenoegd Löw Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
EDUCATION
2020 until present: PhD candidate in Creative Arts Production at the University of Pretoria
2016 Masters in Visual Art, University of Stellenbosch
2013 Post Graduate Certificate of Education, University of Johannesburg
2012 Bachelor in Fine Art, University of Witwatersrand
2008 Matriculated from the Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg
