Miné
Kleynhans is a young emerging artist and creative professional residing
in Bloemfontein. As an artist, art project manager and facilitator,
Miné participated in various developmental and often large scale
international creative programs. Most notably she participated as a
lead artist in collaboration with Alex Rinsler in the It’s My City
project (www.itsmycity.co.za) during the Vrystaat Arts Festival in
2016. She has also recently returned from an artist residency at
Bashnar Creative project, Macedonia, Eastern Europe.
In her studio practice, Miné is dedicated to the innate mysticism of
uncovering meaningful (or meaningless?) connections between the
arbitrary jumble that presents itself as ‘everyday life’. Consequently,
her artworks are often imaginative, playful attempts to convey or typify
perceived societal narratives, patterns of emotions, shared
dispositions and social inclinations. They employ humour and satire to
tease out the rich intersections between magical thinking, ritual,
religion, consumer, culture, personal and collective fantasies and game
playing. Her medium and artistic techniques vary greatly (hosepipe,
ceramic, wood, wood carving and digital drawing) and she is as
interested in tactile sensations as visual impressions.
Miné Kleynhans is currently employed at the Johannes Stegmann Art
Gallery at the University of the Free State where she oversees the
execution of exciting experimental artistic ventures in partnership with
the Vrystaat Arst Festival.
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