Anthea Moys

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Lives and works in Johannesburg, where she grew up

Artist (since 2001, age 21)

Current Works

2017

since 2015

2014

2013

2015

Johannesburg Pavilion participating artist, 56th Venice Biennale

2014

Pro Helvetia studio residency for the development of “Anthea Moys vs The City of Geneva”, Antigel Festival, Geneva

2013	Standard Bank Young Artist Award: resident artist for the development of “Anthea Moys vs The City of Grahamstown”, Grahamstown, South Africa
2011	Selected as one of “Mail & Guardians” Top 200 South Africans
2010	Monash University Residency programme, Melbourne
2009	Braitt–Everard Read Award
2007	Kin:Be:Jozi: Exchange project between artists from Bern, Kinshasa and Johannesburg

2007

“Boxing Games”, Johannesburg

2006

2017	Short course in Art and Activism, Art Action Academy, Johannesburg
2016	Short full time course Art Therapy and Social Activism, University of Johannesburg
2011	Master Class in Monitoring and Evaluation, ACT–Arts & Culture Trust
2010	Art Therapy Course, Lefika La Phodiso, Johannesburg
2008	Masters in Fine Arts, Dissertation topic: "Enacting play: Performance in the Public Domain", Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg
2005	Master of Arts in the Public Sphere, ECAV — Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais, Sierre
2004–2001	Bachelor of Fine Arts, Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg
	Primary and high School, Michael Mount Waldorf School

Mother:

Marriage Counsellor

Father:

Chemical Engineer, Wits Professor

Younger Brother:

Draughtsman for fitting company

Dream job as a child:

Everything

Nelson Mandela's release from prison (1990) and Nelson Mandela's death (2013)

Conversation: Mats Staub, Maia Marie, Johannesburg, 05.07.2017