PORTFOLIO
A
Art On Paper
Watercolor on Paper. Monotypes and Prints.
Original Comic Art.
F
Fine Art
Acrylic on Canvas. Oil on Canvas. Sculptures. Reverse Glass Paintings.
I
Illustration
Comics. Graphic Novels.
Editorial. Book Covers. Commissions.
PROJECTS
Art Fairs
Books
Book Covers. Books. Book Design. Book Dash. Favorite Books and Book Covers. Bibliophile.
Comics
Comics & Graphic Novels. Contemporary Comic Art. Concepts. Compassion. Colour. Composition.
Drawings
Drawings. Doodles. Designs. Dexterous lines and marks on paper. Dribbles and fiddles and scribbles.
SELECTED GALLERIES & AFFILIATIONS
19 KAREN
ART SPACE
Contemporary Art Gallery,
Gold Coast, AU
STELLENBOSCH
UNIVERSITY
Research, Innovation and Teaching University, Stellenbosch, ZA
Contemporary Art Gallery
Trento, IT
CELLAR
STELLENBOSCH
ACADEMY
Academy of Design
Stellenbosch, ZA
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Karlien de Villiers was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1975. She studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Stellenbosch University and started her career as a designer at Orange Juice Design Studio at advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather, Cape Town. In 2006 she received an MA in Information Design from Pretoria University. She was
a full-time Lecturer in Visual Communication Design at Stellenbosch University from 2006 to 2017, and currently lectures part-time in Design and Coordinates the Honours Illustration Course at the Department of Visual Arts, at Stellenbosch University.
De Villiers' work has been published and featured in Le Monde (FR), Internazionale (IT), Bodoï (FR), Canal BD (FR), Neue Zürcher Zeitung (CH), Tages-Anzeiger (CH), Süddeutsche Zeitung (DE), Der Tagesspiegel (DE), Between 10and5 (ZA), Bitterkomix (ZA), i-Jusi Magazine (ZA), ComicArtAfrica (ZA), Artthrob (ZA), Bookdash (ZA), Art South Africa (ZA), Mail & Guardian (ZA), Business Day (ZA), VISI Magazine (ZA), ELLE Decor (ZA).