LOCAL ARTIST Hanja Badenhorst
My work is influenced by my daily exposure to the frailty and transience of life, and I find myself occupied with the vulnerability and fragility of the human condition
Hanja Badenhorst is a Visual Arts Cum Laude graduate from the University of South Africa (UNISA). She has created a diverse body of work while working in her first profession as a medical doctor in rural South Africa.
Her work is influenced by her daily exposure to the frailty and transience of life, and she finds herself occupied with the vulnerability and fragility of the human condition.
This exposure also deepens her experience and awareness of living in the moment, giving her a more acute sense of noting detail in her subjects and her natural surroundings and adding to the richness of her artistic expression.
She is currently exploring the notions of transience and impermanence, interspersed with fleeting moments of playfulness, disinhibition and escapism.
The body of work displayed in the Bruise gallery is quite diverse in medium and style: figurative portraiture and abstract paintings in oil and mixed media as well as mixed media collages. Her paintings can be viewed on her website hanjabadenhorst.co.za
