Lien botha biography

          Born in Gauteng, South Africa in , she initially studied languages at the University of Pretoria and worked as a Press photographer for Beeld before moving to Cape Town in where she obtained a BA Fine Arts degree from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in!

          Lien Botha is a South African artist with a career spanning more than 25 years.

        1. Lien Botha is a South African artist with a career spanning more than 25 years.
        2. Lien Botha studied languages at the University of Pretoria and worked as a Press photographer for Beeld before moving to Cape Town in
        3. Born in Gauteng, South Africa in , she initially studied languages at the University of Pretoria and worked as a Press photographer for Beeld before moving to Cape Town in where she obtained a BA Fine Arts degree from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in
        4. Biography.
        5. Lien Botha is a South African Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in Numerous key galleries and museums such as Barnard have featured Lien.

          6. Lien Botha

          Current Review(s)

          Wandering Styles in Yonder

          Lien Botha at Barnard Gallery

          It’s hard to place your finger on exactly what Lien Botha’s recent show ‘Yonder’ is all about.

          What can perhaps be said about it, is that it seems to be a purposeful sleight of hand, a shifting of meaning away from the concrete, which is at odds with the indexical nature of the photograph. This ‘sleight’ is in part achieved by a wandering style, a trawl through multiple modes of photographic representation.

          Throughout these styles, there seem to be four major themes.


          21 March 2014 - 01 May 2014

          Listings(s)

          'Parrot Jungle'

          Lien Botha at Erdmann Contemporary

          'Parrot Jungle' is Botha's ninth solo exhibition, and signals a new direction for the photographer.

          Based on a narrative and ornithological theme, the show comprises 45 images which Botha took largely in and around the Western Cape.

          Lien Botha will also be participating in a one-day residency on the