Department of Art and Music
College of Human Sciences |
School of Arts |
Department: Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology |
Lecturer
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Tel: |
012 484 1011
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E-mail: |
vdmerm1@unisa.ac.za
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Qualifications
- MA (FA) (2015)
- PGCE (UNISA) (2008)
- BA(FA) (2012)
- MA (FA) (2015)
BComm (UP)(2003
Currently teaching
- Art History II, III, Honours and MVA
Fields of academic interests
- Gender & Sexuality
- African feminisms
- Post-colonial literature
- Contemporary South African art
- African modernisms
Field of Specialisation
- Feminist South African art history
Journal articles
- Van der Merwe, L. 2014. Sacrificial bodies as corporeal articulations of violence in the work of South African female artists. Image and Text 24:8-30.
Paper presentations
- Van der Merwe, L. 2017. African feminism, white artists and the specters of silence. SAVAH conference, Tshwane University of technology.September 2018.
- Van der Merwe, L. 2016. Bessie Head and the idiosyncrasies of history and locale: Towards an African feminist theory of art. Paper presented at the 31st annual conference of the South African Visual Arts Historian in Johannesburg, 29-31 July 2016.
- Van der Merwe, L. 2013. Sacrificial and hunted bodies as a corporeal articulation of violence in South African Society. Paper presented at the 28th annual conference of the South African Visual Arts Historians, 6-8 September 2013.
- Van der Merwe, L, Grobler, N, Bowie, A, Cassim, F and Taub, M. 2013. Giving character to conservation: collaborative strategies in arts education. Mellon lecture held at the University of Pretoria on 28 October 2013 as a part of the Visual Technologies Mellon research theme.
- Van der Merwe, L. 2012. Corporeal feminism in the work of Penny Siopis. Paper presented an the 27th annual conference of the South African Visual Arts Historians, 4-7 July 2012.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- Member of the South African Visual Arts Historians Association (SAVAH)
- Member of the African Studies Association (UK)
- Finalist of Absa Atelier 2012.
- Awarded the Euverard Trust Scholarship for Post-graduate Study (2012-2014)
- Awarded the Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarship for Phd Study in 2017.
Projects
- SANPARKS Honorary Ranger / University of Pretoria project (2012-2013) – “Giving character to conservation”
- UNISA / Gauteng Department of Education teacher training initiative (From January 2017)
Other
2014 – Co-curated and took part in the Visual Encounters exhibition in the Rautenbach hall, Pretoria, August 2014.
2013 – Curated the Hidden Urban Histories Exhibition in the Rautenbach hall, Pretoria, in August 2013.
2013 – Presented creative work as part of the Metromusings exhibition in the Rautenbach hall, Pretoria, July 2013.
2012 – Group exhibition, Pretoria Arts Association, March 2012.
2012 – Absa Atelier Finalists exhibition – ABSA gallery, Johannesburg, July 2012.
2012 - Took part in a group exhibition at the Fried Contemporary Art Galley, entitled Terra Firma, March – April 2012.
2011– Group exhibition, entitled Swift Transitions at the Pretoria Art Museum, November 2011.