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Michael Meyersfeld / ARTIST PORTFOLIO ARTIST STATEMENT My Abstract photographs are not representational, there is no defined narrative, nor have they been staged or planned. They are intuitive and can be read as abstractions. They require a different type of eye, not an eye programmed to understand, fathom or find a narrative, but one that is alerted to a more profound sense of awareness. With an eye liberated from the dominant quest to find and attach meaning, more faculties, other than just the cerebral, are employed to sense and experience form, shape, texture, the play of light, distance, connections and conversations between the photographs. Inner dialogue has taken over the role that commentary was playing in my previous work. GALLERY ADDRESS: Berman Contemporary, 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, 2146, Johannesburg, RSA WEBSITE ADDRESS: bermancontemporary.com 1 Berman Contemporary South African Art / Michael Meyersfeld - Artist Portfolio EMAIL: [email protected] TEL: 010 880 2580 MOBILE: +27 84 843 8302 ARTIST BIOGRAPHY After my schooling at King Edward VII in Johannesburg, I went on to obtain a B.Com at the University of the Witwatersrand, then entered the family steel merchandising business. During this period, I was very involved in photography, being an active member of the Camera Club of Johannesburg as well as being a significant contributor to International Salons, Group Shows, and Solo exhibitions. At the age of forty, I gave up the world of commerce and entered the exciting arena of advertising photography. I pursued this for several decades, but my fine art work slowly took over and today remains my sole photographic pursuit. My photographic activities in the past decade or so have centred on exhibitions and the refining of my approach to fine art photography. I live with my wife in a charming converted stable within small urban forest, with Otto, our Bouvier and an abundant population of wild birds. I am currently working on my third book, play the violin in an unremarkable way, and am currently studying for my Masters in History of Art at the University of the Witwatersrand. Website: www. meyersfeld.com Social Media: Instagram: michaelmeyersfeld Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=egLMmYlC_Fg
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Michael Meyersfeld / ARTIST PORTFOLIO
ARTIST STATEMENT
My Abstract photographs are not representational, there is no defined narrative, nor have they been staged or planned. They are intuitive and can be read as abstractions. They require a different type of eye, not an eye programmed to understand, fathom or find a narrative, but one that is alerted to a more profound sense of awareness. With an eye liberated from the dominant quest to find and attach meaning, more faculties, other than just the cerebral, are employed to sense and experience form, shape, texture, the play of light, distance, connections and conversations between the photographs. Inner dialogue has taken over the role that commentary was playing in my previous work.
GALLERY ADDRESS:
Berman Contemporary, 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, 2146,
Johannesburg, RSA
WEBSITE ADDRESS:
bermancontemporary.com
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EMAIL:
TEL:
010 880 2580
MOBILE:
+27 84 843 8302
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY After my schooling at King Edward VII in Johannesburg, I went on to obtain a B.Com at the University of the Witwatersrand, then entered the family steel merchandising business. During this period, I was very involved in photography, being an active member of the Camera Club of Johannesburg as well as being a significant contributor to International Salons, Group Shows, and Solo exhibitions. At the age of forty, I gave up the world of commerce and entered the exciting arena of advertising photography. I pursued this for several decades, but my fine art work slowly took over and today remains my sole photographic pursuit. My photographic activities in the past decade or so have centred on exhibitions and the refining of my approach to fine art photography. I live with my wife in a charming converted stable within small urban forest, with Otto, our Bouvier and an abundant population of wild birds. I am currently working on my third book, play the violin in an unremarkable way, and am currently studying for my Masters in History of Art at the University of the Witwatersrand. Website: www. meyersfeld.com Social Media: Instagram: michaelmeyersfeld Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLMmYlC_Fg
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ARTIST RESUME SoloExhibitions!2018 AccessingtheEncoded,Gallery2,Johannesburg !2018 Adaptation,FriedContemporary,Pretoria!2017 Tiny,anExhibitionofSmallArtWorks,InTotoGallery,Johannesburg!2015 StillnessandDarkCityDreams,PretoriaArtMuseum,Pretoria!2014 DarkCityDreams,PhutaditjabaCommunityCentre(AlexandraTownship),Johannesburg!2014 DarkCityDreams,TotoGallery,Johannesburg!2014 DarkCityDreams,SouthAfricanJewishMuseum,CapeTown!2013 InTotoGallery,Johannesburg 2013 Meyersfeld-Braunschweig'13,VillavonAmsberg,Braunschweig,Germany!2013 Discordance,UniversityofJohannesburgGallery,Johannesburg!2012 Retrospective:ABSAGallery[1],Johannesburg!2011 Transience,TotoGallery,Johannesburg!2010 LifeStaged,ObertContemporary,Johannesburg!2007 DavidBrownGallery,Johannesburg!1995 EverardReadGallery,Johannesburg !1980 PentaxGallery,Johannesburg!1979 GalleryQuerschnitt,Braunschweig,Germany !!GroupExhibitions !2018 MichaelMeyersfeldandSt.JohnFulleratRossouwModernArtGallery,Hermanus!2016 WakaWaka,AGOGGallery,Johannesburg!2015 WhenFeelingsAssociateaConsciousnessForms,MichaelMeyersfeldandRickyBurnett,EverardReadGallery,Johannesburg!2014 TheBenedictionofShade2,DavidKrutProjects,Johannesburg !2014 FriedContemporary,Pretoria!2014 BaylissGallery,Alabama,USA!2012 SouthAfricanJewishMuseum,CapeTown!2004 FotoZAGallery,Johannesburg!2001 ParisPhoto,Paris,France!2001 FotoZAGallery,Johannesburg!1986 ThePhotoGallery,Duneden,NewZealand!1982 MarkerPhotoGallery,MarketTheatre,Johannesburg!1978 GoodmanGallery,Johannesburg!1977 PentaxPhotoGallery,worldwideonlinearchive !1975 NedbankGallery,Johannesburg!!Collections !2017 Sanity,ConstitutionalCourtofSouthAfricapermanentcollection,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica2014 Repentance,ConstitutionalCourtofSouthAfricapermanentcollection,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica2012 BarcelonaCanvases,seriesof4,ABSApermanentcollection,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica2007 12NakedMen,2photographs,JohannesburgArtGallery(JAG),Johannesburg,SouthAfrica!Awards!AOPAwardsLondon!2010 GoldNon-CommissionedBodySingle(AlexChurch),!2008 3Bronze(MercedesSLKCampaign),AOPAwardsLondonPendoringAwards!2010 GoldAward,Kalahari.netCampaignSonyProfotoAwards,SouthAfrica!2010 PictureoftheYear,ProfessionalCategory(AlexChurch)!2010 2SilverAwards,ProfessionalAdvertisingCategory(EcomistCampaign)!2010 1GoldAward,ProfessionalPhotoJournalismCategory(AlexChurch)!2009 1GoldAward,ProfessionalAdvertisingCategory(YumYumPurple)!!CannesLionsAdvertisingFestival!2008 Finalist(Olay)!2005 2GoldLions,1Silverlion(NuggetFirstCampaign)!
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ARTIST RESUME TheOneShow,NewYork !2006 1BronzePencil(DurexCampaign)!2005 2SilverPencils,1Bronze(NuggetFirstCampaign)TheAndy’s,NewYork !2007 BronzeStatue(Post-it)!2006 Bronzestatue(NuggetFirstCampaign)CliosAdvertisingAwards,USA !2005 2SilverStatues,1BronzeStatue(NuggetFirstCampaign)!!NewYorkAdvertisingFestival!2007 1GoldWorldMedal(Post-it)!2007 1GrandPrix,1Gold(MercedesSLKCampaign)!2006 1bronzeWorldMedal(DurexandNuggetSecondCampaign)!2005 2GoldWorldMedals,1SilverWorldMedal(NuggetFirstCampaign)!!LondonInternationalAdvertisingAwards !2008 1Silver(Olay)!2006 1WinnerStatue !2005 1WinnerStatue !2004 1WinnerStatue !TheEagleAwards !2008 Bronze(Olay)!2006 BronzeEagle!CreativeCircleSouthAfrica&AdoftheMonth !2006 1WinnerinFebruary !2005 4WinnersinJanuary,February,May&June!TheLoerieAwards,SouthAfrica!2010 BronzeCertificate(Communication&Design)IsuzuBigMotherTruckerCampaign.!2010 1Bronze(SouthAfricanNationalBloodService)!2008 1Bronze(Tipp-Ex)!2008 1Bronze(Olay)!2007 3BronzeLoeries!2006 1SilverLoerie!2005 2SilverLoeries,4BronzeLoeries!!Publications !2018 MichaelMeyersfeld–TheAbstractCollection–SAHabitatMagazine,June2018 !2018 MichaelMeyersfeld,TheEssentialAccessory,FallenHeroes,August2018 !2018 MichaelMeyersfeld-theliberatedeye-SouthAfricanJewishReportbyMathewKraus,July2018 !2011 Abrieflook:ATransientlifebyMichaelMeyersfeldbyCarienEls,DailyMaverick,August2011 !2011 Lifestagedaphotoessay,MichaelMeyersfeldBlog,April2011 !2010 MichaelMeyersfeld’sstagedlife,ArtAfrica,November2010!2004 MichaelMeyersfeld’sGazebyRoryBester,ArtThrob,January2004!2003 GazebyMichaelMeyersfeld,publishedbyBell-RobertsPublishing,CapeTown,2003 !Video !2018 InterviewwithMichaelMeyersfeld–Theextendedcut//AfricaPhotoAwards,YouTube,August20182010 LifeStaged–MichaelMeyersfeld,YouTube,October2010https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhbSuoMhLnI !!Education!2018 MasterscourseinHistoryofArtatWitsUniversity,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica!2016 HonourscourseinHistoryofArtatWitsUniversity,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica!1963 B.Com.DegreeatWitsUniversity,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica!1957 KingEdwardVIIHighSchool,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica!1946 KingEdwardVIIPreparatorySchool,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica! !
Recycle
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Accessing the Encoded, 2018
Compliant
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Cellular XVII
Accessing the Encoded, 2018
Conversation
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Accessing the Encoded, 2018
Cube
Journey
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Accessing the Encoded, 2018
Spark
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Accessing the Encoded, 2018
Spectre
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Accessing the Encoded, 2018
Mesh
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Accessing the Encoded, 2018
Retreat
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Accessing the Encoded, 2018
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GALLERY ADDRESS:
Berman Contemporary, 11 Alice Lane,
Sandton, 2146,
Johannesburg, RSA
WEBSITE ADDRESS:
bermancontemporary.com
EMAIL:
TEL:
010 880 2580
MOBILE:
+27 84 843 8302
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Berman Contemporary is positioned as part of the new development in understanding the cultural richness and diversity of the Contemporary Art from South Africa as an aesthetic, evocative experience. The gallery’s work centres on a vibrant group of artists drawing from the extraordinary spirit of South Africa. During our studio visits, we meet artists from widely varied backgrounds, whose artistic process celebrate their enthralling historical and cultural heritage and voice their complex societal realities in South Africa, evoking an active and interpretative nature of the viewer’s experience of the works. Berman Contemporary was created to promote the artworks of these top-class artists and offer us, the observer, new experiences and intellectual nourishment. Berman Contemporary also strives to create synergies between artists from South Africa and their Contemporaries from various parts of the world. It is evident that international artists want to engage not only in the act of looking but to experience and familiarise themselves with the local trends within the art scene in South Africa and experiment with new contexts and audiences.
