Deborah Poynton

NEWS: Deborah Poynton has a solo exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design, opening at the Red Gallery at SCAD's Savannah campus (8 January - 13 February 2009), and travelling to the ACA Gallery at SCAD's Atlanta campus (21 February - 10 April 2009). Her next solo show at Michael Stevenson is in May 2009.

RECENT WORK

Untitled on Summer 2007/8 (28 November 2007 - 12 January 2008)

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS / WORKS

Paintings from The Grip of Circumstance (Solo exhibition at Warren Siebrits, May 2007)
Diptych on South African Art Now (29 November 2006 - 6 January 2007)
Paintings from What Lies Beneath (Galerie Mikael Andersen, 2006)
Safety and Security (18 January - 18 February 2006)
Recent paintings (4 August - 11 September 2004)
Earlier works

PUBLICATIONS

Deborah Poynton: Safety and Security (2006)

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BIOGRAPHY
Poynton's paintings have been acclaimed for their alluring imagery and accomplished technique. Although her work is rich in references to the tradition of realist painting, it is also explicitly contemporary. Whether her subject is a beach scene, a family group or an interior, her paintings contain subtexts that reflect contradictions between the human condition and societal expectations; between inner and outer realities. Poynton was born in 1970 in Durban and her youth was spent between South Africa, Britain, Swaziland and the USA. She studied at Rhode Island School of Design for two years then returned to South Africa to paint full-time. She has held solo shows with Michael Stevenson in February 2003, September 2004 and January 2006. Recent group exhibitions include New Painting (KZNSA Gallery, Durban; Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria; Johannesburg Art Gallery; 2006) and What Lies Beneath at Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen (2006). Full CV

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