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Joni Brenner

Born 1969, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Joni Brenner has a BA(FA) and a MA(FA) degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. She has
been practising professionally as an artist since 1996 and has held solo exhibitions in Johannesburg
and London. Her work is in several public and private collections. Brenner’s primary work is in
the field of portraiture though her work has moved away from traditional notions of likeness in
portraiture, and presents rather, in David Bunn’s words, ‘a visual quarrel’ with the tradition.

Brenner is a Principal Tutor in History of Art at the Wits School of Arts, University of the
Witwatersrand. She was the recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award in 2008. The curated
project Lifelines: Object Biographies from the Standard Bank African Art Collection received the Vice
Chancellor’s Team-teaching award in 2014.
Solo exhibitions
2015 At the Still Point Art First, London.
2011 Unavoidable Art First, London.
2008 Collection Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg.
2007 Inventory Art First, London
2006 Wrest Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2005 Terra Rosa Art First, London
2002 Infra-red Gertrude Posel Gallery, Wits. University , Johannesburg
1999 Off the wall Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg
1996 Alliance Francaise Gallery, Johannesburg
1996 MA exam exhibition at the Gertrude Posel Gallery, Wits. Johannesburg
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