Colleen Bester

Colleen Bester, born in 1975 in Cape Town, delved into acrylic painting as a means to stave off boredom during the lockdown period. The distraction soon turned into an all-consuming passion and the boredom turned into therapy. The self-taught artist uses the juxtaposition of light and dark and ugly and beautiful as a subject for most of her work, using everything around her as inspiration. Her past experiences and present mindset aims to evoke emotion or spark conversation. 

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She is proactive in promoting her work and sold 2 paintings at her first group exhibition which galvanised her to approach more avenues and has since become a member of Art.B where she has been involved in workshops and exhibitions. 

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She has also taken part in various First Thursday exhibitions in Cape Town, e.g. Kloof Street Hotel, Love is Burgers, House of Co, Fame Week Africa 2022 and has had a solo exhibition at Mullers Gallery after only a few periods of promoting her work. She uses acrylic and texture to convey her feelings onto canvas ad always explores new techniques and colours.