Minnette Vári

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Minnette Vári
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Born Minnette Vári
Pretoria, South Africa, 1968
Nationality South African
Education University of Pretoria
Alma mater University of Pretoria
Known for Video art, Installation art, Painting, Drawing, Digital art
Notable work Alien, Oracle, riverrun, REM, Cyclops, Quake, Vigil, Fulcrum, Rebus, Totem, Parallax

Minnette Vári (born 1968) is a South African artist known primarily for her video installations.

Born in Pretoria, Vári studied fine arts at the University of Pretoria where she obtained her masters degree. She lives and works in Johannesburg.

Work

Minnette Vári obtained a Masters of Fine Art from the University of Pretoria in 1997. She has exhibited internationally since 1995. Since 1998 Vári has worked predominantly with digital media and large-scale video projections, often including performance elements by inserting her own body into reworked media and historical documentary footage. In addition, Vári regularly produces series of drawings and paintings that are thematically linked to her video projects. Her work has been associated with exhibitions and conferences exploring themes of identity and the body, transition, politics, mythology, trauma and history.

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