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27-29 September 2011 Invited speaker at Afrimold 2011 I have been invited to present and exhibit my work at Afrimold Conference 2011 27-29 September 2011 Sandton Convention Centre Johannesburg, South Africa. The presentation will showcase some of my designs and my thoughts on Art and Engineering as it relates to additive manufacturing.
23-25 September 2011 The Horse Marionette, Rocking Springbuck and Birdman have all been selected for the Southern Guild 2011 Collection! The Southern Guild 2011 Collection will make its' debut at the Jo' burg art fair 23-25 September 2011 Sandton Convention Centre Johannesburg, South Africa. The collection features works by the top South African artists and designers. I am very honored to be part of this group.
July 2011 Jewelry pieces included in the .MGX by Materialise Summer 2011 Collection.
The pieces can be purchased online from the .MGX by Materialise online shop or i.Materialise web site.
June 2011 A great article on my work in DESIGN>MAGAZINE No 19
23 to 26 May 2011 Exhibiting at the RAPID 2011 Contemporary Art Gallery Minneapolis MN USA My work has been selected to be exhibited at the RAPID 2011 Contemporary Art Gallery!!
1st to 25th of May 2011 Exhibition at Grande Provence Gallery in Franschoek
The very talented french artist Paul Boulitreau has invited me to exhibit my sculptures alongside his brilliant paintings."The Gallery at Grande Provence is privileged to present an exhibition by the renowned artist, Paul Boulitreau. The title of the exhibition, 'The Mute Opera', is derived from the Italian name 'Opera' which means 'total work' and the silence of the studio. A selection of new and older works – paintings, sculpture and graphic works, that were made in South Africa in the last 5 years, will be presented" ...." The sculptures of Michaella Janse van Vuuren, explores the regions between Art and Science. She completed her formative school years at the Pretoria School of Art, Music and Ballet. After school her included interest in science led her to obtain a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2004. Since then Michaella has been exploring ways to combine her artistic and technical interests. The controversial new technology of 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, proved the ideal tool to produce her digitally designed sculptures. Through her use of fascinating new technology, she exposes the endless possibilities of a new medium to the art world. Michaella raises questions regarding to the impact of these new technologies referring to mass customisation and automated algorithms." The exhibition will take place at the Grande provence Gallery in Franschhoek. The Horse Marionette and Rocking Springbuck and other favorites will be on display.
April 2011- NEW WORK- The Horse Marionette and Rocking Springbuck
The Horse Marionette was digitally designed using CAD software and 3D printed in Nylon using selective laser sintering. Al the parts have been placed in the same file so no assembly is required afterwards. The Horse Marionette has fully functional joints and movable wings.
THE HORSE MARIONETTE from Michaella Janse van Vuuren on Vimeo.
November RAPDASA 2010 Invited speaker at RAPDASA 2010 (the Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa)
September Grolsch Swingtop chandelier 2010 One of 5 top South Africa designers commissioned to take part in the Grolsch Swingtop Chandelier competition. I got the very talented glass artist Retief van Wyk to collaborate with me on the project.The Chandeliers were displayed at the launch of the INDABAR. The video link shows the Grolsch Chandeliers at the Design Indabar launch. I am interviewed a few minutes into the video ;).CHEERS !
October 2010 The Birdman on show at L'Origine du Monde-This is not a porn song Group exhibition at the Aartklop national Arts Festival in Potchefstroom.
14th to 19th of April 2010
.MGX by Materialise shows the Krizant.MGX by Michaella van Vuuren in their booth at the Via Tortona n°19 in Milan at the next Salone del Mobile!From April 11 until April 16, .MGX will be exhibiting the Chrysanthemum as the Krizant.MGX at the Light & Building trade show in Frankfurt, Germany - the world's leading trade fair for architecture and technology professionals.
1-8 April 2010 Festival artist at the KKNK! Michaella Janse van Vuuren and Lucas Thobejane selected as joint festival artists of the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival.
18 March-18 April 2010 Collateral group exhibition
Collateral group exhibition at the Fried Contemporary Gallery. A Collaboration with Gordon Froud.
26-28 February 2010 Design Indaba Expo exhibition A big thank you to everyone who visited the Design Indaba Expo stand. We had a very successful show!
February 2010 The Goldfish pendant
In the spirit of the belle epoch, the pendant is in the shape of a fish swimming through a coral reef. It has been manufactured in yellow gold with gemstones set in the coral. The pendant is eye-catching and dramatic, a piece of nostalgia reminding the wearer of the precious resources of our oceans.
24-26 February 2010 Design Indaba conference Platinum pin It was a great honor to design this year's Design Indaba Platinum pin awarded to all the speakers at the conference.
December 2009 A great article on my work in DESIGN> magazine Design Magazine No 15 January 2010 Pages 264 to 269, read the article online and here.
The Birdman, Fishtales Box and other artworks exhibited at the Oppitafel Group Art Exhibition at ARTSPACE warehouse.
September 2009 Sculptures on show at the Art Association in Pretoria. The exhibition opens on the 6th of September 2009, come and join us at the opening 17:30 for 18:00. Moveable sculpture sintered on EOSint
The Birdman movable sculpture by Michaella Janse van Vuuren from Michaella Janse van Vuuren on Vimeo.
ZCORP 650 Color 3D prints
The sculptures were designed and colored on computer using Zbrush and Rhino. A Zcorp Zprinter 650 3D color printer was used to print the objects, sculpture and colour all in one go!
Exhibition and 3D print run in September 2009
New sculptures will be shown at the Art Association in Pretoria. The exhibition opens on the 6th of September 2009, come and join us at 17:30 for 18:00. A print run will follow where you can place orders for both the new and previous works. Please send an email if you want to be reminded of these dates (info@nomili.co.za)
September 2009 NOMILI's Sequin swirl earrings one of Michelle Constant's favorites! Read the article in BusinessDay WANTED magazine July 2009 Nomili takes to the skies Sit back fold away your tray table and read an article on NOMILI in Juice the Mango in flight magazine.
22 July 2009 NOMILI featured on the South African television program Artcha 22 July SABC 2. Catch the rerun on Sunday 26 July 13H00 SABC 2.
Wonderful articles on NOMILI published in the Design Indaba magazine and Conde Nast House and Garden! June 2009 The orders are in. Thank you for your support, it was great fun to receive the 3D orders and send the packages!
31 May is the deadline for placing your 3D print order.
9 April to 4 June 2009 NOMILI at Open Lab 3.0 : Addictlab's temporary Lab Space. The international creative think tank Addictlab has partnered up with the Design Quarter in Johannesburg to set up its next ‘Open Lab’. The temporary space will show a selection of South African creative talent to Design Quarter’s large audience, but also create unique brainstorming possibilities for third parties interested in new concepts & ideas. Come and see NOMILI's designs at this exciting exhibit. 9 April to end of June 2009 NOMILI at the opening exhibition of the Craft and Design Centre in Gauteng
The April 9th sees the launch of the Craft and Design Centre Gauteng at Nelson Mandela Square in the space previously occupied by the Sandton Civic Gallery. The Chrysanthemum Centerpiece and sculptures form part of the exhibit. 3 April 2009
3 March 2009 The Chrysanthemum centrepiece wins Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at the Design Indaba 2009!
The Chrysanthemum centerpiece is a reversible design that can function as either a bowl or a candle holder, depending on which side of the design faces upwards. The Chrysanthemum is directly manufactured with the EOS P380 using the PA2200 polyamide material. Size 250x250x82mm
29 February 2009 NOMILI at the Design Indaba Expo 2009 We had a great time, lots of friendly visitors and talented designers.
December 2008 The Pine cone light for Addictlab in I.D. Magazine March/April 2009 edition!
BIOGRAPHY: Dr .MICHAELLA JANSE VAN VUUREN
Dr. Michaella Janse van Vuuren matriculated at the Pro Arte High School for Art, Music Ballet and Drama in 1990. Students were given free reign, and Michaella experimented with puppetry, Video installations, body art, and was one of ten recipients of a Santam art bursary. The next few years were spent dabbling with various forms of art, live performance art, mural art, and a course in Desktop Graphics. This introduction to the silent companionship of the computer again led to a first year course in Computer Science at UNISA, which in turn led Michaella to UCT and the Engineering School. Michaella received her BSc. Electrical Engineering in 1998, with a final year research project where she developed a software program for human eye detection and tracking in video footage. This interest encouraged her to enrol for the Masters degree, focussed on the development of a system for automatic human pose and action recognition in video sequences. The project required that a database be constructed consisting of a professional blue screen studio, 7 cameras and camera operators as well as eight actors. These elements had to be coordinated to produce a 24-hour video database filmed for over 4 hours. Michaella used negative space in her computer vision software to automatically identify the different poses and recognise the actions. During her studies she received a Scarce Skills Scholarship (NRF), National Research Fund Bursary (NRF) and a de Beers Bursary for research in computer vision. Michaella received her PhD. in Electrical Engineering in 2004. Research work done at the Meraka Institute of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) focused on an efficient information and communication system that would enable people with different disabilities to access information and services. It was the collaboration between the different disciplines, centred on the individuals’ needs that Michaella found most exciting during this period. It was at Bloemfontein, 2007, during a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Central University of Technology that Michaela’s long suppressed artistic talents started to emerge again. The research focused on the development of custom implants using computer-aided (CAD), and computer-aided manufacture (CAM) methods utilizing CT and MR-scan data as reference. Michaella recognized the amazing opportunities that the 3D printers offered for realizing the following imaginative projects: March 2009 The Chrysanthemum wins the Design Indaba 2009 Most Beautiful Object in South Africa competition! The Pine Cone Light, collaboration with Jan van Mol of Addictlab features in ID magazine. June 2008 KYK gallery’s Artificial Light group exhibition, Pretoria. March 2008, Open Lab II exhibition at the Design Quarter, Johannesburg. November 2007 Group exhibition of Pretoria Jewellers at the South African Association of Arts August 2007 Fiinal selection in the VISI Haute Lumiére Lighting competition. |
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