Professional Artist Practice

Audrey Anderson holds a BA (Fine Arts) Honours Degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, graduating in 2006. She also completed the NQF Level 5 Art Direction Module 1 at the AAA School of Advertising in SA.

Awards & Recognition

  • Tasman National Art Awards | Golden Merit Award & People’s Choice Award (2024)

  • Tasman National Art Awards | Merit Award (2023)

  • SA Taxi Foundation Art Award | Overall Winner & Semi-Finalist (Top 30) (2016)

  • Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg | Selected Emerging Artist Exhibition (2013, 2014, 2015)

  • Nando's UK National Artwork Project, London | Nominated African Artist (2013)

  • Sasol New Signatures | Top 100 Final Selection (2003, 2006, 2012)

Public & Corporate Collections

  • Nando’s Art Collection (Australia, UK & South Africa)

  • The South African National Art Bank

  • First National Bank (FNB)

  • Forbes Africa

  • Reuters (New York, USA)

  • Hollard Insurance

  • Spier Arts Trust

  • SA Taxi Foundation

  • Alpine Attitude

Exhibitions & Residencies

2026

  • Solo Exhibition, NSAS Gallery with In The Suter Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand

2025

  • Summer Exhibition, Quiet Dog Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand

  • Coolstore Gallery, Ripple - 10th October - 21st November, Mapua, Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand

  • Christchurch Art Show with CoolStore Gallery show case.

2024

  • Residency Exhibition, Zappekin Residency, Motueka, New Zealand

  • Christchurch Art Show, Christchurch, New Zealand

  • Wellington Art Show, Wellington, New Zealand

  • Group Exhibition, CoolStore Gallery, Mapua, Tasman, New Zealand

  • Group Exhibition, Quiet Dog Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand

2023

  • Spring and Summer Exhibition, Nelson Suter Art Society, Nelson, New Zealand

  • Group Exhibition, NZ Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

  • Group Exhibition, Clifton Boulder Gallery (Artfarm & Broek in Waterland), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2022

  • Alumni Artist Residency, Arteles Creative Centre, Haukijärvi, Finland

  • Solo Exhibition, Clifton Boulder Gallery, Den Haag, The Netherlands

  • Lille Art Up, represented by Clifton Boulder Gallery, France & UK

2021

  • Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, Clifton Boulder Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2020

  • Stand a little less between me and the sun (Solo), Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Phantasmagoria, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • RMB Turbine Art Fair, with Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

2019

  • Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Clifton Boulder Gallery, London, UK

2018

  • SEE ART Contemporary Drawing, Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Comic Blast Residency, Arteles Creative Centre, Haukijärvi, Finland

  • Comic Blast (Residency Exhibition), Arteles Creative Centre, Hämeenkyrö, Finland

  • Feast Your Eyes, Nando’s Notting Hill, London, UK

  • Champagne Festival, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Spring Salon, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Turbine Art Fair, Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Clifton Boulder Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

  • Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Clifton Boulder Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2017

  • Printmaking Rural Residency, Yield House, Port Nolloth, South Africa

  • Strong Silence (with Andrew Sutherland), Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Trailblazers, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Material Consequences, Lizamore & Associates - Art@first, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Tiny, In Toto Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Nude, In Toto Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Turbine Art Fair, Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Heath, Clifton Boulder Gallery, London, UK

  • Affordable Art Fair Rotterdam, Clifton Boulder Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2016

  • The Order of Chaos (Duo show with Keneilwe Mokoena), In Toto Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • [kings] on paper (Collaborative show with Isaac Zavale and Yael Feldman), AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

  • Storytime, Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • #Selfie, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • No Man’s Land, SOMA Gallery, Maboneng, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • SA Taxi Art Foundation Award Top 30 Exhibition, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Turbine Art Fair, Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Clifton Boulder Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

  • Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Clifton Boulder Gallery, London, UK

2015

  • Pause (Crowdfunded Project: Drawingrooms), City Soirée, Cape Town, South Africa

  • Running on Empty (with Ross Passmore), Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Selection Exhibit, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Fresh Produce Emerging Artist, Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa

2014

  • Id Entity II, In Toto Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Degrees of Separation, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Visual Manifesto, Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

  • Gold Rush, In Toto Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Fresh Produce, Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Drawingrooms, Crowdfunded Project with City Soirée, Johannesburg, South Africa

2013

  • Turbine Art Fair (Curated Space), Johannesburg, South Africa

2012

  • ME 3, Fried Contemporary Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

  • A Coffee State of Being, Velo, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Group Exhibition (with Ronel Kellerman & Helena Hugo), Trent Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

2011

  • I Wish You Were Here (with Marili De Weerdt), Alpine Attitude, Pretoria, South Africa

  • Transvaalse Verhalen, Chiellerie Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Altered Pieces (Curated by Gordon Froud), Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Open Books, iArt Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

  • Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, Transvaal Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010

  • The best thing since spilt milk (Project Solo), iArt Gallery Wembley Project Room, Cape Town, South Africa

2009

  • XI – Eleven Solo Exhibitions: Thinking inside the box, iArt Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2008

  • Zamalek (Project Space Solo), Gordart Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Publications & Catalogues

  • 2021 – South African Art Times, November Issue (Cover Artist).

  • 2020 – Shuldiner, Joseph. The Institute of Domestic Technology Cookbook: Butter Aerobics, USA.

  • 2018 – Purcell, Erin. Arteles Anthology #1: Comics & Illustrations, Arteles Publication, Finland.

  • 2016 – Cohn, T., Langtry, T., & van der Walt, D. Top 30 Exhibition SA Taxi Foundation Art Award Catalogue, South Africa.

  • 2016 – Conte Magazine, Launch Raw Issue, June, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

  • 2015 – van der Westhuizen, Netanja (Ed. Archibald Mathibela). The POVO Journal, Issue 06: Women's Edition.

  • 2015 – Taitz, Laurice. Johannesburg in Your Pocket, No. 5 (ISSN 2311-3944).

  • 2011 – Du Plessis, Johann & Leibbrandt, Tim. OpenBooks Catalogue No. 11, iArt Gallery.

  • 2010 – Brundyn, Elana. Contemporary South African Art Catalogue, iArt Gallery.

  • 2009 – Knox, Benoit. A Look Away, Issue 10.

  • 2009 – Nurse, Jacqueline. XI Eleven Solo Exhibitions (ISBN 978-0-620-45078-2).

Illustration & Commercial Projects

2026-2027

  • Copyright - “Zig Zag" artwork adaptation for Spier Wine label campaign (International).

2025

  • Illustrations for Make/Shift Spaces - Story Walks, A Bridge to far: Magatapu Murders

  • Freelance Illustrator — School Journal, Lift Education (Wellington, New Zealand)

2024

  • Freelance Illustrator — School Journal, Lift Education (Wellington, New Zealand)

2021 – 2023

  • Wine label Illustrator & Artist-in-Residence — Duswaroo Wine and Olive Farm (Karoo, South Africa)

2014 – 2022

  • Children’s Educational Book Illustrator — Pan Macmillan South Africa (South Africa)

2018 – 2019

  • Contract Illustrator — Thomson Reuters / Reuters America LLC (New York, USA)

2015 – 2016

  • Wine Label Illustration — Roxton by Brampton, in collaboration with Just Design (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

2015

  • Children's Book Illustrator — Book Dash 24-Hour Event (with writer Louis Greenberg), Goethe-Institut (Johannesburg, South Africa)

2013

  • Editorial Illustrator — Forbes Africa

  • Branding & Logo Illustrator — Autogrill Italy, via M&C Saatchi Milan (Milan, Italy)

2012 – 2013

  • Narrative Illustrator — Butter Aerobics, Pop-is-not-soda (Los Angeles, USA)

2010 – 2013

  • Children’s Educational & Poster Illustrator — Room to Read (South Africa)