Gradex. Stellenbosch Visual Arts Department Degree Show 2023
Published: 27.07.2024
Universiteit Stellenbosch University
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- joani
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- Management:
- Carine Terreblanche, Joani Groenewald, Mariambibi Khan

Gradex is an annual exhibition curated and created by the graduating class of the Stellenbosch Visual Arts Department. It allows the students from each of the three study streams; Visual Communication Design, Jewellery Design and Fine Arts, to showcase their work.
The event focuses on celebrating and supporting student’s transition into the creative industry.
Artist list
Lindie Crous, Chelsea Gevers, Carla Krieg, Amy Noyce, Eloise Retief, Anya Robinson, Ruby von Wiese
Gradex displays works that address a wide variety of subject matter throughout the three different disciplines that can be studied in the Visual Arts Department of Stellenbosch University.
The jewellery course in particular focuses on educating jewellery design as a critical discipline that allows students to reflect on their surroundings and translate their ideas into three dimensional wearable artworks that communicate and stimulate thought. We believe that jewellery design can function as a multi-faceted design tool to push boundaries and communicate messages of identity, place, social standing, cultural practices, and political viewpoints. The Gradex showcase is an illustration of such a design philosophy and can be seen in the graduate work of the class of 2023.
Graduate students:
Guiding teachers:
Carine Terreblanche (Jewellery Division coordinator/senior lecturer).
Mariambibi Khan (lecturer).
Joani Groenewald (lecturer).
The jewellery course in particular focuses on educating jewellery design as a critical discipline that allows students to reflect on their surroundings and translate their ideas into three dimensional wearable artworks that communicate and stimulate thought. We believe that jewellery design can function as a multi-faceted design tool to push boundaries and communicate messages of identity, place, social standing, cultural practices, and political viewpoints. The Gradex showcase is an illustration of such a design philosophy and can be seen in the graduate work of the class of 2023.
Graduate students:
- Anya Robinson
- Amy Noyce
- Eloise Retief
- Ruby von Wiese
- Chelsea Gevers
- Carla Krieg
- Lindie Crous
Guiding teachers:
Carine Terreblanche (Jewellery Division coordinator/senior lecturer).
Mariambibi Khan (lecturer).
Joani Groenewald (lecturer).
Universiteit Stellenbosch University
- Mail:
- ct
sun.ac.za
- joani
sun.ac.za
- mariambibi
sun.ac.za
- Management:
- Carine Terreblanche, Joani Groenewald, Mariambibi Khan
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