GRADY ZEEMAN
“In this series, I focus on people that I come across in everyday life. As I witness a moment in their lives, I am quite aware that I do not know them and have no idea about their joys, their fears, their traumas, who they love, or how deeply. I am only aware that to be human is to have the impulse and desire for connection, which draws me closer.”
Grady T Zeeman (b South Africa) is a contemporary painter who graduated from Cape Technicon as a Fashion Designer in 1988. After graduation, she worked as a designer in Cape Town, before marriage.
As painting was her first love, she decided to give it more attention. She earnestly developed her technical skills in oil painting, and through the years broadened her knowledge through courses in Art History, navigating the art world and curating exhibitions.
Grady Zeeman, Artist
In 2008, she had her first international group exhibition in India, and in October 2020 her first solo exhibition in Rome, Italy. She has participated in various exhibitions in South Africa, USA, UK, Europe, and Asia. Zeeman has also taken part in the Florence Biennale 2011, Siel de Paris 2012,
London Biennale 2019, and Amsterdam Art Fair 2019.
Her work has been published in NY Arts Magazine, South African Art Times, Arttour International Magazine (mentioned as a Top Artist to watch in 2018 and 2024), “50 Artists to Watch” 2023. edition by Florence Contemporary, as well as numerous other books and magazines. She has been a finalist in a couple of art competitions, as well as a Finalist in the Global Art Awards in Dubai 2017.
From 2011 to 2017 Zeeman owned the Kunstehuijs Art Gallery in Swellendam South Africa, where she not only exhibited her work, but represented other South African artists as well.
She is currently represented by Agora Gallery - NY; Artio Gallery - Toronto; Art Screen TV - Basel; Maison Contemporain - Paris; Cavendish Contemporary Gallery - Cape Town
Heart of the Home, Oil on Canvas, 2024.