Experience

BELLAVISTA SCHOOL

• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Teacher

  • Jan 2023 - Present



BELLAVISTA SCHOOL

• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2022

  Locum teacher, facilitating grade 4 to 7 classes in all subjects. Design and Technology for Grade 5 to 7

• Amanuensis

  • Jun 2014 - Feb 2020



JellyFishTree Online Collectable Book Auctions

• South Africa
• Internet Publishing

• Cataloger

  • Feb 2018 - Aug 2021

  Cataloguing collectable books, documents, maps and engravings using technical language. Photographing lots, marketing and liaison with clients. Curating, researching and presenting an exhibition of political posters. Cataloguing collectable books, documents, maps and engravings using technical language. Photographing lots, marketing and liaison with clients. Curating, researching and presenting an exhibition of political posters.



1to1 - Agency of Engagement

• South Africa
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

  'There's No Such Thing as a Community Centre' Research and documentation. 'There's No Such Thing as a Community Centre' Research and documentation.



Thando Lobese

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Wardrobe Assistant

  • Dec 2018 - Dec 2018

  IEC X-SE (International Election Committee) TVC Directed by Mzi Kumalo DOP: Thomas Revington OSU Creative Production Wardrobe: Thando Lebose Camille Behrens Philiswa Sithole IEC X-SE (International Election Committee) TVC Directed by Mzi Kumalo DOP: Thomas Revington OSU Creative Production Wardrobe: Thando Lebose Camille Behrens Philiswa Sithole



Thando Lobese

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Wardrobe Assistant

  • Sep 2018 - Oct 2018

  Budweiser Blood Hotel Promo Video 2018 featuring Sho Madjozi, Lady Zamar and Sjava and their alter egos for Halloween. Costume design: Thando Lebose with Philiswa Sithole and Camille Behrens including the design of Sjava's headress Budweiser Blood Hotel Promo Video 2018 featuring Sho Madjozi, Lady Zamar and Sjava and their alter egos for Halloween. Costume design: Thando Lebose with Philiswa Sithole and Camille Behrens including the design of Sjava's headress



Bye Beneco

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Assistant Art Director

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2018

  'I'm Not the One' by Bye Beneco music video. I assisted in sourcing, construction and styling of the art department 'I'm Not the One' by Bye Beneco music video. I assisted in sourcing, construction and styling of the art department



Centre for the Less Good Idea

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Intern

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Centre for the Less Good Idea is a space founded by William Kentridge for contemporary art and performance. As an intern, I assisted artists, lighting designers, marketing and stage-managed a production by one of the curators, Lindiwe Matshikiza for Season 3 of The Centre for the Less Good Idea. Centre for the Less Good Idea is a space founded by William Kentridge for contemporary art and performance. As an intern, I assisted artists, lighting designers, marketing and stage-managed a production by one of the curators, Lindiwe Matshikiza for Season 3 of The Centre for the Less Good Idea.



Ngizwe Youth Theatre

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Production Designer

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2017

  The Little One (Ngizwe Youth Theatre, written by Tshabalira Lebakeng and Emma Delius) Winner of the National Art Festival’s Oliver and Adelaine Tambo for Human Rights Award' The Little One (Ngizwe Youth Theatre, written by Tshabalira Lebakeng and Emma Delius) Winner of the National Art Festival’s Oliver and Adelaine Tambo for Human Rights Award'



Tristan Jacobs

• Johannesburg

• Costume Designer

  • Feb 2016 - Feb 2017

  'Kochira' Directed by Khutjo Green Featuring Tristan Jacobs Music Composed by Vid Gobac Animation by Samantha Munro (National Arts Festival 2016) (POPArt February 2017) A man and his memories. The box he carries with him houses nostalgia, he interacts with each memory using gesture accompanied by animation and an original score. 'Kochira' Directed by Khutjo Green Featuring Tristan Jacobs Music Composed by Vid Gobac Animation by Samantha Munro (National Arts Festival 2016) (POPArt February 2017) A man and his memories. The box he carries with him houses nostalgia, he interacts with each memory using gesture accompanied by animation and an original score.



Freelancer

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Art Director and Producer

  • Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

  Conceptualizing, producing, and constructing visual elements for performance art for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in South Africa Work with Emma Tollman Baby Doll, 'Nowhereland' (Emma Tollman, Sibikwa Arts Centre's Thunya Lerole Festival 2016 Atalyiah-Channah, 'A Hard Pill to Swallow' (16 Days of Activism, SoMa Art Space, 2016) Atalyiah-Channah, 'Eggbeater' (16 Days of Activism, SoMa Art Space) Conceptualizing, producing, and constructing visual elements for performance art for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in South Africa Work with Emma Tollman Baby Doll, 'Nowhereland' (Emma Tollman, Sibikwa Arts Centre's Thunya Lerole Festival 2016 Atalyiah-Channah, 'A Hard Pill to Swallow' (16 Days of Activism, SoMa Art Space, 2016) Atalyiah-Channah, 'Eggbeater' (16 Days of Activism, SoMa Art Space)



University of the Witwatersrand

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

  Tutor for the Academic Development Unit in the Critical Thinking course. Teaching firsts year Engineering students for the second semester of 2016.

• Tutor

  • Jun 2016 - Nov 2016

  Tutored for a Critical Thinking Course for first-year engineering students. The course engaged with philosophy, short fiction and a series of compulsory lectures. The tutorials focussed on assisting the students in communication skills. The aim of the course was to bridge the gap between scientific thinking and current events. The engineers had to to learn skills so they would be able to present mechanical designs in a coherent manner.



Jade Bowers Design and Management

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Costume Designer

  • Mar 2016 - Sep 2016

  'Scorched' Directed by Jade Bowers, 2016 Nominated fora Naledi 2017 for Best Costume Design Set design by Nadine Minaar Lighting design by Oliver Hauser Costume by Jade Bowers and Camille Behrens (Main Stage at National Arts Festival) Draped and in hues of the desert. Scarves and turbans are used to transform characters. Using tendrils and various techniques to texture the costumes. Reviews, interviews and publicity urls https://www.facebook.com/oliverhauser7/posts/10153592909241507 http://cuetv.ru.ac.za/?p=3236 mention: http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/weighing-up-arts-festivals-artistic-gains-2045093 best: http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=40193 http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=40452 http://cuemedia.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Full-Edition-10-for-WEB.pdf http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=40365 Designing for stage includes sourcing, designing and making costumes, set, scenic treatment, props, furniture respectively. Designing, rigging, focussing and plotting a lighting plan. There is a significant amount of time spent in rehearsals with the director and performers in addition to the production team. Show less



UJ Arts Centre

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Production Designer

  • Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

  'For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf’ By Ntozake Shange Directed by Tshego Khutsoane Winner of the Standard Bank Ovation Award 2016 Designed by Jade Bowers and Camille Behrens Choreographed by Kieron Jina (National Arts Festival 2016) (UJ Arts Centre 2016) Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem serves to explain the struggles of colored women, from prejudice to domestic violence, harassment and rape. The choreography invited unity. The fact that the women are student performers makes this production of For Colored Girls all the more potent. During our time together I found the cast’s solidarity unyielding and their will unparalleled. Simple white boxes created levels for performers to use. The choreography and gestured performance, along with their ability to make a soundscape, transformed these basic shapes into buses, park benches and beds. The staffs created skeleton structures when assembled by the cast. It is the power of the staff that helped direct power, that aided in the visualisation of penetration and directed blame. Designing for stage includes sourcing, designing and making costumes, set, scenic treatment, props, furniture respectively. Designing, rigging, focussing and plotting a lighting plan. There is a significant amount of time spent in rehearsals with the director and performers in addition to the production team. Show less



UJ Arts and Culture

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Co-designer

  • Mar 2016 - May 2016

  'Boesman and Lena' by Athol Fugard Directed by Phala Ookeditse Designed with Alby Michaels (UJ Arts and Culture) An empty stage for people who are without. During the many evictions in Apartheid, Boesman and Lena try to remember home. They enter the stage with a large bag that unravels into a landscape of old clothes and found objects, burnt and broken. An attached dirty bed sheet is assembled to become a murky sky. While this well-known play is often performed on a bare stage to emphasise the loss and poverty of the characters, Phala Ookeditse Phala's production creates a settlement that shows us the remnants of the characters' lives. Designing for stage includes sourcing, designing and making costumes, set, scenic treatment, props, furniture respectively. Designing, rigging, focussing and plotting a lighting plan. There is a significant amount of time spent in rehearsals with the director and performers in addition to the production team. Show less



UJ Arts and Culture Centre

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Stage Designer

  • Apr 2015 - Aug 2015

  'Hashtag Toyitoyi' Choreographed by Kieron Jina (UJ Arts and Culture) A student production from the University of Johannesburg where voices are raised using choreography. To toyitoyi is to strike. This production criticises everything from Nelson Mandela to the masked, silent and clinical representations of ebola in the Western world. Transgender, taboo, tensions and disease unravel in this piece by the 'Born Frees' Designing for stage includes sourcing, designing and making costumes, set, scenic treatment, props, furniture respectively. Designing, rigging, focussing and plotting a lighting plan. There is a significant amount of time spent in rehearsals with the director and performers in addition to the production team. Show less



University of the Witwatersrand

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assitant Researcher

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

  Examining newspaper archives from 1950 - 1980. Locating employees of department stores in South Africa from the years 1950-1980. Scheduling interviews with respondents. Examining newspaper archives from 1950 - 1980. Locating employees of department stores in South Africa from the years 1950-1980. Scheduling interviews with respondents.



Hey!Fever

• Assistant Art Director

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  Jobs included sourcing, buying and treating props; arranging and treating the set. Ebola Campaign for the African Union An abandoned man. Facilities are useless without a human to use them. Jobs included sourcing, buying and treating props; arranging and treating the set. Ebola Campaign for the African Union An abandoned man. Facilities are useless without a human to use them.



The Juicy Collective

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Assistant Designer

  • Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

  'Wretched' Directed by Neka Da Costa Designed by Jo Glanville (National Arts Festival) Designing for stage includes sourcing, designing and making costumes, set, scenic treatment, props, furniture respectively. Designing, rigging, focussing and plotting a lighting plan. There is a significant amount of time spent in rehearsals with the director and performers in addition to the production team. 'Wretched' Directed by Neka Da Costa Designed by Jo Glanville (National Arts Festival) Designing for stage includes sourcing, designing and making costumes, set, scenic treatment, props, furniture respectively. Designing, rigging, focussing and plotting a lighting plan. There is a significant amount of time spent in rehearsals with the director and performers in addition to the production team.



Self-employed

• Production Designer

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  'I, Oedipus' Designed with Catherine Dickinson and Kamini Sooben Facilitated by Sarah Roberts, (Wits School of Arts) Design and Performance students present I, Oedipus (2014) as part of their Research Project 'The Actor and the Mise en Scène.' Directed by Prof. Sarah Roberts, the chorus weaves excerpts from T.S Eliot's The Wasteland within Oedipus Rex. Using shadow, reflection and light, Plato's The Cave supplies a means to represent the paradox of Oedipus. Continuing this paradox, the male performers rotate the role of Oedipus for each performance in the mode of improv. The design had to compliment the dynamic created from having three males of different heights, race and acting abilities. To facilitate improv, the design employed ‘neutral objects’ that could be transformed and manipulated but still convey a specific meaning to the audience. Designing for stage includes sourcing, designing and making costumes, set, scenic treatment, props, furniture respectively. Designing, rigging, focussing and plotting a lighting plan. There is a significant amount of time spent in rehearsals with the director and performers in addition to the production team. Show less



Freelancer

• Johannesburg, South Africa

• Set Construction

  • Mar 2011 - May 2011

  'Planet B' (WALE Festival 2011, National Arts Festival 2011) Directed by Helen Iskander, designed by Jemma Khan Set Construction: Camille Behrens In a post-apocalyptic world a nomad happens upon a home. A hermit-like man has made a home out of what is left of the world. Designing for stage includes sourcing, designing and making costumes, set, scenic treatment, props, furniture respectively. Designing, rigging, focussing and plotting a lighting plan. There is a significant amount of time spent in rehearsals with the director and performers in addition to the production team. Show less