Experience

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  Gateway Jewish Museum Livingstone, zambia

  • Gateway Jewish Museum Livingstone, Zambia

  • Consultant Creative Director

    • Jan 2011 - Present
    • Gateway Jewish Museum Livingstone, Zambia

    In designing the Gateway Jewish Museum for the late David Susman [chairman of Woolworths], I created the theme and concept of the space for the client. I did research with colleges on the Diaspora of Zambia, this entailed creating a timeline of the different categories included in this process was picture research and sourcing then finally editing. After this I designed the interior space with the 3d programmer for the flow of the space including content and cabinetry work and electronic items to be established within the museum. I then developed the typographic style using Adobe. The logo was then designed and finally brand identity was created for the museum. I developed; created and edited oral testaments while working with two professional editors and a cinematographer and working as a sound engineer for these documentaries. I illustrated and designed all the graphic panels and included some of my photography, using Adobe I retouched all the photographic imaginary for the text panels. I then developed touch screens for the oral testaments and touch table to exhibit the content of the museum; this included a timeline to show the history of the Diaspora. I then implemented the 3d design in the museum working on the construction of dry walling and colours for the space, hanging all the panels as well as installing all the monitors for the multi-media display and cabinetry work. We then installed the artifacts that were designed for the museum space. This work is still to be continued as some of the items were missing and needed to be confirmed.

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  New Aura

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Owner

    • Jan 1995 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    New Aura was started as a freelance company with all the different projects that I was working on. It is a multi disciplinary company, working with professional teams on defined assignments, discovering creative and unique ways to resolve these problems and coming up with original ideas in the interpretation of each of these projects. It was established in 1995 and has been with me right up to date.

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  Iziko National Art Gallery

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Consultant Creative Director

    • Jan 2008 - Jan 2011
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    I also designed the Albert Adams exhibition together with Marilyn Martin, former director of the National Gallery and Joe Dolby, former senior curator at the Gallery. I also designed the catalogue, which was edited by Shea Albert, then director of the SA Jewish Museum.In 2010 I worked on a major exhibition for the National Gallery and its new director. Riason Naidoo. The exhibition ‘From Pierneef to Gugulectives 1910 – 2010’, focused on South African art in its historic entirety, with over 800 pieces, utilising the complete gallery space, and becoming one of Cape Town’s most viewed exhibits. Again I was responsible for the design, advertising, branding and printed collateral.In 2011 I worked on a exhibition for the Department of Arts and Culture in South Africa. The exhibition was for the Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile for his budget speech. The exhibition focused on South African cultural arts.Also in 2011 I worked on a exhibition called The South African Post office 8th Definitive of stamps and Bead work. The exhibition focused on cultural bead work designed into the South African National Stamp Collection.

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  South African Jewish Museum

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Consultant Creative Director of Exhibitions

    • Jan 2001 - Jan 2010
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    I designed numerous highly successful exhibitions, among them Marc Chagall: From Sketch to Stained Glass Window in collaboration with Meret Meyer-Graber, executor of Marc Chagall’s estate; Studio Encounters: Portraits by Irma Stern; Journeys to the Interior: Unseen Work by Irma Stern, both in collaboration with Christopher Peter, director of Irma Stern Museum; and Hidden Treasures of Japanese Art: The Isaac Kaplan Collection, now housed in a permanent exhibition at the museum. I also designed an award winning catalogue with Joe Earle, now senior consultant for Bonhams Japanese Art department for Europe and the USA and Emirates, Victor Harris for the British museum. I was responsible for the design of several other exhibitions, which included The Glory of the Game: Rugby and the South African Jewish Minyan; E=MC2 in collaboration with the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and Renee Sivan, international museologist. Following the Chagall exhibition, me and the South African Jewish Museum successfully collaborated with the South African National Gallery on a number of projects. Most notably a William Kentridge retrospective at the museum. I also designed the Albert Adams exhibition together with Marilyn Martin, former director of the National Gallery and Joe Dolby, former senior curator at the Gallery. I also designed the catalogue, which was edited by Shea Albert, then director of the SA Jewish Museum. I also designed the successful exhibition showcasing the career of Joe Wolpe, the doyen of Cape Town’s art world for more than forty years. The exhibition presented famous international artworks and sculptures, and revealed Wolpe’s personal relationships with leading South African and international artists. I was responsible for the design and branding of the South African Jewish Museum by way of impactful advertising, Internet and touch screen presentations.

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  Irma Stern Museum

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Consultant Creative Director/ Curator

    • Sep 2009 - Oct 2009
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    I also designed an exhibition for the Irma Stern Museum on ikats and exotic jewellery from a collector. For the exhibition I created the theme and concept of the space for the client. I developed the concept for the display of the items where all the exhibits were going to be shown and also selected all the cabinetry for the show and plinths for the jewellery to be exhibited. I then selected all the content as well as paintings and sculptures to create the narrative, after doing the colour swatches and working with plascon paint company on this project for the wall tones. I then designed the graphics using Adobe. I also employed a calligrapher to help with the content of the exhibition which was displayed on the walls in a designed type and feel of a Persian merchant. The final task was the lighting of the show and the items mounted in the display cabinets.

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  Silverhammer

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Senior Art Director

    • Jan 1995 - Jan 2001
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    I started my career in advertising, where I was creating the below the line feel of the Jack Daniels brand S.A. and other prestige brands such as Southern Comfort, Famous Grouse, Moet Chandon and Hennesy. These are just a few brands that I worked with; there are 22 other brands that I did work with during this time.

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  Marie Claire Magazine

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa and Paris, France

  • Fashion Art Director

    • Jan 1995 - Jan 2001
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa and Paris, France

    I moved to the fashion arena and collaborated for seven years with Marie Claire International. I was employed to develop the Marie Claire fashion brand for the South African market by Paris MC, working closely with the Fashion Director and regular trips to Paris, we created the pages for the look and feel of the MC brand. I designed all the pages from workshops to high end fashion shoots with the Fashion Director. I worked with the models and photographers as well as train assistant editors, to bring back work that would represent the MC brand. Co-ordinate with the editor in JHB on the fashion trend we were working on for this months issue. Briefing photographers on the fashion shoot we were preparing to do and the look and feel of the shots we wanted to portray in the magazine. This also applied to the junior editors for their workshop pages and workshop shoots with models. As far as production of shoots I worked with photographers and printing houses re touching of images and creating the mood of the story for final layout. This included two fashion shoots and one international by in from a world established photographer from one of the international MC issues.