DENBY MEYER
(b. 1966 Johannesburg, South Africa)

“We don’t always see the beauty in the landscapes or the everyday events around us, and I like to think that my paintings are observations of that.  That I am recording that which we don’t always have time to stop and look at or appreciate. A way of really looking at things. Sometimes it may be how the light catches the buildings in the city, or another time the clouds over the mountains in the distance, or even the comfort one feels when observing how friends meet at a street café. I think my paintings are a personal reflection of the many aspects of life around us, and while I like them to be honest, I don’t necessarily seek out that which is disturbing or unpleasant. I want them to be a visual appreciation of an experience, which may or may not resonate with the viewer, but at least leave them with a sense of satisfaction.”

Denby Meyer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1966.  She was educated in Johannesburg at Woodmead High School and the Johannesburg School of the Arts. She completed her studies in the United States of America, and at the University of Cape Town, with a Liberal Arts Degree.  She did post graduate studies with the AAA Advertising School, before a short stint in advertising. Denby became a professional artist in the late 1990s, and is represented by the Everard Read Gallery in Johannesburg and Cape Town, where she has participated in a number of joint exhibitions, as well as having had a number of solo exhibitions.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022     

Vantage Point, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

Things I’d like to remember, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2021

Summer 2021, Everard Read, London, UK

2020

STILL, Group Online Exhibition, Everard Read, South Africa & UK

Summer 2020, Group Exhibition, Everard Read, London, UK

2019

SUMMER, Everard Read, London, UK

SUMMER, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2018

The Lightness of Summer, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read, London, United Kingdom

2017

Observations, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2016

Winter collection, Group Exhibition, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2015

Summer in the City, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Homage, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Winter, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2014

Summer Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Winter, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2013

Centenary Exhibition, Group Show,  Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Possessions, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2012

Small Pictures, Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2010

Sex, Lies etc, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2009

Cityscapes, Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2008

Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2007

Southern Views, Joint Exhibition with Harold Voigt, Walter Meyer and Albert Redelinghuis, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2005

Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Joint Exhibition with Hanneke Benade, Kerri Evans, Sasha Hartslief and Clare Menck, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2003

Spring, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2002

An Exhibition of Watercolours, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2001

Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

1999

Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa  

1998

Recent Works, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa