Gwendolyn Meyer is an explorer who uses the creative processes of photography and oil and works on paper to look for deeper meanings and connections between things. The themes she explores are humans in nature, land, and place. Gwendolyn is interested in the philosophical questions facing humans at this planetary turning point. Her visual investigations often involve repetition, revisiting, and the making of multiples, always looking at and picturing things. Gwendolyn is interested in the philosophical questions facing humans at this planetary turning point. Her visual investigations often involve repetition, revisiting, and the making of multiples, always looking at and picturing things.
Gwendolyn was awarded Artist in Residencies at Kleinood, Stellenbosch, South Africa (2109), Thupelo workshop, Stellenbosch (2017), Kala Arts, Berkeley, California (2004) and participated in several less formal residencies in California and South Africa. She has exhibited her creations in California, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Africa. In South Africa, she collaborated as an artist in science with the Center for Complex Systems in Transition at Stellenbosch University ( 2016-2017), where she participated in their initiatives exploring ideas of resilience, climate change, and the Anthropocene.
Gwendolyn graduated in Photography and Drawing from CCAC Oakland, California (2004) and with a Master of Philosophy at the Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch, South Africa (2016). She has been a graphic designer for the past 24 years. Currently, she is focused on developing her art practice and teaching. Gwendolyn also taught photography part-time as an Artist in Schools Program in California from 2004 -2011 and between 2017-2019 in rural towns of South Africa. In 2022 she was the youth art and poetry coordinator for the McGregor Poetry Festival.
Her paintings are currently showing s at the Artvark Gallery in Kalk Bay, South Africa (@artvarkgallery on Instagram).
Contributions to Humans & Nature Press:
• Earth.ink; en plein air painting and earth pigments on the Agulhas Plain
Additional Noteworthy Links:
• Insagram @likethelemon
• Gwendolyn Meyer website
