MARKE MEYER BRONZE SCULPTURE

"The human body, either in frenetic movement or

caught at rest, remains my only playground". MM

According to Marke: "Figures fascinate me...especially the female figure. I prefer the nude figure as it is free of context allowing for an open-ended expression of abstract concepts and emotions. The figure, metaphoric in every sense, describes a state of mind, or more often the projection of ‘mind’ into a space removed... a mind-space perhaps.
This is a comfortable, magical space without restraint or restriction. The human body, either in frenetic movement or caught at rest, remains my only playground."

"Generally my sculptures transmit the awareness of

transitioning into adulthood without losing the

subjective naivety of the younger person. These works

are about growing up on your own terms. Often there is a

subtle reference to the question 'What If?' - What if Eve

hadn't plucked the apple? What if we had chosen a

different 'shoe' for our path? Through this questioning we

may perhaps arrive at a deeper self-knowledge". MM

Marke Meyer is a sculptor, art photographer and a multi-media artist.

He was born in Kokstad, spent his childhood in the mountains of Lesotho and matriculated from Westville Boy's High School in 1981.

He studied for a B.Sc. Agric. (Hort) and graduated in 1987. He then opened his own wholesale nursery business which he ran successfully for eighteen years.

During all these years he studied art privately with his passion being in all things figurative. Sculpture and photography became his tools to explore the human figure. Years ago, with his growing success as an artist, he was finally able to sell the horticultural business and set out on a career as a full time artist.

Marke Meyer's work is available for sale in Germany, Switzerland and many South African galleries. He also ships works worldwide.
His pieces have traveled abroad to North America, Central America, South America, United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand, Asia and Australia.

Pieces are available at:
(Click on the names below to link you to the galleries' websites)

Pieces are available at: (Click on the names below to link you to the galleries' websites)

Julie Miller African Contemporary - Randburg

Pampels Vinotage, Kunstgalerie Meerbusch, Dusseldorf, Germany

Art@Africa Galleries – Cape Town – Hermanus – Franschhoek

Dimitrov Gallery - Dullstroom

Gallery on Leviseur - Bloemfontein

Riverbend Art & Wine Gallery - KZN Southbroom

The Showroom Art Gallery - Pretoria

The Platform Art Gallery - Lions River, KZN Midlands

Pencil Art Foundation - Umhlanga, KZN

Art & Wine Gallery - Clarens, Free State

Art@Cornerstone - Hoekville

All quality castings are done by:
Bronze Art Africa - White River

&
Bronz Editions - Western Cape

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019 Beneath the Surface - Art@Clocktower, Cape Town Waterfront, Cape

2019 The Games We Play - Riverbend Art & Wine Gallery, Southbroom, KZN, S.A.

2019 Poetry in Motion II - Art@Clocktower, Cape Town Waterfront, Cape

2019 In Dreams So Far Removed - Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, KZN, S.A.

2019 A Place to Hide - Imbizo Gallery, Umhlanga, KZN, SA.

2018 Poetry in Motion - Art@Clocktower, Cape Town Waterfront, Cape

2017 A Legacy of Laughter and Lost Moments - Durbanville Hills Wine Estate, Cape

2015 Taunting Gravity - Imbizo Gallery, Hoedspruit, S.A.

2012 Exposure - Riverbend Art & Wine Gallery, KZN, S.A.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 venUS & eARTh - The Gallery, Lifestyle Centre, Ballito, KwaZulu Natal, RSA
March - April 2023

2021 This is Art - @ CTICC - Cape Town Art Fair
(Marke Meyer & Kobus Walker)
26-28 November 2021

2020 The opening of the Corrie Scribente Gallery, Umhlanga, KwaZulu Natal, RSA
27th November 2020

2020 The opening of the Art@Africa Hermanus Gallery, Western Cape, RSA
5th November 2020

2020 Riverbend Art & Wine Gallery, Southbroom, KwaZulu Natal, RSA
(Sculptor Marke Meyer & painters Everett Duarte, Frances Duarte & Munro)
24th - 5th October 2020

2020 So Much Talent In Our Country - Exhibition & Launch of Art@Africa Art Book, Cape Town Waterfront, Cape, RSA

2020 The opening of the Julie Miller African Contemporary Gallery, Randburg, Johannesburg, RSA
(Marke Meyer & Sonja Smeyers)

2020 A New Tomorrow - Imbizo Gallery @ The Pearls, Umhlanga, RSA.

2019 Trascendence / Transzendenz - Kunstgalerie Meerbusch, Dusseldorf, Germany
(Marke Meyer & Everett Duarte & Frances Schandera)

2018 Intrinsic Flow - Imbizo Gallery @ The Pearls, Umhlanga, KZN

2018 Not a Painting - Show Room Gallery, Pretoria

2018 At the Heart of Laughter - Gallery on Leviseur, Bloemfontein
(Marke Meyer, Tay Dall, Rudolf Bitzer)

2018 Decorex Durban 2018, KZN
(Duarte artists & Marke Meyer)

2017/8 State of Grace - Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, KZN

(Marke Meyer, David Hadaway)

2017 Bronze Art Africa Gallery - White River, Mpumalanga
(Marke Meyer & Michael Canadas - partners in own Gallery)

2017 Present in Absence - Candice Berman Gallery, Bryanston, Johannesburg.
(Louise Almon, Marke Meyer)

2017 Tiny - In Toto Gallery, Johannesburg

2017 Mute Wisdom Art@Durbanvillhill - Cape

2017 Poetry in Motion - Art@Almenkerk - Elgin Grabow / Cape

2017 Decorex - Durban 2017
(Duarte artists & Marke Meyer)

2016 Summertide Group Exhibition, The Gallery Riebeek Kasteel, Cape.

2016 Sculpture Exhibition, Imbizo Gallery launch, Umhlanga (Pearl Walk), KwaZulu Natal, S.A.

2016 Sculpture Exhibition, Hilton Arts Festival, KwaZulu Natal, S.A.

2016 Sculpture Exhibition, Candice Berman Fine Art, Johannesburg, S.A.
(Marke Meyer, Gerhard van Eck, Michael Canandas)

2016 Start Art Fair, Candice Berman Fine Art, Saatchi Gallery, London

2016 Turbine Art Fair (TAF 2016), Candice Berman Fine Art, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, S.A.

2016 That Art Fair, Candice Berman Fine Art, Woodstock, Cape Town

2016 KKNK Arts Festival, Candice Berman Fine Art, Oudtshoorn, S.A.

2016 Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Candice Berman Fine Art, S.A.

2016 Wayward Dreams - Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, S.A.
(Marke Meyer, Carl Roberts, Elizabeth Balcomb, Isaac Sithole, Terri Broll, Gerhard van Eck

2016 Duarte Artists & Marke Meyer, Durban Exhibition Centre, S.A.

(Marke Meyer, Everett Duarte, Frances Duarte, Izzy Duarte)

2015 Turbine Art Fair (TAF2015), Candice Berman Fine Art, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, S.A.

2015 Marke Meyer & Joy Heyneke @ The Leonardo Gallery, Morelettapark, Pretoria, S.A.

2015 Into Thin Air, Imbizo Gallery, Ballito
(Marke Meyer, Steve van der Schyff, Nicolaas Roos, Everett Duarte, Frances Duarte, Mpenja)

2015 The Child Inside - Rooftop VII, St. Lorient Art & Fashion Gallery, Brooklyn, Pretoria, S.A.
(Andre Otto, Marke Meyer, Andriaan Diedericks, Gordon Froud, Guy Du Toit, Rossouw Van der Walt, Mchelle le Grange, Setlamorago Mashilo, Caitlin Greenberg, Ruhan Janse Van Vuuren, Nelson Thaba, Sara Richards, Noko Mello, Francos Venter, Ronit Judelman, Yannis Generalis and Jaco Sieberhagen)

2014 Wishful Thinking, Gallery 4, Shelly Beach, S.A.

2014 No Tomorrow, Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, S.A.
(Marke Meyer, Izzy Duarte, Terri Broll, Michael Canadas, Leoni Needham)

2014 Turbine Art Fair (TAF2014), Candice Berman Fine Art, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, S.A.

2013 Hilton Arts Festival, Hilton, S.A.

2013 In Touch, Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, S.A.
(Marke Meyer, The Duarte Artists, Mpenja)

2012 Life Force, Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, S.A.
(Marke Meyer, Carl Roberts, Izzy Duarte, Anton Smit)

2010 Dimitrov & Meyer, Riverbend Art Gallery, Southbroom, S.A.
(Branco Dimitrov, Marke Meyer)

2009 Shades of Grey, Kizo Art Gallery, Ballito, S.A.
(Clint Stijdom, Marke Meyer)

2008 ColaborVent, Margate, S.A.

2007 Walking Through Walls, Kizo Art Gallery, Umghlanga, S.A.
(Marke Meyer, Gavin Risi, Everett Duarte, Frances Duarte)

2006 PPC Young Sculptors Awards - Association of Arts, Pretoria, S.A.

2006 Access Denied, Red Eye, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, S.A.

2006 Transform, Red Eye, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, S.A.

2005 Contemporary Women by 2 Men, Depictions Gallery, KZN, S.A.
(Marke Meyer, Everett Duarte)

2003 ColaborArt 13 to 18, Margate Art Museum, KZN, S.A.

2002 ColaborArt 7 to 12, Margate Art Museum, KZN, S.A.

2001 ColaborArt 1 to 6, Margate Art Museum, KZN, S.A.

Selected Collections

NGL Attorneys, Johannesburg, South Africa
Private Collections:
Netherlands, Belgium, Britain, Wales, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Poland, Florida, Los Angeles, Colorado, America, Canada, Russia, France & South Africa, Denmark, Portugal, Australia & Hong Kong.

Pieces are available at:

(Click on the names below to link you to the galleries' websites)

CAPE:

Môi Art Gallery - Riebeek Kasteel, West Coast

Art@Africa Gallery – V&A Waterfront in Cape Town

Asara Wine Estate, Hotel & Art Gallery - Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Fine Art Africa Gallery - Hout Bay, Cape Town

Gallop Hill Gallery - Franschhoek, Hermanus & Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape

Palette Fine Art Gallery - Cape Town & Franschhoek

Rossouw Modern - Hermanus, Western Cape

Benguela Cove Gallery - Hermanus, Western Cape

Art@Cornerstone - Hoekville, Western Cape

St Francis Bay Gallery - St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape