CHONAT GETZ

(b. Born 1943,  Bloemfontein, South Africa)

Chonat Getz works mainly in the media of printmaking and sculpture. When making prints her preference is for hard ground etchings, drypoint or relief prints. Sculpturally, she combines both kiln-formed glass and various metals. Conceptually, the same themes are carried through both media.

Getz was formerly a Mathematics lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand for thirty years. Drawing on Her expertise in mathematics, she helped to create a popular interest and involvement in mathematics by elucidating the nexus between mathematics and traditional African craft objects, and has been involved in the production of numerous articles, books, TV documentaries, videos and DVDs relating to that topic. 

After leaving University of the Witwatersrand, Chonat studied art at the University of South Africa and also extended her studies into working with glass in South Africa and the UK.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2020
Bronze, Steel, Stone & Bone, Everard Read, London, UK

2019
SUMMER, Everard Read, London, UK

2018
Bronze, Steel and Stone, Everard Read Gallery, London, UK

2016
Blue Door Studio Exhibition, Art it is Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 
Provenance, Carol Lee ine Art Group Exhibition, South Africa 

2013
Universal Suffering, The War Museum of the Boer Republics, South Africa
Printmaking Exhibition, David Brown Fine Art, South Africa 
Conversations with King, Tshwane University of Technology, Tavistock Centre, London, UK
Jan Celliers Group, Artspace, South Africa 
David Brown Sandton (Art Fair)
Group exhibition, Ort, South Africa 
RCHCC, Two person exhibition, South Africa 

2011
Group Artists, Sandton Joburg City Arts and Culture and David Brown Fine Art, South Africa
Collaborative exhibition, Imac Istore, Johannesburg, South Africa
A stone Carpet Reflected, Origins Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Group exhibition, Jan Celliers in association with Artspace 

2010
Paintings, Etchings and Glass Sculpture, David Brown Fine Art, Johannesburg, South Africa
Group Sculpture Exhibition, Jupiter Art Room, Pretoria, South Africa
Group Exhibition, Jupiter Art Room, Pretoria, South Africa

2009
Printed works from The Blue Door Studio, David Brown Fine Art, Johannesburg, South Africa
Waste Art Exhibition, The Mall, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa