Taksim June (2014)
Practising inter-disciplinary artist with ongoing exhibitions and collaborative projects worldwide.
Education
Solo Exhibitions
Shearwater, Henry George Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019
Trans-Idyllic, curated by Lewis Johnson for Buyukdere 35, Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
Akis/Flow, BAUART, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015
Kristin Schrooyen Projects, pop-up show, Ortakoy, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014
Comlekci Studios, pop-up Show, Cayirbasi, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013
Ships and Dreams, Arnavutkoy Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010
Night Fishing, 360Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007
Unknown Cities, collaboration with architect Katherine Mann, Buchanan Square, Woodstock, South Africa, 2006
Wandel Street Exhibition, historic home installation, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, 2005
Herbst-Gerlach Home Exhibition, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2004
Paintings & Drawings, Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa, 2001
New Paintings, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2001
Diana Page: Paintings, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2000
Feeling the Spaces, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1996
Pilgrims, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1995
Going Home, Market Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1993
Going Home, Grahamstown Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1992
Projects
2010-present Bulbul Street Studios, ongoing collaboration with fellow resident artists & visiting artists, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 - 2009 Yasam Atolyesi, Founding member and resident artist, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 The Purple Cloak: Paintings by Lindsay Page, curated for Irma Stern Art Museum, UTC, South Africa
2014 Paintings on a Garden Wall in Cayirbasi, studio Installation, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Ek se: Women's Voices, performance, İnfecting the City Public Arts Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
2008 Pitch Blue: Women's Voices, performance, New York, New York, USA
2007 Kadinin Sesleri: Women's Voices, performance, Görünürlük Projesi 3, Galataperform, Galata, Istanbul
2006 Stained glass design, commission, St. Joseph’s Chapel in collaboration with Jan Bitenco, Cape Town, South Africa
2006 Exhibition of South African Art, assistant curator, Roshan Gallery, Washington DC
2002 Contact Art, community workshops with Boudoir Biscuits at St. Anne’s Home, Cape Town, South Africa
1996 50s Kitchen Installation, Shopping Trolley Project, with Boudoir Biscuits and Mother City Queer Project, River
Club, Cape Town, South Africa
1995 Surfing Madiba, installation, Twinkly Sea Project, MCQP, Cape Town, South Africa
1994 Boudoir Biscuits, artist’s group founding member, Cape Town, South Africa
TWO, Smith Studios, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
Between Colour and Line: Diana Page and Joicy Koothur, Ouvroir d’Art, Sainte Pulcherie, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012
Invisible Cities: Liquid Identities, Luca Curci, Venice, Italy, 2012
Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities, Zelena Dvorana, Zabok, Croatia, 2011
Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities, Festival Miden, Amfeia’s Square, historic Kalamata, Greece, 2011
Then Now Next: Diana Page & Justin Eccles (USA), Ouvroir d’Art, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010
Le Printemps des Artistes, Ouvroir d’Art, Beyoglu, Istanbul, 2010
International Women’s Day Exhibition, Canadian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey, 2010
On the Rhodes, These Four Walls Gallery, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010
Exhibition of International Artists, Beylerbeyi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
Walking Istanbul, Istanbul Yasam Atolyesi, Levent, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
Becoming Istanbul, Frankfurt Book Fair, archive & exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany, 2009
Imprints, Axis Gallery, New York, USA, 2005
New Work: Diana Page & Jane Young, Irma Stern Art Museum, UCT, South Africa, 2005
AVA Exhibition of Cape-based Artists, Gesseau Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2004
Fortitude, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2003
Trilogy, Sanlam Gallery, Rust en Vreugd, Bellville Arts, South Africa, 2003
Absolut Secret Seven, Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa, 2003
Interpreted Works: the Michaelis Collection, Old Town House, Cape Town, South Africa, 2001
Batsoso Manuscript Exhibition 2000, Boekehuis, Gauteng, South Africa, 2000
Selection ‘99’, Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa, 1999
Boudoir Biscuits, traveling exhibition, Irma Stern Gallery, Ibis Art Centre, King George VI Museum, South Africa, 1998
District Six Exhibition, National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1995
South African Arts Show, South African High Commission, London, England, 1995
Roses, Primart Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1994
Group Exhibition, Seeff Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1994
Volkskas Atelier Exhibition, Pretoria, South Africa, 1992
Roodehek Street Exhibition, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, 1988
Contemporary Collectables, Grassroots Gallery, Durban, South Africa, 1988
Natal Arts Trust Exhibition, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa, 1986
Rolfes Impressions National Student Art Exhibition, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1986
Collections: Ginsberg Artist’s Book Collection; ABSA Bank; BP Southern Africa; Citibank; Grindrod; HSBC; LTA & Grinaker; Maersk Shipping; MAC Shipping; University of Cape Town; Old Mutual; Pretoria Technikon; Nando’s England; Lady Graaff Collection; Semra Kahraman Collection; numerous private collections worldwide.
| Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1992 Master of Fine Art, with distinction Masters Thesis: Netting reality: The imaginative transformation of quotidian experience in the paintings of Bonnard and Vuillard with special reference to aspects of the novels of Virginia Woolf Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1990 Additional Courses: Modern Fiction; History & Appreciation of Music University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 1988 Higher Diploma of Education, PGS Method subjects: Art, English |
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 1986
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 1985 Bachelor of Arts, Painting and Art History Other: English Literature, Printmaking, 3D studies, Zulu, Intro. German Languages: Fluent - English, Afrikaans Conversational - Turkish, French & German |
Shearwater, Henry George Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019
Trans-Idyllic, curated by Lewis Johnson for Buyukdere 35, Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
Akis/Flow, BAUART, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015
Kristin Schrooyen Projects, pop-up show, Ortakoy, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014
Comlekci Studios, pop-up Show, Cayirbasi, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013
Ships and Dreams, Arnavutkoy Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010
Night Fishing, 360Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007
Unknown Cities, collaboration with architect Katherine Mann, Buchanan Square, Woodstock, South Africa, 2006
Wandel Street Exhibition, historic home installation, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, 2005
Herbst-Gerlach Home Exhibition, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2004
Paintings & Drawings, Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa, 2001
New Paintings, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2001
Diana Page: Paintings, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2000
Feeling the Spaces, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1996
Pilgrims, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1995
Going Home, Market Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1993
Going Home, Grahamstown Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1992
| Awards Ampersand Fellowship, 2008 Tribeca, New York, USA New Constitutional Court, 2003 (Boudoir Biscuits) Carpet design commission, Johannesburg, South Africa CONVENCO, public art competition, runner-up, 2002 Cape Town, South Africa (Boudoir Biscuits) Atelier National Student Art Competition, 1999 Pretoria, South Africa |
Raymond Pullen Art Bursary Post-graduate study in Fine Arts, 1991 - 1993 Rhodes Special Bursary, Rhodes University, 1990 - 1993 Graduate Assistant Bursary, Rhodes University, 1989 - 1993 Human Sciences Research Council Bursary, 1989 - 1993 National Student Art Competition, South Africa, 1986 Silver Award Winner |
Projects
2010-present Bulbul Street Studios, ongoing collaboration with fellow resident artists & visiting artists, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 - 2009 Yasam Atolyesi, Founding member and resident artist, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 The Purple Cloak: Paintings by Lindsay Page, curated for Irma Stern Art Museum, UTC, South Africa
2014 Paintings on a Garden Wall in Cayirbasi, studio Installation, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Ek se: Women's Voices, performance, İnfecting the City Public Arts Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
2008 Pitch Blue: Women's Voices, performance, New York, New York, USA
2007 Kadinin Sesleri: Women's Voices, performance, Görünürlük Projesi 3, Galataperform, Galata, Istanbul
2006 Stained glass design, commission, St. Joseph’s Chapel in collaboration with Jan Bitenco, Cape Town, South Africa
2006 Exhibition of South African Art, assistant curator, Roshan Gallery, Washington DC
2002 Contact Art, community workshops with Boudoir Biscuits at St. Anne’s Home, Cape Town, South Africa
1996 50s Kitchen Installation, Shopping Trolley Project, with Boudoir Biscuits and Mother City Queer Project, River
Club, Cape Town, South Africa
1995 Surfing Madiba, installation, Twinkly Sea Project, MCQP, Cape Town, South Africa
1994 Boudoir Biscuits, artist’s group founding member, Cape Town, South Africa
Arts Education Founder, 2015 - present, Art Wonderers, dianapage.co.za Worldwide creative online community & drawing course. Private Art Teacher, 2014 Comlekci Studios, Istanbul, Turkey Curriculum Development, 2014 British International School Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Rhodes University, 2012, Shortlisted for Lectureship in Fine Arts (Painting), Grahamstown, South Africa Curriculum Development, 2011, Sainte Pulcherie Lycee, Istanbul: One Minute or Less with Joicy Koothur (India) Then Now Next, with Justin Eccles (USA), 2010 Designed and Delivered Workshop, 2008 Institute of Justice and Reconciliation workshop: “Dialogue: creating encounters through the arts” Head of Art, 2006 - 2007 British International School Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Art Teacher (temporary), 2004 - 2005 Diocesan College, Cape Town, South Africa Resident Artist, 2001 - 2006 All-Stars Studio, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa Designed and Delivered Workshop, 2002 Motiv Graphic Design Company, Cape Town, South Africa Lecturer, Multi-media Department, 2002 City Varsity, Cape Town, South Africa Head of Fine Art, Acting Vice Principal, 2001 Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town, South Africa Workshop facilitator, 2001, Motiv Graphic Design Company Cape Town, South Africa Michaelis School of Art, 2000, Shortlisted, Lectureship in Design and New Media, Cape Town, South Africa Head of Art & Design, 1999, Abbott’s College Milnerton Cape Town, South Africa Head of Art, 1993 - 1999 Rondebosch Boys’ High School Cape Town, South Africa Art Teacher, 1993, Bergvliet HS, Cape Town, South Africa |
Residencies & Workshops 2018 Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France 2012 Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa 2012 AIR Residency, Africa Centre, longlisted, Cape Town 2008 Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey 2000 Thupelo Community Arts Workshop, National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 1999 Third International Design Indaba, Cape Town, South Africa Writing & Editing Proje4L: Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Arts Istanbul, Turkey, 2006 - 2008 Writer, editor, and proofreader. 10th Istanbul Biennial Istanbul, Turkey, 2007 Coverage for Elgiz Museum Cue Magazine Grahamstown, South Africa, 1991 Visual Arts Reporter, Grahamstown Arts Festival Commissions 2009 Boat Series, Felix Schieder Bieschen 2005 Stained glass window design, St. Joseph’s College 2005 St. Michael’s Road, Stephanie Brown 2000 Portrait of a House, Jonathan Mort and Wendy Spierman 2000 Painting for the short film Mapulani’s Mistress, for Zorgvliet Christo Gerlach, Canadian Film Institute 1999 Dancing Women (after Botticelli’s La Primavera) and The Meeting (after Botticelli), Christine Matti 1999 Tamboerskloof View (Diptych), Kendall Geordie 1997 The Annunciation (after Fra Angelico) and The Lamentation (after Giotto), Michael & Deidre Herbst |
Group Exhibitions
Jack Ginsberg Artist’s Book Collection, permanent exhibit, Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019TWO, Smith Studios, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
Between Colour and Line: Diana Page and Joicy Koothur, Ouvroir d’Art, Sainte Pulcherie, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012
Invisible Cities: Liquid Identities, Luca Curci, Venice, Italy, 2012
Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities, Zelena Dvorana, Zabok, Croatia, 2011
Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities, Festival Miden, Amfeia’s Square, historic Kalamata, Greece, 2011
Then Now Next: Diana Page & Justin Eccles (USA), Ouvroir d’Art, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010
Le Printemps des Artistes, Ouvroir d’Art, Beyoglu, Istanbul, 2010
International Women’s Day Exhibition, Canadian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey, 2010
On the Rhodes, These Four Walls Gallery, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010
Exhibition of International Artists, Beylerbeyi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
Walking Istanbul, Istanbul Yasam Atolyesi, Levent, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
Becoming Istanbul, Frankfurt Book Fair, archive & exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany, 2009
Imprints, Axis Gallery, New York, USA, 2005
New Work: Diana Page & Jane Young, Irma Stern Art Museum, UCT, South Africa, 2005
AVA Exhibition of Cape-based Artists, Gesseau Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2004
Fortitude, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2003
Trilogy, Sanlam Gallery, Rust en Vreugd, Bellville Arts, South Africa, 2003
Absolut Secret Seven, Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa, 2003
Interpreted Works: the Michaelis Collection, Old Town House, Cape Town, South Africa, 2001
Batsoso Manuscript Exhibition 2000, Boekehuis, Gauteng, South Africa, 2000
Selection ‘99’, Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa, 1999
Boudoir Biscuits, traveling exhibition, Irma Stern Gallery, Ibis Art Centre, King George VI Museum, South Africa, 1998
District Six Exhibition, National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1995
South African Arts Show, South African High Commission, London, England, 1995
Roses, Primart Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1994
Group Exhibition, Seeff Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 1994
Volkskas Atelier Exhibition, Pretoria, South Africa, 1992
Roodehek Street Exhibition, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, 1988
Contemporary Collectables, Grassroots Gallery, Durban, South Africa, 1988
Natal Arts Trust Exhibition, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa, 1986
Rolfes Impressions National Student Art Exhibition, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1986
Collections: Ginsberg Artist’s Book Collection; ABSA Bank; BP Southern Africa; Citibank; Grindrod; HSBC; LTA & Grinaker; Maersk Shipping; MAC Shipping; University of Cape Town; Old Mutual; Pretoria Technikon; Nando’s England; Lady Graaff Collection; Semra Kahraman Collection; numerous private collections worldwide.