Short bio
Elfriede Dreyer is a South African conceptual and intermedial artist, curator, and mentor. She has exhibited widely in South Africa, France, and beyond, with work held in public and private collections including UP, Unisa, Telkom, DBSA, and FNB. After 25 years of teaching at UP and Unisa, she was appointed Extraordinary Professor of Art at Unisa in 2015 and founded the CAP Institute for Contemporary Art Practice. She is Vice-President of the South African National Association for Visual Arts, a postgraduate examiner, and a regular adjudicator of national competitions. Active as a curator since 1995, her projects include major South African institutions and international venues such as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) and Latuvu Gallery (France). Her academic publications have appeared in local and international journals and books, supporting her NRF researcher rating
