CURRICULUM VITAE - MANDA BESTER

2003 - 2013

Curator of the Development Bank of SA art collection.

2003, 2005, 2007

Initiator and Co-Curator of the DBSA Soul of Africa Art Exhibition.  Art research was conducted in all the nine South African Provinces including, Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique and Namibia.

2003, 2005, 2007

Project Manager of the Visiting Artist programme for artists participating in the Soul of Africa Art Exhibitions.

2003

Won Chief Executive’s Green Award for creating a platform for African Visual Artist to exhibit and sell their art works.

2004, 2006

Curator and Adjudicator of the DBSA SA Youth in Support of Development National Schools Art Competition.

2006

Initiated and Managed an Arts Awareness Programme for Educators from the North West Province in collaboration with the North West Department of Education and Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.

2007

Initiated and coordinated an exterior sculpture garden for the Development Bank of Southern Africa in collaboration with Fried Contemporary Art Gallery and Studio.

2007

Adjudicator for the Contemporary Visions of Southern Africa exhibition in collaboration with SANAVA and Pretoria Art Museum.

2008

Curator of an Art Auction for the Legal Resources Centre held at the Goethe Institute in Rosebank.

2008, 2009

Initiator and team member of a Community Mural project in Attridgeville and Durban to beautify public spaces in collaboration with Fried Contemporary Art Gallery and Studio and the University of Pretoria’s Visual Arts Department.