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Liza Grobler was born in Cape Town in 1974 and now lives and works in Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo. She obtained a BA in Visual Arts (1996) and an MA in Visual Arts cum laude (1999) from Stellenbosch University. Describing herself as a compulsive constructor of alternative landscapes and realities, Grobler works across painting, drawing, crochet and beadwork installation, film and site-specific projects, bringing together physical and psychological spaces as well as historical and ecological ones. In 2016 she received the Africa Centre Award, and Iziko Museums commissioned a work for Women’s Work at the South African National Gallery. She won the Centro Luigi di Sarro Video Art Award in Rome (2022) and a KANNA Award for her visual contribution to the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (2023), and was nominated for the Norval Sovereign African Art Prize in 2021 and 2022. She held a solo exhibition at the Rauma Art Museum, Finland, in 2024, has undertaken residencies across Europe, India, Mexico and the United States, and is festival curator of the KKNK from 2025 to 2027. Grobler is represented by Everard Read, and her work is held in collections including Spier, Hollard, Nando’s and the Luciano Benetton Collection.