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Petra Thorsen

South African 1984- 

Petra Thorsen is a Cape Town-based artist born in 1984.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts degree from the University of Pretoria in 2006, specializing in sculpture, as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, with an interest in art education.

She works in a broad range of sculptural media, including resin, concrete, and ceramic. The artist's work reflects her interest in organic forms inspired by nature and in particular botanical elements.

A series of her paintings were selected for the Top100 exhibition of the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition at the Pretoria Art Museum in 2004. She was awarded runner-up for technical excellence in the PPC Cement Young Concrete Sculptor Awards in 2004, and in 2019 her sculptural installation was selected as a finalist for the PPC Imaginarium Awards, with her work exhibited at the Association for Visual Arts Gallery in Cape Town, and at the University of Johannesburg Art Gallery.

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Petra Thorsen; Bicone
23 Jul 2025
ZAR 3 200 - 5 000
 
Petra Thorsen; Combretum
23 Jul 2025
ZAR 3 200 - 5 000
 
Petra Thorsen; Echinoderm
23 Jul 2025
ZAR 5 500 - 7 500
 
Petra Thorsen; Echo, two
23 Jul 2025
ZAR 5 500 - 7 500
 
Petra Thorsen; Mahogany
23 Jul 2025
ZAR 3 200 - 5 000