DENBY MEYER
(b. 1966 Johannesburg, South Africa)

“We don’t always see the beauty in the landscapes or the everyday events around us, and I like to think that my paintings are observations of that.  That I am recording that which we don’t always have time to stop and look at or appreciate. A way of really looking at things. Sometimes it may be how the light catches the buildings in the city, or another time the clouds over the mountains in the distance, or even the comfort one feels when observing how friends meet at a street café. I think my paintings are a personal reflection of the many aspects of life around us, and while I like them to be honest, I don’t necessarily seek out that which is disturbing or unpleasant. I want them to be a visual appreciation of an experience, which may or may not resonate with the viewer, but at least leave them with a sense of satisfaction.”

Denby Meyer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1966.  She was educated in Johannesburg at Woodmead High School and the Johannesburg School of the Arts. She completed her studies in the United States of America, and at the University of Cape Town, with a Liberal Arts Degree.  She did post graduate studies with the AAA Advertising School, before a short stint in advertising. Denby became a professional artist in the late 1990s, and is represented by the Everard Read Gallery in Johannesburg and Cape Town, where she has participated in a number of joint exhibitions, as well as having had a number of solo exhibitions.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Winter Collection, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

2023 What I Feel When I Think About The Cosmos, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

2022 Vantage Point, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

2022 Things I’d like to remember, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2021 Summer 2021, Everard Read, London, UK

2020 STILL, Group Online Exhibition, Everard Read, South Africa & UK

         Summer 2020, Group Exhibition, Everard Read, London, UK

2019 SUMMER, Everard Read, London, UK

         SUMMER, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2018 The Lightness of Summer, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read, London, United Kingdom

2017 Observations, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2016 Winter collection, Group Exhibition, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2015 Summer in the City, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

         Homage, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

         Winter, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2014 Summer Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

         Winter, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2013 Centenary Exhibition, Group Show,  Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

         Possessions, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

         Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2012 Small Pictures, Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2010 Sex, Lies etc, Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2009 Cityscapes, Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2008 Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2007 Southern Views, Joint Exhibition with Harold Voigt, Walter Meyer and Albert Redelinghuis, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2005 Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

         Joint Exhibition with Hanneke Benade, Kerri Evans, Sasha Hartslief and Clare Menck, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2003 Spring, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2002 An Exhibition of Watercolours, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2001 Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

1999 Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa  

1998 Recent Works, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa