SELECTED ARTISTS
Elgin Rust
Elgin Rust was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1974. After receiving her BA (FA)2007, Rust completed an MFA (with distinction) at the Michaelis School of Fine Art(UCT) in 2010. Focusing mainly on sculptural interventions, Rust nonetheless explores a wide range of media. Sound, video and performance all feature in her investigative explorations which often are interdisciplinary, straddling the realms of art, law and media. She has participated in numerous group shows in Cape Town at the Michaelis Gallery; The AVA Gallery; the Rooster Theatre Collective, as well as participating in a workshop facilitated by L’Atelier D’Alexandrie 4 (Egypt, 2009). Judgement-Uitspraak 2011, Case No 001/05/2008 was her first solo exhibition at The AVA Gallery. This body of work was "re-staged" as a collaborative Appeal 2012 in Johannesburg by the independent guerilla gallery. Here Rust invited 14 artists to engage with concepts initiated as early as 2010. Most recently Rust initiated the[common]garden, a site specific collaborative intervention for GIPCA|LAND which called for active public participation. Her works are included in the UCT Works of Art Collection, the Ellerman House Contemporary Art Collection and the Sanlam Art collection as well as Private Collections. She lives and works in Cape Town.