Biografia

ROBYN PRETORIUS is a 29-year-old photo-realisticartist from Belhar in Cape Town. She was exposed to art at a young age and started going to Tygerberg Art Centre when she was in Grade 2. She became an illus- trator at the age of 13 and as a teenager, was given the opportunity to showcase her artwork at Gilmore Art Gallery. In 2014, she went to New York to showcase her paintings at an event organised by the New York Trade Mission in association with the South African Government’s Department of Trade and Industry. She now creates private commissioned paintings and free- lances as an illustrator for various companies. Robyn is passionate about youth from marginalised communi- ties. “I know how di cult it is for these youths to break through a particular mindset.”