Jess Bothma

Jess is a South African, Durban based sculptor and writer. She studied Fine Art at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) where she is currently enrolled in a master’s program. She has previously engaged in a number of industry apprenticeships which have greatly contributed to her technical and conceptual training. Her creative production involves sculpture, drawing and writing and her themes and language explore; identity (place and people in South Africa), memory, history, dreams, power, gender, the environment and materials as metaphors.