Photo by Jared Aufrightig
BIOGRAPHY
Liberty is a multidisciplinary artist whose work speaks directly to the heart.
Her practice is intuitive, transcending boundaries between the personal and the collective,
the visible and the invisible.
Beginning her artistic journey in the streets of South Africa in 1997, under the moniker Faith47,
she quickly gained international recognition for her evocative graffiti.
Over the years, her work has expanded beyond public spaces, from iconic murals to sculpture,
video installations, tapestries, and drawings.
At the core of her creative process is a desire to know the nature of existence
and our connection to both the self and the larger world.
Her artistic language is an exploration of the spaces where spirit, nature, activism and the ritual intersect,
often imbued with a sense of reverence for the mysteries that lie beneath the surface.
Deconstructing notions of value and place, investigating forms of domination,
she explores the shapes of human perception.
In quest of the divine, she expresses a longing for a deeper connection to the wisdoms of the natural world.
There is too the active investigation and questioning of the human condition,
its deviant histories and our own inherent existential search.
Liberty’s debut museum exhibition took place at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, France, in 2023.
Her work has also been exhibited at prominent institutions such as the Calais Museum of Fine Arts, the Bernard Magrez Foundation in Bordeaux, Mana Contemporary and the Brooklyn Museum in the USA, among others..
RÉSUMÉ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
CLAIR – OSCUR, Musée des Beaux-arts – Nancy, France, 2023
CLAIR – OSCUR, Daynsz Gallery – Paris, France, 2023
CHANT, Everard Read Gallery – Cape Town, South Africa
ELIXIR, Fabien Castanier Gallery – Miami, USA, 2018
AQUA REGALIA, Jonathan Levine Gallery – New York,USA, 2015
AQUA REGALIA, Moniker Projects – London, UK, 2014
FRAGMENTS OF A BURNT HISTORY, David Krut Gallery – Johannesburg, 2012
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Through and Through, SOHO House and Ellerman House, Curated by Everard Read Gallery – Cape Town, South Africa, 2024
CO\LAB 5, Torrence Museum – California, USA, 2023
‘The Land War’ Installation, MUCA Museum – Munich, Germany, 2021
Foundation, Group Show, Heron Gallery – San Fransisco, USA, 2021
Staring Straight to the Future, Everard Read Gallery – Cape Town, South Africa, 2020
One World, Fabien Castanier Gallery – Miami, USA, 2020
Unprecedented Times, Kunsthaus Bregenz – Vienna, Austria, 2020
PINK, Everard Read Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa, 2020
20 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Cory Helford Gallery – Los Angeles, USA, 2019
Together Group Exhibition, KP Projects Gallery – Los Angeles, USA, 2019
Conquête Urbaine, Calais Museum of Fine Art – Paris, France, 2019
Veni, Vidi, Vinci, Fluctuart – Paris, France, 2019
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s public art exhibition – Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019
Beyond the Streets – New York City, USA, 2019
Women in Art, Bernard Magrez Foundation – France, 2019
Dislocation, Everard Read Gallery – Cape Town, South Africa, 2017
Invisible Exhibition, The Centre for the Less Good Idea – Johannesburg, 2017
Urban Currents,group show, Gallerie Kirk – Denmark, 2017
Magic Cities exhibition, Munich – Germany, 2017
XX: A moment in time, Saatchi Gallery – London, 2016
Freedom as Form Group Exhibition, Wunderkameren Gallery – Milan, Italy, 2016
PM10, Urban Nation Museum Group Exhibition – Berlin, Germany, 2016
Agitprop, Brooklyn museum – New York, USA, 2016
Art Liberté Group Exhibition, Du Mur de Berlin – Gare de l’Est, Paris, France, 2015
ART FAIRS AND RESIDENCIES
NADA Curated : ASSEMBLY – Online, 2024
Cape Town Art Fair – Cape Town, South Africa, 2023
Art Residency, Common Ground and KRNT Studios – Kauai, Hawaii
Art Residency 2023 Winner Award, No0sphere Arts – New York, USA
Cape Town Art Fair – Cape Town, South Africa, 2020
Art Miami, Art Basel – Miami, USA, 2019
Johannesburg Art Fair – Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019
Design Indaba Presentation and AURUM Performance – Cape Town, South Africa, 2019
Cape Town Art Fair – South Africa, 2018
Moniker Art Fair – New York, 2018
Moniker Art Fair – London, UK, 2018
Destination 131 Art Fair – Paris, France, 2018
Artmosphere Art Fair – Moscow, Russia 2018
Cape Town Art Fair – Cape Town, South Africa, 2017
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
Bullish Headquarters, Indoor Artwork Commission – Cayman Islands, 2023
Barcelona Wine Bar, Mural Commission – Denver, 2023
Ministry of Culture in Riyadh, Mural Commission – Saudi Arabia, 2023
Hood Park LLC, Mural Commission – Boston, 2022
Barcelona Wine Bar, Mural Commission – Wynwood, Miami, 2022
Hennessy, Mural Commission – Johannesburg, South Africa, 2021
Hyuro Tribute, Mural Project – Angers, France, 2021
Medicinal Flowers of Lebanon, Underline Public Art Project – Beirut, Lebanon, 2021
Solar Logos I, Mural Commission – Tibilisi, Georgia, 2021
The Great Blue Heron, Pound Ridge, Mural Commission – Upstate New York, USA, 2020
CHANT Public Art Intervention – Johannesburg, South Africa, 2020
The Silent Watcher, 20 Story Mural Commission – Philadelphia, Mural Arts, 2019
Liberate, Mural Commission – Charlottesville, USA, 2019
University of Hastings San Fransisco, Mural Commission – USA , 2019
United Labor Organisation, Equalitas, Mural Commission – New York City, USA, 2019
BLINK Light Festival, Projection Mapping Mural – Cincinnati, USA, 2019
Mon Coeur, Mural Commission, HIV Awareness RED Campaign – Lyon, France, 2019
The Natural Laws, Mural Commission – Vancouver, Canada, 2019
Nosce te Ipsum, Mural Intervention – LA, USA 2018
PRIMM Shopping Center, Mural Commission – Las Vegas, USA, 2019
Summit LA18 , Astronomy Nova – Los Angeles, USA, 2018
Universal Studios, Indoor Artwork Commission – Los Angeles, USA, 2018
Mural Commission – Calgary, Canada, 2018
Dictator Art Installation – Columbia, 2018
Ashes Moon Harlem Mural Intervention – NYC, USA 2018
Rendon Hotel Mural Commission – LA, USA 2018
Mural Commission – La Guana Beach, USA, 2018
Atrium Shopping Center, Mural Commission – Moscow, Russia, 2018
Skid Row Mural – Los Angeles, 2018
Astronomy Nova, Artscape Public Art Installation – Sweden, 2017
Dragon Tiger Mountain Mural Project – Nan Chang, China, 2017
Pow Wow Taiwan – Taipei, Taiwan, 2017
Ono’u Mural Project – Tahiti, 2017
Festival Mural – Montreal, Canada, 2017
Murals for Oceans Expedition Mural Project – Cozumel, Mexico, 2017
Mural Commission – Johannesburg, South Africa, 2017
Stellenbosch Public Art intervention – South Africa, 2017
Lay Your Weapons Down, Mural Commission – NYC, USA, 2017
Harlem Mural Commission – NYC, 2017
Mural Commission – Toronto, Canada, 2017
25th World Congress on Architecture, UIA2014 Bridge Commission – Durban, South Africa, 2016
Harvest, Design Indaba Mural Commission – Cape Town, South Africa, 2016
Dialogo Mural Intervention – Dominican Republic, 2016
Cities of Hope Mural Project – Manchester, UK, 2016
Inter – urban Mural Project – Cleaveland, USA, 2016
Mural Commission – Glasgow, Scotland, 2016
Mural Intervention – Shorditch, London, UK, 2016
Hunger, Mural Intervention – Hackney, London, UK, 2016
Djerbahood, Mural Commission – Djerba, Tunisia, 2016
Capax Infiniti, FFTT Mural Commission – Portland, USA, 2016
Public Art Intervention – Hong Kong, 2016
DTLA Mural Commission – Los Angles, USA, 2016
580 BC – 265 BC, Mural Intervention – Athens, Greece, 2016
1430-1350 BC, Mural Commission – Belgium, 2016
Seawalls Mural Commission – Dunedin, New Zealand , 2016
Cities of Hope, Mural Intervention – Manchester, UK, 2016
Wynwood Walls, Art Basel – Miami, USA, 2016
Le Petit Morte, Public Art Intervention – Goa, India, 2016
Pow Wow Hawaii, Mural Intervention – 2015
Mural Commission – Gaeta, Italy, 2015
CHANT, Mural Commission – NUART, Sweden, 2015
MAUS Mural Commission – Malaga, Spain, 2015
Wynwood Walls, Art Basel – Miami, USA, 2015
Mural Commission – Puerto Rico, USA, 2015
Sic Semper Erat, Mural Commission – Rochester, USA, 2015
OUTDOOR, Mural Commission – Rome, Italy, 2105
The Pull of the Land, Mural Commission – Toronto, Canada, 2015
Ernst Hilger Mural Commission – Vienna, Austria, 2015