LILIYANE DANEEL MENDEL [BA (Hon), BA.FA.III, Hon., HED, AISTD]
Liliyane was head of the SA Institute for Art & Architecture at the HSRC, Pretoria, South Africa [1971-1979]. From 1990 till 2001 she was curator of the Boerneef Collection housed in the historic homestead Welgemeend, Gardens, Cape Town. She taught art [drawing, painting & graphic design] as well as History of Art for many years. 2001-2010 was a voluntary educational Guide at the South African National Gallery.
She has served on the committee of the SA Association of Arts Pretoria; was member of the Launch Committee of the Friends of the Michaelis Collection, Cape Town; was Chairperson [2002-2011] of the Friends of Welgemeend and the Boerneef Collection.
Liliyane currently works full time in her studio in Z’fat, Israel. [made aliyah 2011] She has had one-man exhibitions as well as taken part in group exhibitions in Gauteng, Western Cape, SA, Germany & USA. Her works are in private collections in South Africa as well as in Germany, UK,the USA and Israel. One of her main subjects is portraiture – paintings as well as sculpture. [Three informal portraits are in the collection of the Constitutional Court of SA].
Apart from freelance lecturing on History of Art, she has also published articles as well as the following publications: A Guide to Sources on Irma Stern, Source Guide for Art and Architecture, 1971 & 1972. Her poetry was published in Contrast 35.
She is listed in: International Directory, African Studies Association, Brandeis University, Mass., USA; A Directory of Southern African Contemporary Art Practices vol I, ii, iii; The Collector’s Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa.
She has presented lectures to Union of Jewish Women, CT: ‘SA’s socio-political history through the eye of the artist: 1800-1994’ & “Golden Apples in the Torah”; “Loss of Hebrew Roots” at Limmud ’09 Conference; “Still Life & the stories they tell” for Friends of Kloof Library; “Loss of Hebrew Roots” Open Door, Stellenbosch; Torah, “Pri and the Influence of Greek Humanism”, Albow Centre, Orthodox Hebrew Congregation, Cape Town; “Hidden Jewish Messages in Michaelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling, Limmud Conference, Stellenbosch, 2011.
She supported the Progressive Party lead by Helen Suzman [Jewish], the sole representative in parliament for over 30 years, the only constant voice of criticism against the Apartheid government. She was also member of the Black Sash, a non-violent white women’s resistance movement founded by a group of Jewish women.
Liliyane was head of the SA Institute for Art & Architecture at the HSRC, Pretoria, South Africa [1971-1979]. From 1990 till 2001 she was curator of the Boerneef Collection housed in the historic homestead Welgemeend, Gardens, Cape Town. She taught art [drawing, painting & graphic design] as well as History of Art for many years. 2001-2010 was a voluntary educational Guide at the South African National Gallery.
She has served on the committee of the SA Association of Arts Pretoria; was member of the Launch Committee of the Friends of the Michaelis Collection, Cape Town; was Chairperson [2002-2011] of the Friends of Welgemeend and the Boerneef Collection.
Liliyane currently works full time in her studio in Z’fat, Israel. [made aliyah 2011] She has had one-man exhibitions as well as taken part in group exhibitions in Gauteng, Western Cape, SA, Germany & USA. Her works are in private collections in South Africa as well as in Germany, UK,the USA and Israel. One of her main subjects is portraiture – paintings as well as sculpture. [Three informal portraits are in the collection of the Constitutional Court of SA].
Apart from freelance lecturing on History of Art, she has also published articles as well as the following publications: A Guide to Sources on Irma Stern, Source Guide for Art and Architecture, 1971 & 1972. Her poetry was published in Contrast 35.
She is listed in: International Directory, African Studies Association, Brandeis University, Mass., USA; A Directory of Southern African Contemporary Art Practices vol I, ii, iii; The Collector’s Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa.
She has presented lectures to Union of Jewish Women, CT: ‘SA’s socio-political history through the eye of the artist: 1800-1994’ & “Golden Apples in the Torah”; “Loss of Hebrew Roots” at Limmud ’09 Conference; “Still Life & the stories they tell” for Friends of Kloof Library; “Loss of Hebrew Roots” Open Door, Stellenbosch; Torah, “Pri and the Influence of Greek Humanism”, Albow Centre, Orthodox Hebrew Congregation, Cape Town; “Hidden Jewish Messages in Michaelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling, Limmud Conference, Stellenbosch, 2011.
She supported the Progressive Party lead by Helen Suzman [Jewish], the sole representative in parliament for over 30 years, the only constant voice of criticism against the Apartheid government. She was also member of the Black Sash, a non-violent white women’s resistance movement founded by a group of Jewish women.
LILIYANE DANEEL MENDEL [BA (Hon), BA.FA.III, Hon., HED, AISTD]
Liliyane was head of the SA Institute for Art & Architecture at the HSRC, Pretoria, South Africa [1971-1979]. From 1990 till 2001 she was curator of the Boerneef Collection housed in the historic homestead Welgemeend, Gardens, Cape Town. She taught art [drawing, painting & graphic design] as well as History of Art for many years. 2001-2010 was a voluntary educational Guide at the South African National Gallery.
She has served on the committee of the SA Association of Arts Pretoria; was member of the Launch Committee of the Friends of the Michaelis Collection, Cape Town; was Chairperson [2002-2011] of the Friends of Welgemeend and the Boerneef Collection.
Liliyane currently works full time in her studio in Z’fat, Israel. [made aliyah 2011] She has had one-man exhibitions as well as taken part in group exhibitions in Gauteng, Western Cape, SA, Germany & USA. Her works are in private collections in South Africa as well as in Germany, UK,the USA and Israel. One of her main subjects is portraiture – paintings as well as sculpture. [Three informal portraits are in the collection of the Constitutional Court of SA].
Apart from freelance lecturing on History of Art, she has also published articles as well as the following publications: A Guide to Sources on Irma Stern, Source Guide for Art and Architecture, 1971 & 1972. Her poetry was published in Contrast 35.
She is listed in: International Directory, African Studies Association, Brandeis University, Mass., USA; A Directory of Southern African Contemporary Art Practices vol I, ii, iii; The Collector’s Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa.
She has presented lectures to Union of Jewish Women, CT: ‘SA’s socio-political history through the eye of the artist: 1800-1994’ & “Golden Apples in the Torah”; “Loss of Hebrew Roots” at Limmud ’09 Conference; “Still Life & the stories they tell” for Friends of Kloof Library; “Loss of Hebrew Roots” Open Door, Stellenbosch; Torah, “Pri and the Influence of Greek Humanism”, Albow Centre, Orthodox Hebrew Congregation, Cape Town; “Hidden Jewish Messages in Michaelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling, Limmud Conference, Stellenbosch, 2011.
She supported the Progressive Party lead by Helen Suzman [Jewish], the sole representative in parliament for over 30 years, the only constant voice of criticism against the Apartheid government. She was also member of the Black Sash, a non-violent white women’s resistance movement founded by a group of Jewish women.