My pieces explore the relationship between human and animal worlds, suggesting that identity is fluid, mysterious and beautiful, and that consciousness is a common condition, not the sole attribute of human beings.
Elizabeth Balcomb matriculated from Pietermaritzburg Girls High School in 1994
She studied Nature Conservation at Saasveld Forestry College (now the Nelson Mandela Forestry College) and received her diploma in 1998
She worked for ten years in environmental education
She is a self taught artist, and has been a full time sculptor for seven years and won the Sasol New Signatures award in 2014
Her work can be found in the Everard Read in Franschoek and Johannesburg, and the Knysna Fine Art Gallery. In 2013 she was invited to South Korea to the Mosan Museum along with Christiaan Diedericks to represent South Africa as a sculptor. Her First Solo Exhibition was in 2015 and she is currently working towards another Solo Exhibition.
She worked for ten years in environmental education
She is a self taught artist, and has been a full time sculptor for seven years and won the Sasol New Signatures award in 2014
Her work can be found in the Everard Read in Franschoek and Johannesburg, and the Knysna Fine Art Gallery. In 2013 she was invited to South Korea to the Mosan Museum along with Christiaan Diedericks to represent South Africa as a sculptor. Her First Solo Exhibition was in 2015 and she is currently working towards another Solo Exhibition.