Patrick Rulore
Willemien de Villiers is a multidisciplinary artist who creates visual narratives that explore current feminist themes through needle and thread, painting, and multimedia drawing. She is the published author of two novels, Kitchen Casualties (Jacana, 2003) and Virgin in the Treehouse (Jacana, 2007), as well as several short stories.
She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.
Select Works:
WILLEMIEN DE VILLIERS, The Weighing of the Heart, 2023. Stitched textile on cotton with cotton thread, 98 × 115 cm
WILLEMIEN DE VILLIERS, Bride, 2023. Stitched textile on cotton with cotton thread, 76 × 79 cm
WILLEMIEN DE VILLIERS, Bruidskat 4, 2018. Hand Stitched with Cotton Thread on Found and Stained Domestic Textile, 45 x 37cm
WILLEMIEN DE VILLIERS Bruidskat 3, 2018. Hand Stitched with Cotton Thread on Found and Stained Domestic Textile, 45 × 37cm
WILLEMIEN DE VILLIERS Bruidskat 5, 2018. Hand Stitched with Cotton Thread on Found and Stained Domestic Textile, 45 × 37cm