CV
Solo Graduate Exhibition
2017 wear | we’re, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
Duo Exhibition
2022 Work in Progress, with Chrisel Attewel, Berman Contemporary curated by Els van Mourik, Johannesburg
Group Exhibitions
2021 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2021 Do You See What I See? Berman Contemporary, curated by Els van Mourik, Johannesburg
2021 Interlude, 196 Victoria, curated by Dominique Edwards, Cape Town
2021 The Liminal Space, Berman contemporary, curated by Morgan Kunhardt, Johannesburg
2020 Home is where the heart is, Zeitz Mocaa, Cape O
2020 Labyrinthine, Berman Contemporary, curated by Els van Mourik, Johannesburg
2018 N.U.D.E #5, Gravitron, Cape Town
2018 Unstable, Stable Design Shop, Cape Town (in collaboration with Our Workshop)
2017 Phinda Kwakhona, Guga S’thebe, Cape Town (in collaboration with Our Workshop)
2017 Johannesburg Design Indaba, Lisof School of Fashion Design, Johannesburg
Art Fairs
2020 RMB Turbine Art Fair, virtual fair
2018 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
Competitions
2021 29th Ube International Sculpture Biennale, sculpture featured as part of group exhibition, Ube, Japan
2021 Finalist for the SASOL New Signatures Competition, Pretoria
Awards
2019 Elizabeth Clough Bursary (spent 3 months in Japan)
2018 Inter-departmental Arnold Wynne Essay price for the best Honours project on a subject in the field of social and/or political relations in the South African context
2018 Simon Gerson Prize for an outstanding body of work (Michaelis School of Fine Art)
Residencies
2022 OPEN FIELDS Residency/Competition, Styria, Austria, Institute for Art in Public Space Styria (July)
2022 Tankwa Artscape Residency, The Karoo, South Africa
Media
2021 Seeing what I saw on exhibition this week, Edward Tsumele https://citylifearts.co.za/seeing-what-i-saw-on-exhibition-this-week/
2021 Femmroom, https://www.femmroom.com/gina-van-der-ploeg-visual-artist/
2020 New Vanguard artists steaming ahead at RMB Turbine Art Fair, Edward Tsumele https://citylifearts.co.za/new-vanguard-of-artists-steaming-ahead-at-rmb-turbine-art-fair/
2019 The photographer capturing the beauty of the natural world, Marcia Elizabeth, https://bubblegumclub.co.za/photography/the-photographer-capturing-the-beauty-of-the-natural-world/
2018 Interview, Gina van der Ploeg, DeadTown, https://deadtownzine.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/gina-van-der-ploeg/
Catalogues
2021 Interlude Exhibition catalogue, https://issuu.com/sessions2021/docs/sessions-cat-draft-1_
2017 Michaelis Graduate Exhibition catalogue, https://issuu.com/benjohnson52/docs/fordigitalsingles
Education
2021 Completed 8-month Sessions Course with Dominique Edwards, http://www.dominique-edwards.co.za/
2018 Postgraduate Honours Degree in Religious Studies, distinction, cum laude, the University of Cape Town
Thesis title: Making the Spiritual: Materiality of the Anthill Ritual and Pilgrimage in South Africa
2017 Bachelor of Art in Fine Art, distinction, cum laude, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
Graduate exhibition: we’re | wear