About
Kristi Marié is a contemporary Cape Town–based artist working primarily in landscape and abstract painting. Her practice explores the relationship between nature, memory, and colour, drawing inspiration from the shifting environments of South Africa’s coastlines, mountains, and urban spaces.
After studying Graphic Design and Art Direction, Kristi transitioned into a full-time fine artist, driven by a deep curiosity and a commitment to experimentation across materials and techniques. Her work reflects an ongoing dialogue between structure and intuition, precision and emotion.
Over the past decade, she has developed several significant bodies of work, including Thalassophobia, Submerge, and Where the Clouds Gather, which have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and collected both locally and internationally. These series trace her evolving relationship with landscape, atmosphere, and psychological space.
Alongside her exhibited work, Kristi continues to pursue personal projects, such as Man in the Fog, allowing space for private exploration and creative risk-taking outside of formal exhibition contexts.
Her practice remains rooted in observation, stillness, and a desire to create contemplative spaces through painting — inviting viewers to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with the natural world.
ART SHOWS
Selected Group Shows:
Artvark Gallery, Cape Town, October 2025
New Art Collective, Cape Town, September 2025
Scape events & New Art Collective, Cape Town July, 2025
The Feminine Urge, Cape Town, December 2024
Charlie Foxtrot, Cape Town, December, 2022
Daor Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town, November 2022
Fame Gallery, Zürich, October 2022
Young Blood Gallery, April 2022
The Exhibition, Plettenburg Bay, December 2021
Daor Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town, March 2021
The Act of Bureau Collective, Cape Town, February 2021
WAM Art, Clay Café, Group Show, Cape Town, December 2020
She Impressions, Project Space, Johannesburg, December 2019
Solo Shows:
There will always be this love, Little Visuals, Du Toitskloof, February 2025
Summertime Sadness, Ground Art, Cape Town, April 2024
Submerge: Art is Art, Cape Town, September 2020
Thalassophobia: Ogūn, Cape Town, October 2019
EXPERIENCE - ART
Self- employed - 2017
Verso - Graphic Designer for infographics / 2017 - 2023
M&A Designs (Woolworths sistering company) - Intern-designer / 2018
The Neighbourhood Goods Market - Cape Town & Johannesburg / 2018 - current
Woolworths - artwork product designer / 2019 - 2020
Singita - artwork creator / 2020
Curator for The Emerging Gallery - Partnership with Idea’s Cartel Claremont / 2022
Hermés Paris - The Garden Perfume Campaign / 2023
Founder & curator for The Art Affair/ 2024
