About Mariëtte Momberg

Mariëtte Momberg is an experimental printmaker who explores the multi-faceted relationship between humanity and nature with her socio-political views often central to her creative output. Her work has been described as impactful and evocative with elements of pop-art and a decidedly contemporary spin.

Combining graphic imagery with bold pattern and colour, illustrated in linocut and mixed media, her art practice continues to evolve into a vibrant and varied body of work which strives to balance aesthetic with narrative and humour. She is  passionate about the environment and feels that creative efforts should make a conscious effort to minimise environmental impact.

Mariëtte is self-taught and has been practicing as a full-time artist since 2018. Prior to pursuing a career in art, she had worked in Academia as a social health researcher specialising in reproductive health and rights. She is an active member of the all-female printmaking collective, The Printing Girls.

Her work is held in numerous international and local private collections.

Her artwork has been used on the cover design of South African singer-songwriter Karen Zoid’s 2023 album entitled ‘Humanoid’.

She has exhibited in in a number of international and local group exhibitions since 2019 including:

2024

• ‘Pressing matters’, Noordhoek Art Point, Cape Town, currently showing
• ‘For Sea Change’, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, November 2024
• ‘North and South exchange’, Gallery 48, Melbourne, Australia, June 2024
• ‘Kaleidoscopic vision’, White River Gallery, Mpumalanga, January 2024 

2023 & beyond

• CeraMix, Art B Bellville, Cape Town, October 2023
• ‘International Original Print Exhibition’ organised by the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London, September 2023
• ’25 Years / 25 Prints’, Artvark Gallery, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, August 2023
• ‘Birds of a feather’, Artbox Gallery, Pretoria, July 2023
• ‘Meraki’, Stilbaai Galery, Stilbaai, June 2023
• ‘Nature/Us’, Gallery One11, Cape Town, December 2022
• ‘Things that live and move’, David Krut Gallery, Johannesburg, December 2022
• ‘Kommetjie Open Studios’ Cape Town, December 2022
• ‘The Printing Girls’, The Art Room Parkhurst, Johannesburg, September 2022
•  ‘A sense of place’ Latitudes Online, August 2022
• ‘Miniatures in print’, Gallery 2, Johannesburg, August 2022
• ‘KKNK Fees’ Oudtshoorn, March 2022
• ‘Kommetjie Open Studios’ Cape Town, December 2021
• ‘In print’, SA Print Gallery, Cape Town, December 2021
• ‘Mother nature in monotype’, White River gallery, Mpumalanga, August 2021
• ‘The Printing Girls’, The Art Room Parkhurst, Johannesburg, August 2021
• ‘At the table’, 6 Spin Street Gallery, Cape Town, April 2021
• ‘New girls on the block’, Pretoria Arts Association, March 2021
• ‘Kommetjie Open Studios’ Cape Town, December 2020
• ‘Positive Escape’, The Art Room Parkhurst, Johannesburg, October 2020 
• ‘Rise Exhibition’, 44 on Long, Cape Town, December 2019
•  ‘Tulbagh Arts festival’, August 2019