Marlene Steyn - Selected works

(b.1989) Lives and paint in Cape Town, South Africa. [email protected]

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>> eye want to nose you (a tiny snippet of a new biggy) 👁👃 #eyewanttonoseyou #marlenesteyn #herinhervoices #pareidolia #iseefaceseverywhere https://www.instagram.com/p/CK551VRJ1B4/?igshid=kko1u1vup6to

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>> landscape with koppie (2020) #marlenesteyn #meandhermeander #koppie #mountainface #rockface #contemporarylandscape @smac_gallery https://www.instagram.com/p/CI5dRgkpSXX/?igshid=wv0k87begx0p

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>> stare-case 👀 #starecase #herinhervoices #contemporaryceramics #contemporaryclay #ceramics #marlenesteyn @lycheeone https://www.instagram.com/p/CIxuqf8Jv9y/?igshid=wyysncq30jd3

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>> skin deeper towards a deep her (2020, a detail) > during this turbulent past year there’s been plenty of time for deep introspection. i hope you’ve enjoyed getting to know new sides and interesting angles of yourselves - and to embrace all your quirky and even annoying layers. i’ve learned to overthink less and to allow myself to guiltlessly rest- to practise & prioritise more self-kindness and to align myself with my intuition. ☀️ #skindeepertowardsadeepher #marlenesteyn #herinhervoices #meandermeandher #myselves https://www.instagram.com/p/CIfvkTxpoQk/?igshid=183u471ev0imc

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>> LOSING MY MY (2020, a detail) - my my is almost an us.. hanging in the home of one of my favourite humans 💙 #losingmymy #2020feels #marlenesteyn #pareidolia #isolationart https://www.instagram.com/p/CISWQ7VpO0R/?igshid=1a3illggfxjo4

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>> the infinite exhale 💨 the smoke show stopper (2020, a detail) #thesmokeshowstopper #smokeyes #smokeyeyes #isolationart #marlenesteyn #2020feels @smac_gallery https://www.instagram.com/p/CIBBiIpp1qF/?igshid=hedu270biess

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>> her eyes on horizon (2020, detail) > a suggested position for monday mania ⛅️ #hereyesonhorizon #meandermeandher #marlenesteyn @smac_gallery (at SMAC Gallery | Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH7J9ABJTsm/?igshid=1lwz86uczts0n

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>> it’s the final day of @fnbartjoburg 🦙 > a sigh limb’s asylum (detail, 2020) @smac_gallery #asighlimbsasylum #fnbartjoburgonline #fnbartjoburg #marlenesteyn (at SMAC Gallery | Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHuYv0spK5G/?igshid=1ga5d93i0w13y

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>> a selvesportrait, november 2020 👄 #selvesportrait #herinhervoices #marlenesteyn #contemporaryceramics (at Salt River, Western Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHpUFJYJWjK/?igshid=1tx90hrzzugwh

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>> the 2020 feels 🛀 > portrait of a landscape II (detail, 2020) #portraitofalandscape #isolationart #meandermeandher #marlenesteyn #pareidolia #howtodisappear https://www.instagram.com/p/CHfFvrlpinP/?igshid=htkzll0d19my

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>> a sigh limb’s asylum (2020), 150 x 150 cm > hanging in her net on the internet at FNB Art Joburg with @smac_gallery 🌿 #asighlimbsasylum #fnbartjoburg #marlenesteyn #fnbartjoburgonline @fnbartjoburg (at SMAC Gallery | Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHXgLCapLT9/?igshid=15nyrkqt4hjnk

[marlenesteyn]

>> a sigh limb’s asylum (2020), 150 x 150 cm > hanging in her net on the internet at FNB Art Joburg with @smac_gallery 🌿 #asighlimbsasylum #fnbartjoburg #marlenesteyn (at SMAC Gallery | Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHXgLCapLT9/?igshid=uq8i88ocok1o

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>> wombing around in this endless abyss > #abyssmistresses (detail, 2019) #deepshediveher #abyss #marlenesteyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CHPdgKKp505/?igshid=122xcu2msuuye

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>> a narcissus moment in “the peeking peaks” (detail, 2020) #thepeekingpeaks #howmountainskiss #narcissus #narcisister #meandermeandher #marlenesteyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CHK4146p6pN/?igshid=jd1byt9gxvyd

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>> let your tree bark 🌳 the tree of wisdom teeth (detail, 2020) #thetreeofwisdomteeth #meandermeandher #marlenesteyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CG93Lk_JnsX/?igshid=oe15dqn0fhqu

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>> you don’t have to share your mouth 👄 > a detail of ‘cloud did land shape’ (2020) #clouddidlandshape #meandermeandher #mouthsharing #marlenesteyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CGkQKXlpt03/?igshid=zemq3h5exg0y

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>> zooming into “portrait of a landscape I” (2020) #portraitofalandscape #meandermeandher #marlenesteyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CGW9epOpLEE/?igshid=mdt2gqukuga3