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Director of School

Prof Pieter Binsbergen

Position:  Director of School of Visual and Performing Arts
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  Fashion and Textiles Department, Building 413, Room 003 A
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3915
Fax: 041 504 3647
Qualifications:  BA (Fine Art) Hons cum laude, MA (Visual Art), PHD Humanities Education (UP)
Responsibilities:    DoS, Post Graduate supervision, painting & Drawing
Expertise: Multimodality and multisensory approached to visual art and arts pedagogies.
 

Head of Visual Arts Department

Dr Jacqueline Lück

Position:  Deputy Dean
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  Office 301b South Campus
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 3558

Visual Arts Lecturers

Mr Kader Abdulla

Position:  Lecturer - Visual Arts
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K04, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3682
Qualifications:  Masters in Visual Arts 
Responsibilities:    Drawing coordinator, BVA admissions
Expertise:  Drawing, printmaking, sculpture

Miss Raquel Adriaan

Position:  Lecturer - Fashion Design
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  002, Block F, Building 413
Location:  Second Avenue Campus
Phone:  041 504 3716
Qualifications:  MA Fashion
Responsibilities:  Teaching third-year Fashion Design:  Visualisation techniques (conceptual design, technical design), Pattern construction, Garment construction, Collection development, Assessment of practical studio work, Fashion show planning and organisation
Expertise:  Conceptual and technical design development, Pattern construction and garment construction, Collection development,  Computer-aided fashion design (Kaledo, Adobe Photoshop, Lectra), Practical studio teaching and assessment, Fashion show planning and coordination

Jessica Staple

Position:  Lecturer - Fine Art
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K112, K Block, Building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 9931
Qualifications:  MA VA (Visual Arts), Stellenbosch University; BA Major English Studies, Stellenbosch University; BA VA (Fine Arts), Stellenbosch University
Responsibilities:  Printmaking and Drawing modules; Postgraduate Supervision
Expertise:  Jessica's current research centres on the practice and value of life drawing as well as finding and developing low-cost and more accessible alternatives to various printmaking techniques. She is a studio manager and master printmaker of various printmaking and print-related techniques including stone lithography, screen printing, intaglio, collagraph, relief (linocut and woodcut), monolitho (a planographic technique developed by the artist) and chine-collé.  

Mr Glenn Meyer

Position:  Senior Lecturer - Photography
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K12, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone: 041 504 3141
Qualifications:  Masters Of Media (Portsmouth University, UK) Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences Graduate, BTech Photography (Nelson Mandela University)
Responsibilities: Photography Programme Course Coordinator from Bachelor of Visual Arts to postgraduate supervision of Honours and  Masters Level, Visual Arts website, and online learning platform support. 
Expertise:  My teaching and academic practice in photography is grounded in a practice-led, interdisciplinary approach integrating photography, video production, and digital post production. At honours and advanced undergraduate levels, I develop critically engaged practitioners with strong technical skills in visual communication, narrative, and contemporary image culture. My pedagogy is applied and outward-facing, incorporating entrepreneurship, and web development to prepare students for global creative industries, alongside a commitment to community engagement and socially responsive practice.
My research spans cognitive science, indigenous knowledge systems, environmental sustainability, and cultural studies with a focus on transformative, Africa-centred education that builds agency and creative resilience.

Ms Rachel Collett

Position:  Lecturer - Visual Arts & Fine Arts
Department:  School of Music, Art & Design
Room:  K06, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3253
Qualifications:  Master of Arts in Visual Arts Stellenbosch University (cum laude).
Responsibilities:    Coordinator for Visual Studies. Lecturer in Visual Studies, Painting and Drawing.
Expertise:  My areas of interest include identity and transformation, critical whiteness studies, place and materiality. 

Mr Tyrone James

Position:  Lecturer: Applied Design (Fashion Design)
Department:  Fashion Design
Room:  F010
Location:  Second Avenue Campus
Phone:  041 504 3717
Fax: 041 504 9717
Qualifications:  NHDip. Clothing

Mrs Mieke Jansevan Rensburg

Position:  Lecturer - Fashion Design
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  F017, F Block, building 413
Location:  Second Avenue Campus
Phone:  041 504 3929
Qualifications:  MTech (Fashion Design)
Responsibilities:   Fashion Design Introduction for first-year, postgraduate supervision and BVA Hons Programme Coordinator
Expertise:  Focal research areas include identity representation and design processes, as it relates to the field of fashion.

Ms Isabel-Roswitha Mertz

Position:  Senior Lecturer - Sculpture Department, Fine Arts
Department:  School of Music, Art & Design
Room:  K Block, building 208, North Campus
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3434
Qualifications:  Master of Visual Arts (MAVA) Stellenbosch University * cum laude,  Batchelor's in Fine Arts (BAFA) Pretoria University
Responsibilities:    Fine Arts Coordinator. Primary lecturer for all undergraduate and postgraduate 3D sculptural studies. Studio and foundry manager.
Expertise:  Bronze casting and foundry work. 3D printing and multimedia. Contemporary sculptural practices and installation.

Prof Vulindlela Nyoni

Position:  Associate Professor - Fine Arts (Printmaking)
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  101, K Block, Building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 1059
Fax: 041 504 9256
Qualifications:  PhD (Philosophy), MAFA (Master of Arts In Fine Arts), BA (Fine Arts)
Responsibilities:    Printmaking, Drawing, Visual Studies
Expertise:  Printmaking & Drawing Experience: I have extensive and advanced experience in both monochromatic and full-colour printmaking, working across intaglio (zinc and copper etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint), serigraphy (water- and oil-based, including experimental methods), lithography (plate, stone, and offset), and relief printing (linocut and woodcut, including reduction and key block techniques). My practice also includes monotype, pochoir, collagraph, and photography (darkroom and digital). In drawing, I demonstrate highly advanced studio-based draughtsmanship with strong theoretical grounding, working across charcoal, pencil, ink, and watercolour, as well as technical, experimental, and conceptual approaches.

Ms Micaela Scholtz

Position:  Lecturer and Programme coordinator: MAVA, PhD - Graphic Design
Department:  Faculty of Humanities
Location:  Bird Street Campus
Qualifications:  MA Graphic Design
Responsibilities:    Lecturer (Graphic Design) and Programme coordinator: MAVA, PhD
Expertise:  Graphic Design, Postgraduate coordination. Designer-artist. Publication Design. Research and creative methods.

Ms Vhuhwavho Sikhwivhilu

Position:  Lecturer: Textile Design
Department:  Faculty of Humanities
Room:  F036, Building 413 Clothing and Textile Room
Location:  Second Avenue Campus
Phone:  041 504 3719
Qualifications:  Post Graduate Diploma in Textile Design and Technology 
Responsibilities:  Undergraduate teaching 
Expertise:  Textile Design and software skills

Nii Botchway

Position:  Lecturer - Graphic Design
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K09, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3358
Qualifications:  N.Dip, B.Tech Graphic Design
Responsibilities:    Graphic Design 1-3 to years; Graphic Design program co-ordination 
Expertise:  Graphic Design, Afrikan graphic communication systems, Design process and faccilitation, social design and design in pluriversal contexts 

 

Muziwandile Gigaba

Position:   nGap Arts and Design Entrepreneurship Lecturer - Visual Arts
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K114, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3951
Qualifications:  Masters in Fine Arts (with distinction)
Responsibilities:    Teaching third-year students in Arts and Design Entrepreneurship.
Expertise:  Work in Multiple Medium

Mr Jonathan Van der Walt

Position:  Lecturer: Visual Arts
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  012, Art Gallery Building, Building 61
Location:  Bird Street Campus
Phone:  041 504 3293
Qualifications:  MTech Fine Art (sculpture), BTech Fine Art (sculpture) cum laude
Responsibilities:    Manage & Curate the Bird Street Gallery, Visual Studies, 3D Printing, Postgraduate supervision
Expertise:  Sculpture, curation, digital sculpting, 3D technologies

Mrs Roxane van Wyk

Position:  Associate Lecturer - Photography
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K11, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3379
Qualifications:  NDip (Pho) (NMU), BTech (Pho) (NMU)
Responsibilities:  Photography and Programme Co-ordinator of BVA First Year 
Expertise:  Knowledgeable in photographic digital media and Adobe software, with a focus on black-and-white photography, and an interest in Photogrammetry and 3D printing.

Ms Andrieta Wentzel

Position:  Senior lecturer: Visual Arts
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K07, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3255
Qualifications:  M Tech Fine Art (Sculpture) NMU
Responsibilitie:  BVA1: Visualisation Techniques, 2D Painting
Expertise:  Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Mythology, Symbolism, Installation, Figure Drawing, Portraits

Visual Arts Administration Staff

Ms Buyelwa Gxido

Position:  Academic Secretary
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K02, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3247
Qualifications:  BTech Management
Responsibilities:  All administrative duties
Expertise:  Planning, Organising 

Faculty Officer

Ms Nadeema Azem

Position:  Undergraduate Programmes Consultant
Department:  Faculty of Humanities
Room:  055, Embizweni Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2802
Qualifications:  NDip Office Management & Technology, NDip Human Resource Management, BTech Management(NMMU)
Responsibilities:    School of Visual and Performing Arts, BA MCC

Ms Nobathembu Kuze

Position:  Postgraduate Programmes Consultant
Department:  Faculty of Humanities
Office: 052, Embizweni Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2855

Faculty of Humanities Librarian

Mrs Juneth Esau

Position:  Faculty Librarian - Humanities
Department:  Library & Information Services
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 3732
Responsibilities:    Training, Information Services, Collection Development

Visual Arts Technicians

Ms Bongeka Makabeni

Position:  Photography Technician
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K65,K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3257
Qualifications:  BVA Honours - Photography
Responsibilities:   Photo studio and imac computer lab management. Photo and computer equipment inventory management.  
Expertise:  Photography operations management, Adobe Creative Suite, Video Production, Design

Mr Bentley Van Wyk

Position: Ceramics and Sculpture Technician
Department:  Visual Arts
Room:  K17, K Block, building 208
Location:  North Campus
Phone:  041 504 3494
Qualifications:  BTech in Ceramic Design 
Responsibilities:    Managing and maintaining processes concerning the preparation, stocking and distributing of materials for 3D studio practice in ceramics and sculpture. In addition, demonstration, control and maintenance of equipment, tools, machines and kilns according to requisite levels of health and safety required within the studios, kiln rooms and foundry.
Expertse:  Assist lecturers with facilitation of the learning processes in the Department. Experience of health and safety issues pertaining to ceramic and studio practices. Preparation and recycling od raw ceramic materials and glazes. Maintain material inventory and stock control. Packing and firing of kilns. Manage and operationalise studios and facilities linked to 3-D studio technology. Experience in all ceramics materials, fabrication processes and specialised ceramic equipment.

Contract Staff

Julie Aarts

Pule Liholo

Position:  WRIP coordinator - Visual Studies
Department:  Academic Administration
Room:  K05, k block, building 208
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  081 054 6973
Qualifications:  BVA Fine arts Honours 
Responsibilities:  Writing and research education 
Expertise:  Writing, research, and teaching development. Trained printmaker. 

 

Michael Wedderburn

 

Michaela Howse

 

Salvelio Meyer

 




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