BIOGRAPHY

Belinda van Zwijndrecht is a visual artist, singer-songwriter based in Bloemfontein working from her private studio, Gallery House.

Van Zwijndrecht studied BAFA at UFS and has worked as an independent musician and visual artist since 2002. Van Zwijndrecht has experience as a project manager for the Artist’s in Schools project funded by the Lotto for 4 years with the UFS and before that, as a junior lecturer at an independent graphic design college, DCM, as a drawing and history of graphic design junior lecturer.

Van Zwijndrecht studied BAFA at UFS and has worked as an independent musician and visual artist since 2002. Van Zwijndrecht has experience as a project manager for the Artist’s in Schools project funded by the Lotto for 4 years with the UFS and before that, as a junior lecturer at an independent graphic design college, DCM, as a drawing and history of graphic design junior lecturer.

Van Zwijndrecht is currently working as an independent artist and musician, and one of her music videos, ‘Dagdanser’ has featured on KykNetNou. She is known as Belinda van Zee in the music industry, and collaborates with Amy Aldeia; and as Belinda van Zwijndrecht in the visual arts. She sees herself as working in both disciplines for as long as she can and believes in the strong influence that artists can have on society - starting with their immediate surroundings and people they may influence or draw inspiration from.