BIOGRAPHY

• Born 10 January 1965, Pretoria, South Africa
• Matriculated 1982, Afrikaans Girls’ High School, Pretoria, South Africa
• Qualifications: Certificate in Tourism, Technicon, Pretoria, South Africa / BA (Fine Arts), University of Pretoria, 1987 / Honours History of Art, University of Pretoria 1992 / MA (Fine Arts,) University of Pretoria 1993

Nigrini attracted nationwide interest in 1994 when the Rupert Art Foundation bought all of the available work on her first Solo Exhibition, including her Masters degree installation ‘Kleursimfonie’, consisting of more than 300 A4 sized paintings in a 16 metre panel. The Rupert Museum in Stellenbosch re-hung this installation in 2015, and it was on exhibition until May 2017. ‘Kleursimfonie’ is currently the inspiration for a unique group exhibition being curated by the Foundation in Graaff-Reinet in early 2021.

Her career involves:

• 22 solo exhibitions, 180 group exhibitions, Art Festivals
• International Projects including the Florence Biennial, Italy 2005, Chianciano Biennial, Italy 2009 and by invitation the London Biennial 2013
• Lectures and workshops
• Commissions for corporate companies
• Documentary installations
• Audio and Visual stage productions
• Animation for Filmverse I and Filmverse II
• In 2005 Michele Nigrini and designer Dahla Hulme established Meerkatcolonie Gallery in Rosendal, Eastern Free State, where her art was on permanent display until she sold the gallery in September 2020
• Collections include banks, corporate companies, museums, universities and private collections all over the world