about
Background
Marike is a South African illustrator and educator living in England. She is a senior illustration lecturer and Year 2 Lead at the University for the Creative Arts, where she encourages exploration of illustration practice beyond traditional paradigms, as well as Afrocentric and decolonised knowledge-creation.
Marike obtained a MA in Visua
Marike is a South African illustrator and educator living in England. She is a senior illustration lecturer and Year 2 Lead at the University for the Creative Arts, where she encourages exploration of illustration practice beyond traditional paradigms, as well as Afrocentric and decolonised knowledge-creation.
Marike obtained a MA in Visual Arts (Cum Laude) at Stellenbosch University, focusing on narrative illustration. Here she completed an (auto/bio) graphic novel about her childhood with her brother and their domestic worker, Mikie. This work laid the foundation for much of her later interests as illustrator and educator.
Her work
Marike works with a variety of mediums, from printmaking to gouache to digital illustration. Her work frequently takes the form of textured, monochrome or flat, colourful aesthetics.
Her work is informed by personal experiences and perspectives of the world. As a highly sensitive person (who is also on the autism spectrum), she often explo
Marike works with a variety of mediums, from printmaking to gouache to digital illustration. Her work frequently takes the form of textured, monochrome or flat, colourful aesthetics.
Her work is informed by personal experiences and perspectives of the world. As a highly sensitive person (who is also on the autism spectrum), she often explores how humans experience the world and each other. She is also fascinated by trees, animals and nature in general, which drives most of her projects.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
2025 | Enthral. Group exhibition.
LumiNoir ART Gallery. London, UK.
2025 | Scenius. Group exhibition. David Hockney Gallery, UCA. Farnham, UK.
2023 | Mbare Art Space. Creative Exchange. Harare, Zimbabwe.
2017 - 2021 | Annual Student & Lecturer Illustration Exhibition. Curator & participant. Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography. St
2025 | Enthral. Group exhibition.
LumiNoir ART Gallery. London, UK.
2025 | Scenius. Group exhibition. David Hockney Gallery, UCA. Farnham, UK.
2023 | Mbare Art Space. Creative Exchange. Harare, Zimbabwe.
2017 - 2021 | Annual Student & Lecturer Illustration Exhibition. Curator & participant. Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography. Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2018 | Kiss-me-quick-and-go-my-honey. Group exhibition. Tina Skukan Gallery. Pretoria, South Africa.
2017 | My Petite Bourgeois Revolution. Group Exhibition. Northern Contemporary Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2014 | Northern Cape Artists' Exhibition. Group Exhibition. William Humphreys Gallery. Kimberley, South Africa.
2013 | Art Books Wanted. Exhibition of Selected Works of Edition Lidu Competition. B1 Centre for Contemporary Design. Prague, Czech Republic.
2013 | Sewentien Herinneringe. MA (solo) exhibition. GUS, Gallery Stellenbosch University. Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2011 | El'egant. Group Exhibition. Oude Libertas Gallery. Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2011 | Handbound: A collection of Illustrated Bookworks. Sasol Art Museum. Stellenbosch, South Africa.