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Elana Brundyn

Elana Brundyn is a fine art and cultural consultant based in Cape Town, South Africa. She has previously worked as a commercial gallerist and a museum director.[1]

Elana Brundyn
SpousePieter Brundyn (married 1993)
Children2
Websitewww.brundyn.com

Brundyn was involved in launching two important African museums – she was the founding CEO of Norval Foundation and an inaugural director at Zeitz MOCAA.[2][3][4][5] During her time at Norval Foundation, she helped establish a formal art partnership with Boschendal which resulted in the launch of satellite art exhibitions hosted on the farms’ historic manor house with a focus on artists from across Africa.[6][7][8]

Currently, Brundyn sits on the Board of Trustees for Aspire Art Lalela, and the Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust.[9] She is also the founder of the Art House Collection.[10]

Career

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In 2023, she founded Brundyn Arts and Culture, a consultancy that offers curatorial, education, and fine art advisory services.[11][12] The consultancy has two exhibition spaces – in the Cape Town CBD and at Boschendal in the Cape Winelands.[13][14] The launch of Brundyn Arts and Culture coincided with the opening of Lebohang Kganye’s solo exhibition, Mmoloki wa mehopolo: Breaking Bread with a Wanderer in Cape Town.[15][16] The show traveled to Boschendal where it was presented alongside The Sea is History, consisting of four large-scale pop-up sculptures.[17][18] In 2024, Kganye won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.[19][20][21]

Brundyn was the founding CEO of Norval Foundation – a museum dedicated to exhibiting, researching and archiving 20th and 21st-century art from Africa and its diasporas. Norval Foundation launched in April 2018.[22][23] Notable exhibitions during her time at Norval Foundation include Accomplice by Michael Armitage,[24] Heliostat by Wim Botha,[25] Why Do I Hesitate by William Kentridge[26] and Alpha and Omega by Jackson Hlungwani.

Prior to joining Norval Foundation, Brundyn was part of a small team that helped launch the Zeitz MOCAA in September 2017. Her role was Director of Institutional Development and External Affairs.[1][4]

In 2020, Elana was part of the judging panel that nominated the most beautiful object in South Africa.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Meet art maven and museum director Elana Brundyn". www.womanandhomemagazine.co.za. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  2. ^ "You Can Now Stay in the Homes of South Africa's Most Prominent Artists". Condé Nast Traveler. 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  3. ^ "Art for Soul with Elana Brundyn". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  4. ^ a b "Photographs of the imaginary: Lebohang Kganye on her solo exhibition". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. ^ "The new Norval Foundation and why we should care about South African art | Creative Feel". 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  6. ^ Lifestyle, Aspire (2021-12-14). "Boschendal Farm and Norval Foundation launch historic-artistic collaboration". Aspire Lifestyle Magazine. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  7. ^ Visio, Stellenbosch (2022-04-07). "Past and present: a dialogue through art with Boschendal and Norval Foundation". Stellenbosch Visio. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  8. ^ Holmes, Richard (2023-10-30). "A brand new gallery space has just opened at Boschendal". Time Out Cape Town. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  9. ^ Mitter, Siddhartha (2020-03-25). "Stellenbosch Triennale, a Bold Experiment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  10. ^ "Art House Collection". www.arthouse-collection.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  11. ^ Monica (2023-07-11). "ART MAVEN ELANA BRUNDYN OPENS EPONYMOUS CAPE TOWN ART AND CULTURE SPACE". Your Luxury Africa. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  12. ^ Philip (2024-05-17). "Meet Elana Brundyn on the Sanlam Arts Round Up". mapmyway. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  13. ^ christeleen (2023-10-22). "Art for everyone: Boschendal X Brundyn open the Winelands' coolest art destination". Visit Stellenbosch. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  14. ^ "Art Gallery - Boschendal". Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  15. ^ ArtFacts. "Lebohang Kganye: Mmoloki Wa Mehopolo - Breaking Bread With A Wanderer | Exhibition". ArtFacts. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  16. ^ Eyaaz (2023-08-14). "New space for deep learning". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  17. ^ Lifestyles, Leari (2024-02-15). "LEBOHANG KGANYE 3D POP-UP SCULPTURES AT BOSCHENDAL X BRUNDYN GALLERY ON BOSCHENDAL ESTATE". Leari Lifestyles. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  18. ^ JakeAdmin (2024-02-09). "Lebohang Kganye | Boschendal x Brundyn | Art". Life Brands. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  19. ^ "Lebohang Kganye wins 2024 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize". artreview.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  20. ^ "Deutsche Börse Group - Lebohang Kganye wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2024". www.deutsche-boerse.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  21. ^ Bakare, Lanre; Arts, Lanre Bakare; correspondent, culture (2024-05-16). "'Realities of apartheid': South African artist wins Deutsche Börse photography prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  22. ^ "Inside The Norval Foundation". Visi. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  23. ^ Newspaper, The (2018-05-08). "The Norval Foundation opens in Cape Town | The Newspaper |". Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  24. ^ "Cape Town's Norval Foundation releases 60 second art stories series". Life. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  25. ^ Botha, Wim (2018). Heliostat. Owen Martin, Norval Foundation. Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 978-0-620-80589-6. OCLC 1096187870.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  26. ^ Kentridge, William (2019). Why should I hesitate. Koyo Kouoh, Tammy Langtry. Cape Town. ISBN 978-3-96098-714-7. OCLC 1223316027.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  27. ^ "Nominees: Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2020". Visi. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
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