Theona Truter completed her BA Fine arts degree in 1999 from the University of South Africa.

She works in a range of media including printmaking, drawing, painting and mixed media. Her work deals with the themes of place and the temporality of existence. In exploring the passing of time and the fragility of life, she searches for traces and forgotten memories.

From 2001 to 2006 she has worked as graphic designer at Action Advertising and @FIKE Advertising in Rustenburg.

She has lectured subjects like Design Method and Communicating With Images on the Edexcel National Diploma in Graphic Design at Damelin Rustenburg from 2007-2012. She was a lecturer at Centurion Academy Rustenburg from 2013-2016 and lectured in drawing and design history.

Currently she is working on a series of  works that will be part of a longterm project to explore how we experience loss by referring to disaster events and juxtaposing these images with drawings of objects belonging within a specific context of ownership (past or present). The link or connection between these images will denote the narrative/meaning of the work.

Qualifications:

BA Fine Arts (UNISA) 1999 (cum laude)

Certificate in Computer Graphics (UNISA) 2003

Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts (UNISA) 2006