Creative Assistance | mandy conidaris

creative assistance for mid-career artists

(all work remains confidential)

creative assistance happens online via ZOOM

please contact me if you are interested

I work with artists as a creative catalyst - together we:

explore the artist's creative journey
focus on the artist's ideas
look at the artist's source material for imagery
suggest areas of research for the artist
consider the artist's technical artmaking skills and offer practical advice
encourage the artist to find ways to integrate their ideas and their tangible artworks to create a resolved body of work
investigate creative pathways moving forwards.

my experience

Between 2008 and 2012 I was a part-time lecturer in the Visual Arts Department at the University of South Africa (Unisa).

My responsibilities included

supervising and assessing the BVA senior students
encouraging their research skills and critical thinking
coaching them in terms of integrating their ideas and their making processes.

Here I became passionate about the ‘why’ behind an artist’s making and thinking processes.

In 2013 I established outoftheCUBE - an online exhibiting platform showcasing the work of South African mid-career artists. This was one of the first of its kind in South Africa. During its 5-year existence, outoftheCUBE participated in 6 art fairs and held 3 exhibitions to promote its featured artists.

Via outoftheCUBE I would

approach an artist to set up an 'outofthecube' relationship to explore their creative processes
hold an interview with them
document their work
research and write their creative story for the website
curate online and 'real life' exhibitions to include their artworks.