Penny Siopis South African Painter
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Penny Siopis is a 73 year old South African Painter born on 5th February, 1953 in Vryburg. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius
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| Birthday |
5th February, 1953
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| Birthplace |
Vryburg
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Nationality |
South African
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| Occupation |
Painter
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Penny Siopis (5 February 1953) is a South African artist from Cape Town. She was born in Vryburg in the Northern Cape from Greek parents who had moved after inheriting a bakery from Siopis maternal grandfather. Siopis studied Fine Arts at Rhodes University in Makhanda, completing her master's degree in 1976, after which she pursued postgraduate studies at Portsmouth Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. She taught Fine Arts at the Technikon Natal in Durban from 1980 to 1983. In 1984 she took up a lectureship at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. During this time she was also visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds (1992–93) and visiting Professor in Fine Arts at Umeå University in Sweden (2000) as part of an interinstitutional exchange. With an Honorary Doctorate from Rhodes University, Makhanda - Siopis is currently Honorary Professor at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town.
