LILY VAN RENSBURG





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Lily van Rensburg (b. 1998, Cape Town) is a curator, artistic researcher, and cultural producer based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Education

Master of Arts in Contemporary Curatorial Practice
University of the Witwatersrand  
2024 – 2025

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Curatorship
University of Cape Town 
2021

Bachelor of Arts specialising in Film and Media Production
2019


Employment 
Writer, researcher & archivist
A4 Arts Foundation 
2023 – 2024

Course co-ordinator
Honours in Curatorship at the University of Cape Town, convened in collaboration with the Centre for Curating the Archive and Iziko Museums
2022 – 2023

Producer
A4 Arts Foundation
2022 – 2023  

Research assistant
Connect South Africa Residency by Arts at CERN, facilitated by – defunct context and supported by ProHelvetia 
2022

Sessional lecturer & tutor 
Art History and Discourse of Art at the University of Cape Town 
2022

Curatorial assistant
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town
2022

Conservation intern 
DK Conservators & Jagger Library Salvage Project 
2021

Production assistant
Mobile Media Mob 
2019


Published writing

Lessons in Leadership, Legacy, and Love
Mandela Rhodes Foundation
2025

Artwork texts for Fallow Ground at Spaced Out, Germany
Reservoir Projects 
2024

You to Me, Me to You Wayfinder
A4 Arts Foundation 
2023

Common Wayfinder
A4 Arts Foundation 
2023

The Future Is Behind Us Wayfinder A4 Arts Foundation 
2022

Customs Wayfinder
A4 Arts Foundation 
2022

Hauntings, Centre for Curating the Archive
2021 


Scholarships & awards
Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
Mandela Rhodes Foundation
2024

Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
Rhodes Trust
2021

Maciver Scholarship
Awarded to promising women students on the basis of creative work at the Michaelis School of Fine Art
University of Cape Town
2021

Honours Merit Scholarship 
University of Cape Town
2021

Faculty Entrance Scholarship
University of Cape Town
2017




Press

‘Ons vir jou’: A photographic journey through South Africa's Reconciliation Day
Weekend Argus
2025

Exploring 'Ons vir jou': a photographic artwork capturing South Africa's Reconciliation Day at the Voortrekker Monument
Cape Times
2025



Last Updated 24.10.31