The Last Supper

A painting by the South African artist Avi Sooful (b.1964). This work was on the exhibition, "Quiet". Sooful states that her "work frames female experiences within a South African context, specifically feminist commentary. I use landscape as a metaphor, as it remains a visual document of human experiences. It is a space of mapping, of ownership, markings and scarring. Landscape is a site of and for information that I harvest into my works." Short Biography: Avitha Sooful was born in 1964 in Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. She studied at the former University of Durban-Westville (today the University of KwaZulu Natal) where she obtained her undergraduate and Master's degree, before relocating to Gauteng. Her works remain invested in the subject of feminist position within the visual arts and the notion of landscape, including the social and political landscape. Sooful headed the Department of Visual Arts and Design at the Vaal University of Technology. She currently holds the position of senior lecturer, Fine Art at the University of Pretoria. She also serves as the National President of the South African National Association for the Visual Arts. Sooful is an artist, activist and academic, and has been a judge for various competitions, including the Sasol Wax Competition and the PPC Cement competition. Sooful adjudicated the Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Award for several years and served as the senior curator for iKauru Rerouting Dialogue 1994-2004, which showcased art from Southern Africa. She was a panelist on the National Arts Council from 2002 to 2010, and served on the Department of Arts and Culture selection panel in 2013. Sooful continues to practise as a sculptor and painter, and has participated in several exhibitions locally and internationally.