As in the Lewis Carroll poem, my hair has become very White and I “continue to stand on my head.”
Creating and playing with materials within reach keep me alive.
Working in textiles and directing a screen printing company when I was young in the Hades of sub-tropical Durban was a stimulating challenge.
Painting and printing are in my DNA and over time, through absorbing new idioms and customs, my works have been consequently influenced. One exhibition was called “Stranger in a Strange Land”. On arriving in a new country one is verbally silenced until one can speak the tongue so I resorted to the universal language of art.
Exhibitions in prestigious galleries of course add adrenalin to one’s painting energy.
Works have found themselves round the world and Galleries like Pontarte in the Netherlands certainly help in this aspect.
There is a piece of me in the form of an artwork somewhere on most continents.
Anet Duncan
Anet Duncan Byng
Calle Princesa 50 2.1.
08003 Barcelona
Catalonia
Born Durban South Africa. Resident in Barcelona since 1984
Directed Screentex textile screen printing company in Durban and have always enjoyed the screen printing process and then lithography, etching and various forms of hand printing. Ceramics was another passion.
Numerous art prizes local and international (IX Honda prize, Ceferino Olivé, Minicuadros etc)
Have exhibited in various Galleries: Quiosc, Tremp, Pontart, Maastricht, Ambit, Kalos, Ester Montoriol, Rosa Ventosa, Montcada, Tom Maddock, Patrick Domken, Cadaques, Antonio Piñol, Reus, Torre Vella, Salou etc. and numerous collectives.
Art Fairs include Brussels, Berlin, London, Portugal and Art Expo Barcelona.
Painting and exhibiting in yellow until the liberation of political prisoners.
Represent the Agrupació d’aquarel.listes de Catalunya (Gold and two silver medals) in worldwide symposiums (Seoul, Corea, Belgium, Italy, England, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and all round Spain etc.). Have given master classes here and in Italy.
Participation in two recent books ‘No ens prendran la veu’ and illustrated a Japanese book of poems.
Art fairs with Pontart (Brussels Berlin etc.), London Affordable Art Fair and Artexpo in Barcelona with Sala Rovira and Art Fair Portugal with Art GN.
Artwork from Anet Duncan Byng
Exhibitions from Anet Duncan Byng
