Faces and human anatomy have always held my attention - now central to my work as a South African artist.

Before fine art, I spent over a decade as a makeup artist and beauty editor, with work featured in Marie Claire, ELLE, Vogue and DEKAT. That experience shaped how I see detail, texture and restraint.

I work in charcoal, conté, graphite and repurposed makeup.

Now based in the countryside, my work has been exhibited nationally and selected for the Top 100 of both the Rust-en-Vrede Portrait Award 2023 and SASOL New Signatures 2024.

If you’d like to see more of my process, I share behind-the-scenes work on Instagram and TikTok.

Maria de Vos