Bale interprets

the relationship between nature, spirituality and identity.

Bale loves

• how the human experience mirrors the processes of nature, and vice versa. 

• drawing visual inspiration from ancient rock art and cave paintings; African, Eastern and Western mythology, as well as language, metaphor, ritual and family.

• pausing. songs and sounds. creating. delicate things. stories. space.

Bale endeavours

• to be in a perpetual state of experimentation and curiosity in relation to her work and her life.

• to move truthfully and intuitively in relation to her work and her life.

• to be like water.

Bale repeats

• Rumi: “Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”

• that the goodness inside you is stronger than what you fear.

Bale has

• a BA degree in visual communication with a specialisation in illustration.

• a BA degree in film arts with a specialisation in motion design.

• exhibited widely across South Africa in solo and group shows.

• won the prize for emerging artists at the 2019 StateoftheART gallery award. 

• featured in several public collections, including the William Humphreys Gallery (Kimberley, South Africa), Spier Arts Trust (Cape Town, South Africa), and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg, Germany).