ZAAN CLAASSENS

ZAAN CLAASSENS was born in South Africa and has lived and practiced art in five different countries. As a student of Textile Design at Miami University, with a B.A. in Graphic Art and Honours in Photography from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Zaan brings with her a diverse background. Her works hang in a host of private collections around the world and publicly in collections in South Africa, Canada, Ireland and the Northern Mariana Islands. Zaan has participated in group exhibitions since 1988. She has exhibited in Canada, England, Ireland, Germany, the Pacific Islands, the USA and South Africa. *********** My work is diverse because I am an exploratory, experimental and adventurous individual. I find it thrilling to discover the unique possibilities of different media. Oil paint, bronze, wax, gypsum are all grist for my mill. My art is catagorised into Oil Painting, Sculpture & Photography, however I have also explored collage, paste...