Gina-Rose Bolligello

Christian Wiijnants of the Coast Coramendel

€570,00

"Gina-Rose Bolligello’s work is rooted in a desire to illuminate the hidden and the silenced. She explores the colonial past of the Cape through a hauntological lens, reimagining lives that history has neglected. Where visual records are missing, she introduces ‘ghosts’ - imagined figures that embody memory, resistance, and the persistence of presence.

Through photography, video, and printmaking, Bolligello creates poetic visual narratives that educate, remember, and honour those whose stories remain untold. Her work invites viewers to consider history not as a fixed archive, but as a living space shaped by what is seen, felt, and remembered."

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Gina-Rose Bolligello

Gina-Rose Bolligello (b. 2001, Cape Town, South Africa) is a visual artist based in Cape Town, where she currently lives and works. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cape Town in 2024 and was awarded both the Simon Gerson Prize and the Director’s Award for her final body of work at the Michaelis School of Fine Art.

Working across photography, video, and printmaking, her practice engages deeply with hauntology and the colonial history of the Cape. She uses these mediums to explore overlooked historical narratives and give presence to lives and stories that have been erased or left undocumented.

Her recent exhibitions include the Art School Africa 2024 Summer Exhibition and Spier Light Art 2025.

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