bio

Kindia du Plessis is a conceptual and community artist and educator working mainly in community centered work, video performance, and sculpture. Currently based in Utah, USA, she was born in Pretoria, South Africa and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

She completed her BFA in Studio Art with an Art Education Licensure from Brigham Young University and MA in Art Education from the University of Cincinnati focused on community art education particularly for mothers. She cares about what brings people together or pushes them apart culturally, socially, geographically and believes art is a re-humanizing activity that heals and builds individuals and communities. She leads a local Mother Art Collective that collaborates on art projects and encourages each other’s arts practices.

Currently, she is the department manager/curator for the Bingham Gallery in the Fulton Library at Utah Valley University that houses Roots of Knowledge, a 40,000 piece stained-glass installation that depicts a view of human learning over time. There she directs educational programming for the university and the community related to Roots of Knowledge.

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Education:

MA Art Education - University of Cincinnati 2022

BFA Studio Art with K-12 Education Licensure - Brigham Young University 2020

Shows:

  • I am Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire, Group Show hosted by the ARCHive in the Writ and Vision Gallery, February 2023

  • MAKING SPACE in Art Education, UC DAAP MA Art Education Graduate Final Show, August 2022

  • SEEING the Impact of Art Education, UC DAAP MA Art Education Summer Institute, July 2021

  • Incubation Period, curated by PARC Collective, Exhibited by Granary Arts, April 2020

  • MGNT Exhibit dis | place, with PARC Collective, Provo, UT, December 2019

  • Displacement, Group Show, Gallery 303, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, July 2019

  • BFA Final Show, installation of performance videos at the artist’s home, April 2019

  • Student Show, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, April 2019

  • Seeing and Hearing // Ver y Escuchar, Collaborative Community Photography Exhibition with the addition of video work, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, August - September 2019 

  • Act, solo show, B.F. Larsen Main Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, November 2018

  • Seeing and Hearing // Ver y Escuchar, Collaborative Community Photography Exhibition with video interviews, Gallery 303, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, October 2018

  • Community Art Garden (in collaboration with South Franklin Community Center and Boulders Apartments), Provo UT, September 2018

  • Box Show, Provo City Library, Provo UT, January - April 2018

  • Mayhew Show, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, March 2018

  • Places Gone By, Solo On-Site Installation, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, February 2018

  • B66 Show, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, December 2017 - January 2018

  • Student Show, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, April 2017

  • Quartz Gallery, with photographer Leo Purman, Milwaukee WI, June 2012

Presentations

  • NAEA Preservice Pecha Kucha Presentation about work with the South Franklin Community Center funded with the BYU ORCA, March 2019

  • UCUR Presentation about work with the South Franklin Community Center funded with the BYU ORCA, February 2019

  • Lines, Black History Month Celebration Art Presentation hosted by Brigham Young University Black Student Union, Provo UT, February 2015

  • Lines, Art Presentation, Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Conference, Milwaukee WI, February 2013

Projects

  • Mother Art Collective Mural at American Fork Community Center 2025.

  • Mother Art Collective Magazine Publication, 2022

  • Community Mural at The Boulders Apartments in collaboration with Andrew Alba and Katelyn Garcia with The South Franklin Community Center, Provo, UT, 2021

  • Community Art Garden at The Boulders Apartments in collaboration with The South Franklin Community Center, Provo, UT, 2019

Teaching

  • Roots of Knowledge, Bingham Gallery, Fulton Library, Utah Valley University, 2022-Present - K-12 Field Trips, Faculty Lectures, Project Based Learning Classes, and Faculty Instruction Support

  • Provo Recreation Center, Adult Art Class Instructor, Provo, UT, 2020-2022 - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Ceramics, Bookbinding, Drawing, Painting, co-created curriculum experiences

  • Weekly Family Art Class Instructor, South Franklin Community Center, Provo, UT, 2016-Present - Painting, Drawing, Photography, Ceramics, Video, Mural Design and Painting