Elize de Beer is a South African artist currently based in Cork, Ireland working from her studio at Sample Studios. She graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2015 with my BAFA majoring in printmaking and art history. The following year de Beer graduated with honours in Curatorial Studies in 2016, also from Michaelis. With a strong emphasis on printmaking, de Beer belongs to the printmaking collective “The Printing Girls” and is a member of Cork Printmakers. Over the years de Beer has been part of numerus group exhibitions and has artworks in both private and institutional collections. Alongside her artistic practise she has worked working within various creative industries such as galleries, bookstores, printmaking studios, binderies and framing studios.