{"id":4300,"date":"2026-05-05T09:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/book.vergenoegd.co.za\/?page_id=4300"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:00:51","slug":"manuela-holzer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/ru\/our-art\/manuela-holzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuela Holzer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4300\" class=\"elementor elementor-4300\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a61153 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a61153\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-187b35e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"187b35e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6424dbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6424dbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Manuela Holzer<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef7b10 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit start-page-subheadline elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ef7b10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 my-5 paragraph\">Born in 1990, Manuela Holzer is a leading South African sculptress, who comes from a highly creative Austrian family. She was raised in Johannesburg and has studied at the University of Witwatersrand, the University of Johannesburg and Stellenbosch University (where she obtained her master\u2019s in visual art). She is now a PhD candidate in creative fine arts production at the University of Pretoria and continues to exhibit her works widely throughout the country. She lives in Cape Town.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c08229 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8c08229\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0b8cb8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0b8cb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b1b9b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b1b9b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/closeup-manuela-holzer-runner-duck-artwork.jpg-724x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/closeup-manuela-holzer-runner-duck-artwork.jpg-724x1024.webp 724w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/closeup-manuela-holzer-runner-duck-artwork.jpg-212x300.webp 212w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/closeup-manuela-holzer-runner-duck-artwork.jpg-768x1086.webp 768w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/closeup-manuela-holzer-runner-duck-artwork.jpg-1086x1536.webp 1086w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/closeup-manuela-holzer-runner-duck-artwork.jpg-8x12.webp 8w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/closeup-manuela-holzer-runner-duck-artwork.jpg.webp 1329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f039ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f039ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-106149c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"106149c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ba6be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10ba6be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bronze-runner-duck-homestead.jpg-1024x691.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4305\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bronze-runner-duck-homestead.jpg-1024x691.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bronze-runner-duck-homestead.jpg-300x202.webp 300w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bronze-runner-duck-homestead.jpg-768x518.webp 768w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bronze-runner-duck-homestead.jpg-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bronze-runner-duck-homestead.jpg.webp 1329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11eca4a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit start-page-subheadline elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11eca4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 my-5 paragraph\">While she created the Indian Runner ducks seen across Vergenoegd L\u00f6w in bronze (and one finished in 23-carat gold leaf), she works in a variety of media. Much of her current focus is on the female form in what she calls \u201cextreme states of the human psyche\u201d as she explores the notion of the internal shadow. She says she is on \u201ca mission to make the challenging states of the human psyche visible, relatable, and understandable through art.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e964988 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e964988\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94e52aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94e52aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/runner-duck-gold-sculpture-feet.jpg.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4303\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/runner-duck-gold-sculpture-feet.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/runner-duck-gold-sculpture-feet.jpg-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/runner-duck-gold-sculpture-feet.jpg-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/runner-duck-gold-sculpture-feet.jpg-12x12.webp 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4742198 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4742198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manuela-holzer.jpg.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4304\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manuela-holzer.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manuela-holzer.jpg-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manuela-holzer.jpg-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manuela-holzer.jpg-12x12.webp 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Manuela Holzer<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f27ea6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f27ea6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Runner Duck Art Manuela Holzer Born in 1990, Manuela Holzer is a leading South African sculptress, who comes from a highly creative Austrian family. 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