Developed as part of Tracey Thoolen’s BA in Visual Arts at UNISA, this body of work explores the relationship between form, memory, and transformation.
The series moves through a progression of materials and techniques – from steel dog sculptures to black and white imagery, and into experimental chemigram works. These pieces investigate the idea of identity in motion, where materials shift, evolve, and carry traces of process.
Presented as a structured journey, this collection reflects both technical exploration and conceptual development. Moving across sculpture, image-making, and experimental surface processes, the works trace an evolving dialogue between material, memory, and identity.
The recurring dog form becomes a symbolic thread throughout the series, representing instinct, resilience, movement, and the connection between the natural and constructed environment. Each shift in medium introduces a new perspective, allowing the same subject to be reinterpreted through form, texture, contrast, and process.
Exhibited at the Kgorong Gallery, UNISA, Pretoria, the project marked an important stage in Tracey Thoolen’s visual arts development and her continued exploration of transformation through art.
This body of work formed part of Dialogue of Senses, an exhibition celebrating Women’s Month at the Viewing Room in Brooklyn, Pretoria. Centred on the concept that rocks and fossils
Created during her studies at the CAP Institute for Contemporary Art under Elfriede Dreyer, this body of work explores themes of regeneration, resilience, and quiet transformation. Through imagery of mushrooms
This collection forms part of Tracey Thoolen’s engagement with digital processes during her time at the CAP Institute for Contemporary Art. The works explore how traditional mark-making can translate into
The Journey is an evolving body of work centred on process, transformation, and the unfolding of form. Through studies, chemigrams, drawings, and sculptural explorations, the series follows how ideas shift,
