The people that I have met and the relationships we have formed are incredibly profound and endearing, and this is what is so special to me, not just as an artist, but as a human being exploring the African continent in all its beauty, contrasts and often dispairities.
African women are a huge inspiration, and capturing their essence is essential to my art. I wish for them, and the beauty of Africa, to be seen – my art is to amplify their voices, the beauteous song of Africa, and create awareness of the peoples as well as the disappearing ancient cultures, tribal traditions and beliefs.
Born in Zimbabwe to Danish parents, Kyne grew up on a farm in the Mazowe Valley.
Kyne’s love of far-flung, rural Africa still seeps into her work – from the bush with its deep, raw colours, its smells of dust and storms and passing animals, its feelings of oppressive heat and freedom to her profound reverence of the very different cultures and customs.
Kyne lives between Denmark and Africa, writing and painting the people she meets on these journeys, carefully interacting with respect for the subjects, their traditions and territory. Kyne wishes to portray a different, often unnoticed and even silenced persona, hoping to give voice and colour to the faces and characters of the obscure tribes and societies that the world often overlooks, taking particular interest in the quiet power within the strength of its women.
BA (Hons.) in Comparative Literature from the American University of Paris, France; MA in Creative Writing from Cape Town University, South Africa; Diplomas in Fine Arts from Repin, Imperial Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia and the Academy of Classical Art of St. Petersburg in Florence, Italy. She has had several solo and group exhibitions both in Copenhagen, Mallorca and Cape Town.
