Artist Walkabout with Shelley Kibel

the light behind the trees

art exhibition by Shelley Kibel.

This exhibition explores the theme of transience. The artwork exhibited was created by Shelley Kibel while working as a palliative care doctor. The work expresses her personal search for meaning in a rapidly changing world and is a celebration of creativity. Dealing with death on a daily basis allowed an opportunity to process the beauty, brevity and fragility of life.

Accompanying talks and workshops explore the connection and significance of the creative process in health and healing. This exhibition experience is an invitation to look at life with renewed wonder.

About Shelley Kibel

Shelley was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in 1958. She studied medicine at the University of Cape Town and pursued her fascination for art alongside a career in medicine. She is passionate about the role of the creative arts in health, healing and spirituality.

Shelley is largely self taught and has studied life drawing, oil painting and sculpture. Teachers include Vicky Reude and Jill Trappler (life drawing), Maureen Langley

(sculpture), John Cowan and Peter van Straten (painting) and Gabriella Kaplan (Art Process).

She has participated in several group shows and has work in private collections in RSA, UK, Switzerland, Germany, Australia and USA. The light behind the trees is her first solo exhibition.

Shelley practiced as a palliative care doctor from 2009 - 2025. She is also a Reiki Master, Qi Gong Practitioner, poet and flautist. She founded Creative Health in 2007 to foster the promotion of wellness and healing through creative arts.

Event Listing Image by: Shelley Kibel, Fabric of Optimism