Amanda Norton is a multidisciplinary visual artist from Zimbabwe. With a focus on materiality and process, she works in a variety of media such as printmaking, photography and installation, to investigate the poetics of light, the making of meaning and the possibility of the unknown. 

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Born & raised in Zimbabwe, Norton's early work was focused on the theme of identity expressed through painted portraits. She later chose to pursue art through tertiary education at Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT), where she was introduced to a much wider range of mediums than had been available during her early schooling years. During this time she began to develop a love for the abstract, and her work has since diversified in medium and conceptualisation. It was also here that she developed the vision of her studio practice – Studio Lightlab – being an experimental laboratory in which new ideas can be formulated and developed.

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Norton is passionate about using art to express the tacit, to stimulate enquiry and to challenge preconceptions. A keen advocate for multidisciplinary practices, she believes that art can perform at the same level as other fields of research, for the benefit of society. Her exhibitions and her commissioned installation work, continue to promote this idea. She also recently completed an internship at DRIFT, an international multidisciplinary studio in the Netherlands. 

 

Norton hopes to continue participating in work which fosters such environments, whilst she establishes herself further as an artist. Her dream is that Studio Lightlab might grow to facilitate a variety of creatives from different working fields, integrating their diverse skills and knowledge, and seeking holistic understanding. 

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