Through the Looking GlassSolo2009

Through the Looking Glass

Salon91
Cape Town, South Africa

series of works

Alice in Wonderland

Through the Looking Glass

The Hunting of the Snark

Klee Series

WORKS · SERIES

Series of Works

Through the Looking GlassThrough the Looking Glass alternate viewSolo
Through the Looking Glass
Salon 91
2009
Cape Town, South Africa
Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland alternate viewSolo
Alice in Wonderland
Rust-en-Vrede Gallery
2011
Durbanville, South Africa
Painting Doctors from GermanyPainting Doctors from Germany alternate viewGroup
Painting Doctors from Germany
AULA Kulturforum
2015 & 2017
Sulzbach/Saar
Behind the Looking-GlassBehind the Looking-Glass alternate viewSolo
Behind the Looking-Glass
Kaiserin Friedrich Stiftung
2018
Berlin, Germany
I've painted for as long as I can remember, alongside a career as a physician. Life across five continents, from Nicaragua to South Africa, has deeply shaped my art.
I've painted for as long as I can remember, alongside a career as a physician. Life across five continents, from Nicaragua to South Africa, has deeply shaped my art.
Image of Dagmar Sissolak in her exhibition space

Dagmar Sissolak

Artist

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@dagmarsissolak

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@dagmarsissolak

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sissolakd@gmail.com

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sissolakd@gmail.com

Beyond the Canvas

A Wider Practice...

A Wider Practice...

A Wider Practice...

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Exhibitions

15 exhibitions, solo and group, across four countries and three continents.

1991 – 2025

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Exhibitions

15 exhibitions, solo and group, across four countries and three continents.

1991 – 2025

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Book Illustrations

Featured illustrator for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Sesquicentennial Edition, Inky Parrot Press, Oxford.

2015

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Book Illustrations

Featured illustrator for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Sesquicentennial Edition, Inky Parrot Press, Oxford.

2015

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Publications

Contributing artist, The Forgotten Disease: Tuberculosis Yesterday and Today, a photographic documentation project on TB in Southern Africa.

2010

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Publications

Contributing artist, The Forgotten Disease: Tuberculosis Yesterday and Today, a photographic documentation project on TB in Southern Africa.

2010

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A Parallel Practice

Alongside painting, specialised as a physician in tropical medicine and public health, living and working across Nicaragua, the UK, Switzerland, Austria, the Solomon Islands, Zambia, and South Africa.

Since the 1980s

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A Parallel Practice

Alongside painting, specialised as a physician in tropical medicine and public health, living and working across Nicaragua, the UK, Switzerland, Austria, the Solomon Islands, Zambia, and South Africa.

Since the 1980s

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Continued Practice

Painting for as long as she can remember, working primarily in watercolour, gouache, and acrylic on paper and canvas.

50 years and ongoing

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Continued Practice

Painting for as long as she can remember, working primarily in watercolour, gouache, and acrylic on paper and canvas.

50 years and ongoing

BY THE NUMBERS . SINCE 199150+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

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Featured Contributor · Inky Parrot Press, Oxford · 2015
“Each chapter illustrated by a different artist, Dagmar Sissolak among them, a sesquicentennial tribute to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.”
Reviewed by · Linnea Adrover, Frieze
Series . Recent PaintingsSee more
SERIES . RECENT PAINTINGS

Recent Work

Spider Monkey and Fruit
2025
Spider Monkey and Fruit
Blue-eyed Lemur and Mango
2024
Blue-eyed Lemur and Mango
Jaguar and Squirrel Monkey
2024
Jaguar and Squirrel Monkey

Works & Series

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Works & Series

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Works & Series

More info available on request.

Contact me for more info regarding exhibitions, dates, works and more.

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