Anna van der Ploeg is a contemporary artist from Cape Town working in paint, print and sculpture. Her work focuses on interaction between people and the complexities therein. She is interested in proximity, in the sense of individual within collective, and in what we choose to reveal of ourselves. Her works weave a narrative, with figures in interplay in a theatrical landscape. Her parallel role as a beekeeper serves as research to her practice. This rich ritual allows her to embody her work and mine the metaphors of the position – the keeper exists in relation to a swarm, a perpetual and delicate balance of power.