The topics of posthumanity, technoculture, Romanticism and utopia/dystopia are ongoing interests in Elfriede Dreyer’s practical and theoretical research. Besides the curating of several exhibitions she exhibited her own work widely, both locally and internationally.
As an interdisciplinary arts scholar, and teaches and publishes in the fields of Fine Arts and Visual Communication at the University of Pretoria since March 2003, before that at UNISA from 1990 to 2003. She was the recipient of several research grants and obtained qualifications in the fields of Fine Arts, Art History, Philosophy, French, Education, Music and Multimedia.
She has set up international liaison in the field of Multimedia and is well known as an adjudicator for art competitions and as an external examiner in the disciplines of Fine Arts and Art History. She presented papers at several national and international conferences and chaired a few sessions.