Trish Jaffa was born to an artistic family in Zimbabwe. Her father was an artist and part of the Bulawayo Art Club. He mostly enjoyed painting landscapes and began teaching Trish from the age of two.

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After winning a number of medals and competitions at the Annual Rhodesian Railway Art Shows, Trish dedicated her time to studying art.

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Trish was further taught by Edingbourgh born, Paul Conkie, who taught at the University in Bulawayo and imparted much on the use of colour. Helen Leros, a well-known artist and teacher in Zimbabwe taught Trish the joys of being spontasneous and the importance of allowing art works to  develop without restriction by preconceived ideas.

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Trish organised the "48 Artists Exhibition" in Bylawayo at the Naakes Galley, and after moving to Cape Town she enrolled at Ruthe Prowse to study under Reyno Swart.

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Exhibitions

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Art Scene in Sea Point - curated by Dianne Resnick (1988)

Fellow Exhibitior - Beezy Baily

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Charity Auction for Mother Theresa & Haven Night Shelter - curated by Trish Jaffa & Louis Jaansen Van Vuuren (1989)

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"Painting the Paintings" Exhibition at the Michaelis Art Museum (2001)

Fellow Exhibitors - Eric Laubscher, Nico Verboom, John Bell Robert, Jill Trappler, Marianne Podlashus, Lucas Van Vuuren and others

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National Women's Day Exhibition (2001)

Fellow Exhibitor - Willie Bester

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Members Exhibition - South African Visual Arts Gallery (2002)

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Life Styles Exhibition on Kloof (2002)

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The Joan St. Leger Lindenbergh Arts Foundation (2003)

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The African Human Genome Initiative at the Cape Town Museum (2004)

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Omma Interational Art Festival - Greece, Crete, Chania (2004)

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Camps Bay Shul Annual Rosh Hashana Magazines (2003-2014)

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Trish has featured at many of the Absolute Vodka Exhibitions at the South African Visual Artists Association and Group Exhibitions in Kirstenbosch, and to date works on private commissions and teaches at her studio in Kenilworth.