Christiaan Diedericks

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Christiaan Diedericks is a full time contemporary artist, educator and curator with extensive experience in the specific areas of new media, printmaking, drawing, graphic design and creative process. He is living and working full-time in his studio in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.

Date of Birth

13 February 1965

Educational Background

1982: Matric – Potchefstroom Gimnasium

1986: BSc – Potchefstroom University (renamed University of the North West)

Majors: Human Physiology & Human Movement Sciences

          Minor subjects completed successfully:

• Chemistry and Physics 1
• Botany and Zoology 1
• Psychology 1&2
• Biokinetics 1-3
• Anatomy 1

1992: BA(FA) Cum Laude – Potchefstroom University (renamed University of the North West)

 

Majors: Printmaking & Graphic Design

          Minor subjects completed successfully:

• Painting 1&2
• History of Art 1-3
• Philosophy 1
• Photography 1

2000: MA(FA) Practical component cum laude – University of Pretoria

Vocational Experience

17 years experience in tertiary education

 January 1993 – June 1995

Lecturer in printmaking and graphic design, University of the North West – Potchefstroom

 July 1995 – December 1997

Lecturer in fine art, Vaal University of Technology – Vanderbijlpark

 January 1998 – December 1999

Lecturer in fine art and graphic design, The Open Window Art Academy – Pretoria

 January 2000 – December 2010

Lecturer in creative development, Vega the Brand Communications School – Johannesburg (2000 – 2006) and Cape Town – special projects manager & lecturer in creative development (2007 to 2010)

 January 2011 – August 2013

Lecturer in graphic design, CTi – Durbanville campus – Cape Town

From September 2013 -2015

Owner at Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Cape Town

Currently full time artist in his own studio in Woodstock, Cape Town

 

Additional Experience

1994: Invitation to stay and work at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, France

1995: Invitation to stay and work at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
1997/8: Invitation to stay and work at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
1998: National Printmaking Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown
           :Freelance design work for Nampak (Cuddlers)
1998/9: Educational sojourn to Egypt to attend the 7th Cairo Biennale

: Educational sojourn to Ethiopia and Kenya
1999: Non-toxic printmaking workshop at Fairview College, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
2001: Photoshop & Freehand courses at Vega, Sandton,           Johannesburg

2004: Educational sojourn to the Cite Internationale, Paris, France

2005: Educational sojourn to Croatia, Venice, Ghana & Zanzibar

       : Educational sojourn to the Cite Internationale, Paris, France

2006: CD sleeve design for Justin Egling, Sandton, Johannesburg

 2006 – 2009: Post-graduate research supervision

       : Educational sojourn to New York City (July and November – January 2007)
: Educational sojourn to Zanzibar

2007: Educational sojourn to Paris, Spain and Morocco

2007/8: Educational sojourn to NYC and Argentina

2008: Educational sojourn to Zanzibar and Madagascar

: External moderator at the CTI (Bellville and Rondebosch

campuses)                          

2009: Educational sojourn to Tourtour and Paris, France

                       : External moderator at the CTI (Bellville and Rondebosch

campuses), Cape Town

: External examiner – Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town

: Educational sojourn to NYC and San Francisco

2011: Educational sojourn to Istanbul, Turkey

2012: Educational sojourn to Venice, Rome and Florence, Italy

        :Educational sojourn to Istanbul, Turkey

2013: Invited curator of the exhibition Velvet @ the ABSA KKNK,         Oudtshoorn

:Educational sojourn to Florence, Italy

:Educational sojourn to Seoul and Boryeong, South-Korea

2014: Educational sojourn to Guanlan and Hong Kong, China

       : Educational sojourn to Paris and Limoges, France

: Educational sojourn to Istanbul, Capadoccia and Ephesus, Turkey

2015: Educational sojourn to Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Varanasi, India

        : Educational sojourn to London and Nice, France

       : Educational sojourn to Paris, France

2016: Educational sojourn to Bangkok and Phuket, Thailand

        : Educational sojourn to Paris, France

2017: Educational sojourn to Istanbul, Turkey

       : Educational sojourn to Paris, France

       : Silk Roads International art festival, Xi’an, China

:Educational sojourn to Bangkok, Thailand

2018: Educational sojourn to Athens, Greece

       : Educational sojourn to India and Nepal

     : Educational sojourn to Bali, Indonesia

 

Skills, Processes & Techniques

 Fine Arts:

• Advanced printmaking – all processes (intaglio, xylography, silk-screening, engraving, lithography, including all photographic processes, new/digital printmaking)
• Master printer – trained at the Atelier Torben Bo Halbirk, Paris, France in 1994
• Non-toxic printmaking
• Drawing (traditional and conceptual)
• Painting (traditional and conceptual)
• Photography – traditional & digital (including b/w darkroom techniques)
• New Media (including a wide variety of computer programmes and applications)
• Installation and collaborative practice
• Art curation
• History of art
• Critical theory
• Extensive experience in creative process and -development
• Post-graduate research supervision

         Graphic Design & Branding:

• 2d, including corporate id, print, outdoor etc.
• 3d, including packaging, product etc.
• Ambient/ alternative media
• Branding and strategy
• Campaigns
• History of Design
• Design theory
• Extensive experience in creative process and development

         Specific computer/digital skills:

• Advanced Adobe Photoshop (CS4)
• Adobe Fireworks (CS4)
• Advanced Macromedia Freehand MX
• Basic Adobe Flash (CS4)
• MS Office 2008 (Word, Excel, PP etc.)
• iMovie HD
• Basic stop-frame animation
• Comfortable on both PC and Mac platforms

 

Representative Galleries

 

Rossouw Modern, Hermanus, Western Cape

Trent Gallery, Pretoria

The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg

 

Exhibitions National

1990

:New Signatures – Pretoria

1991

:Rolfes Impressions – Bloemfontein
: New Signatures – Pretoria
: Arts and Drama festival – Pretoria

1992

:Pan Africa – Potchefstroom

1993

:ABSA Atelier – Pretoria
: Momentum – Pretoria
: Reconciliations 2 – Potchefstroom
: PPC Young Sculptor Award – Pretoria

1994

:ABSA Atelier – Johannesburg
: Kempton Park Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg

1995

:Johannesburg Biennale fringe – WSSA – Pulse of Africa – Johannesburg
: Kempton Park Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg

1996

:ABSA Atelier – Pretoria
:26th National exhibition of contemporary art – Strydom Gallery, George

1998

:ABSA Atelier – Pietersburg

1999

:ABSA Atelier – Pretoria

2000

:French-African Connection – Pretoria

 

2001

:Gallery 88 – Sasolburg
: Merely Mortal – Kiteworks – Johannesburg
: Art on Paper  (A decade of collaboration) – Melville

20o2

:Edge, staff & industry exhibition , Vega, Sandton

2003

:Ekurhuleni Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg
: SASOL Wax Art Competition – Sasolburg
: Brett Kebble Fine Arts Award – Cape Town

2004

:Ekurhuleni Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg

2006

:Ekurhuleni Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg

 

2009

:Dystopia (curated by Prof Elfriede Dreyer)

• Pretoria – UNISA art gallery – May 23 – June 30
• Johannesburg – Museumafrica – October 8 – November 15
• Bloemfontein – Oliewenhuis Art Museum – June 10 – August 8, 2010

: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio (curated by Judy Woodborne)           – KKNK, Oudtshoorn, Pretoria, Cape Town

 

2012

: Die Taal van Teken – ABSA KKNK, Oudtshoorn (curated by Corli de Kock)

:Coming of Age: 21 Years of The Artist’s Proof Studio (curated by Kim Berman), Johannesburg Art Gallery

 

2013

: The Joburg Art Fair 2013 – Represented by The South African Print Gallery, Johannesburg

: artforme – Cape Town Art Fair 2013 – Represented by Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Cape Town

 

2014

: The Cape Town Art Fair 2014 – Represented by The South African Print Gallery, Cape Town

: The Turbine Art Fair 2014 – Represented by Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Johannesburg

: Deconstructing Dogma – (curated by Prof Karen von Veh), UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg

: Artists for Human Rights Print Portfolio (curated by Jan Jordaan – Durban

: Performing Wo/Man – (curated by Derek Zietsman), UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg

: The Tollman Bouchard Finlayson Art Award – (adjudicated by Marilyn Martin, Karen McKerron & Brenton Maart), Bouchard Finlayson wine cellar, Cape Town

 

2015

: Blowing in the wind (an exhibition about dreams and disasters) – Curated by Carol Brown, KZNSA Gallery, Durban

: THAT Art Fair 2015 – Represented by Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Cape Town

: The Turbine Art Fair 2015 – Represented by Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Johannesburg

: The Joburg Art Fair 2015 – Represented by The South African Print Gallery, Johannesburg

: SA Fine Art Print Fair 2015 – The Business of Printmaking, Represented by The South African Print Gallery, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Johannesburg

 

2016

: The Cape Town Art Fair 2016 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery

: THAT Art Fair 2016 – Represented by Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Cape Town

: The Turbine Art Fair 2016 – Represented by Diedericks/Faber Fine Art and the SA Print Gallery, Johannesburg

: The Joburg Art Fair 2016 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery, Johannesburg

 

2017

: The Cape Town Art Fair 2017 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery

: The Turbine Art Fair 2017 – Represented by Diedericks/Faber Fine Art and the SA Print Gallery, Johannesburg

: The Joburg Art Fair 2017 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery, Johannesburg

 

2018

: The Cape Town Art Fair 2018 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery

: The Turbine Art Fair 2018 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery

 

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International Exhibitions

 

1994

 

: Salle Edouard Sandoz, Cité Internationale des Arts – Paris – France
: Graffinova ‘94 – 6th annual triennale of prints and drawings – Vaasa – Finland
: Deuxieme triennale mondiale d’estampes petit format, Chamalieres – Auvergne – France
1995

 

: Art ‘95 – Bardonia – NYC – USA
: 18th International Independent Exhibition of Prints – Kanagawa – Japan
: 21 Leipziger Grafikbörse – Leipzig – Germany

1996

 

: Show with Stanislav Marijanovic – Isle of KRK, Croatia

1997

 

: Quatrieme triennale mondiale d’estampes petit format – Chamalieres – Auvergne, France
: 7th International biennale of portrait drawings and graphics – Tuzla – Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Artistas de l’atelier Torben Bo Halbirk, Museo Nacional del Grabado – Buenos Aires – Argentina

1998

 

: Graffinova ‘98 – 7th triennale of prints and drawings – VAASA – Finland

1999

 

: Mini print internacional cadaques – Barcelona – Spain

2000

 

: Cinqueme triennale mondiale d’estampes petit format, Chamalieres – Auvergne – France
: International print triennial 2000 – Cracow – Poland
: International print triennale – Nürnberg – Germany

2001

 

: Address/Redress print collection, Cultureel Centrum – Leper – Belgium
: Address/Redress print collection – Co Art Foundation – Ostend – Belgium
: Breaking the silence print collection, Human Rights Convention, Geneva, Switzerland

2002

 

        : Breaking the silence: the HIV/AIDS billboard and print portfolio
: National Art Gallery of Namibia
:UCLA Fowler Museum, USA
:Palais de Nation, Geneva
: TATHAM Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
: University of Dundee, Scotland
:Dakar biennale, Senegal
: Asian biennale, Bangladesh
:South Africa House, London

2003

 

: 4th International graphic triennial, Bitola, Macedonia (special mention)

 

2004

 

: Caixanova engraving biennial, Spain

2005

 

: Galerie Gora, Montréal, Canada

 

2006

 

: New York That Is, Brooklyn Arts Council, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NYC, USA

: Lilly Oncology on canvas, Royal College of Art, London, England

 

2007

 

: Group exhibition, Gallery 5+5, Brooklyn. NYC

newmediafest2007:

Forum for internet technology in contemporary art

Curated by wilfried agricola de cologne

http://www.javamuseum.org/blog/?page_id=44

http://www.nmartproject.net/artists/?p=1442

 

2008

 

: Art Actually!, Leslie/Lohman Gay and Lesbian Art Foundation, Soho, NYC, USA

: July, artSPACE, Berlin, Germany

: Einladung, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany

: Elledorado Jubiläumsauktion, Galerie Lorch+Seidel Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

 

2009

 

: New Acquisitions, Leslie/Lohman Gay and Lesbian Art Foundation, SOHO, NYC, USA

: ASPOA (A small piece of Africa), artSPACE, Berlin, Germany

: Cold Sweat (The print series), Focus Contemporary, Tourtour, France

 

2010

 

: Dystopia, Jan Colle Galerij – October 17 – November 21, 2010, Ghent, Belgium

: The Landscape:  Unity and Diversity, Centre for Exposition of World Arts and Culture (CEWAC), Hyderabad, India, 23 July to 7 August 2010

: Summer Show, Focus Contemporary | Fine African Art. Tourtour,

South of France, July/August 2010

: A CULTURAL BRIDGE – INDIA / SOUTH AFRICA, Arts Association, Pretoria, September 2010

 

2011

 

: 7^th Biennale Internationale D’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada

: Collection 2010, 20 January to 31 March, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium

 

2012

 

: UNCENSORED: Queer Art and the Church, 27 – 31 March, Leslie- Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Soho, NYC, USA

: International Print Triennial – Krakow 2012, Poland

: International Print Triennial – Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden

: International Print Triennial – Mimar University, Istanbul, Turkey

: 12^th Gielnak Graphic Arts Competition – Museum Karkonoskie, Góra, Poland, Muzeum Śląska Opolskiego in Opole, Galerii Sztuki in Legnica, Muzeum Tkactwa Dolnośląskiego in Kamienna Góra, Muzeum Okręgowym im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego in Bydgoszcz, Poland

: Afriques du Sud, oeuvres contemporaines, Espace Culturel l’Hermine, 10 – 30 Novembre 2012, Sarzeau, France

 

2013

 

: La 9e biennale internationale de gravure contemporaine de la ville de Liège – Liège , Belgium

: 4^th International Guanlan Print Biennial – Shenzhen, China

: Splitgraphic – 4^th International Print Biennial – Split, Croatia

: Agora – 4^th Athens Biennale – Athens, Greece

: Johannesburg Art Fair – Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

: Cape Town Art Fair – The Lookout, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa

 

2014

 

: Cape Town Art Fair – The Pavilion, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa

: project-open-art (online exhibition) – University of Freiburg, Germany

http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/poa/permanent/africa/christiaan_diedericks/

: Turbine Hall Art Fair – Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa

: TWENTY: Contemporary Art From South Africa exhibition, Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Art, Boone, North Carolina USA.

: Le Mois de la Lithographie (recent publications from l’ Atelier le Grand Village en Charente Limousine), Galerie des Multiples, Rochechouart, France

 

2015

 

: Cape Town Art Fair – V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa (represented by the SA Print Gallery)

: THAT Art Fair – Cecil Street, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

: 5^th International Guanlan Print Biennial – Shenzhen, China

: 9^th Biennale Internationale D’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada

: Beijing Biennial 2015 – Beijing, China

: 17 artistes: 50 lithographies, Galerie du Musée du Pays d’Ussel – Represented by the Atelier Le Grand Village, Ussel, France

: Art Exchange: Mexico – Rust and Vrede Gallery and Mexico

: Chris Boicos Fine Art– Paris, France

:7^th Lithographic Symposium, Tidaholm, Sweden

: Turbine Hall Art Fair – Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa

: Johannesburg Art Fair – Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

: Splitgraphic – 5^th International Print Biennial – Split, Croatia

 

 

2016

: Chris Boicos Fine Art – Boulevard St Martin, Paris, France

: Cape Town Art Fair – CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa (represented by the SA Print Gallery)

: THAT Art Fair – The Palms Lifestyle & Décor Centre, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

: Chris Boicos Fine Art – Galerie Oberkampf, 103 Rue Saint-Maur, Paris, France

: Turbine Hall Art Fair – Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa

: Johannesburg Art Fair – Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

2017

: The Cape Town Art Fair 2017 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery

: The Turbine Art Fair 2017 – Represented by DF Contemporary and the SA Print Gallery, Johannesburg

: The Joburg Art Fair 2017 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery, Johannesburg

: 1^st Print Biennial Yerevan 2017 – KulturDialog Armenien – Armenia

: 3^rd Global Print 2017 – Douro, Portugal

: 19^th International Print Biennial, Varna 2017 – Varna, Bulgaria

: International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak 2017, Kazanlak, Bulgaria

: Silk Roads International Art Exhibition 2017, Xi’an, Republic of China

: 45^th International Print Award Carmen Arozena 2017, Museum Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain

: 45^th International Print Award Carmen Arozena 2017, Casa Salazar in Sta. Cruz de la Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

 

2018

: Douro Biennial 2018 – Douro, Portugal

: The Cape Town Art Fair 2018 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery

: The Turbine Art Fair 2018 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery, Johannesburg

: The Joburg Art Fair 2018 – Represented by the SA Print Gallery and the Artit’s Proof Studio, Johannesburg

 

2019

: Lithographies Tissages, Atelier le Grand Village – Château de Nontron, Limoges, France

: The Cape Town Art Fair 2019 fringe, The Melrose Gallery at The One & Only Resort, Cape Town

 

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Selected Group Exhibitions

1993-96: Participated in numerous (more than 40) group shows in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Potchefstroom, Grahamstown, George, Sasolburg and Boputhatswana
1993: South African Arts Association – Pretoria
1995: Pretoria Art Museum with Michael Heyns and friends
1996: Gala opening of the Open Window Contemporary Art Gallery – Pretoria
: Squared Art – Café Palette – Pretoria Art Museum
: Masters exhibition – NSA – Durban
: Artists working in collaboration with the artist’s press – SAAA – ABSA Centre – Pretoria

 

Selected exhibitions after 1996:

1997

 

: The Open Window Art Gallery – Pretoria
: Erotic Art – Thompson Gallery – Melville
: Annual Exhibition – Strydom Art Gallery – George
: The Art Circle – Potchefstroom

1998

 

: Gallery 88 – Sasolburg
: Johannes Stegman Art Gallery – Bloemfontein
: NSA – Durban with Diane Victor and Deanne Donaldson
: Campus Gallery – Printmaking 2 – University of Pretoria

1999

 

: Gallery 88 – Sasolburg

2000

 

: African French Connection – Pretoria

2001

 

: Written on the body – Millennium Gallery with Jaco Benade and Errol Westley – Pretoria
: Flush – The Open Window Art Gallery with Hanneke Benade, Annelise Bowker-Marais and Maja Pfeiffer – Pretoria
: NERVE – Vega staff exhibition – Sandton
: Official opening of the Millennium 2 gallery – Rosebank, Johannesburg

2002

 

: Chance Encounters, The Art Space, Johannesburg
: 88 Artists, Gallery 88 Sasolburg
: Erotic Exhibition, Merely Mortal, Hyde Park
: Edge, Vega staff exhibition, Johannesburg
: Chance Encounters, Artspace gallery, Johannesburg
: Male Order, Durban Art Gallery (DAG), Durban

2003

 

: Love in a time of ambivalence, SANAVA Gallery, Pretoria
: Gay and lesbian film festival, Rosebank, Johannesburg
: Design exhibition, Merely Mortal Gallery, Johannesburg
: Erotica exhibition, SANAVA Gallery, Pretoria
: Male Order, Pretoria Art Museum
: gordart Gallery, Melville, Johannesburg

2004

 

: Residue, AVA, Cape Town with André Naudé
: art.co.za Group exhibition, Johannesburg
: Bonolo Botshelo (Fragile Life), Museumafrica, Johannesburg
: art lp, gordart Gallery, Melville, Johannesburg
: t-shirt Show, Supreme Guardian Council, Johannesburg
: Residue 2, Waterkloof, Pretoria
: David’s Choice, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch
: Studio show with André Naudé, Waterkloof, Pretoria
: ani(male), Artspace, Johannesburg
: Points & Pixels, NSA, Durban
: Post – POP, Moja Modern, Johannesburg
: Cheap Scate, Moja Modern, Johannesburg
: Oppitafel, Artspace, Johannesburg
: Christmas show, gordart Gallery, Johannesburg

2005

 

: Group show, AVA, Cape Town
: Miniature Art, gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
: CUBE, CARFAX, Johannesburg
: Porn Again, Merely Mortal & gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
: Appletiser Art Commission, Studio Gesso, Johannesburg
: Smirnoff fridge commission, ATLAS Studios, Johannesburg
: Now is the time, Moja Modern, Johannesburg
: Beelspraak, Exhibition in Die Beeld Newspaper (co-curator with Gordon Froud)
: MAN, Rust and Vrede Gallery, Cape Town
: Ansisters, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg
: When joburg Is Asleep…, Moja Modern Gallery, Johannesburg
: Gallery Voir, Brooklyn Square, Pretoria
: Artists in Conversation, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
: Oppitafel, Artspace, Johannesburg
: ’Splat’, gordart Gallery, Johannesburg

 

2006

 

: 40 x 40 x 40, KKNK, Oudtshoorn

: 40 x 40 x 40, Melville, Johannesburg

: Corpus Colossus with Merwelene van der Merwe and Angus Taylor, gordart Gallery, Melville

: Group portrait show, AVA, Cape Town

: 18 years, Gallery 88, Sasolburg

: Chapter one (2003 – 2006), gordart, Snowflake building, AARDKLOP Festival, Potchefstroom

 

2007

 

: Boerekitch, KKNK, Oudtshoorn

: ct24, Focus Contemporary, Cape Town

: Grand opening, Off the Wall Gallery, Paarl

: Talents, Focus Contemporary, Cape Town
: On Paper, Off the Wall Gallery, Paarl

: The postcard exhibition, Off the Wall Gallery, Paarl

 

2008

 

: Rendezvous sculpture exhibition, North-West University,                 Potchefstroom

: Faces and Places, Off the Wall Contemporary, Paarl

: The postcard 2 exhibition, Off the Wall Contemporary, Paarl

: Centenary Exhibition, University of Pretoria, Pretoria

: Masters & Muses, KKNK, Oudtshoorn & iArt Gallery, Cape Town

: Substance, Lourensford Estate, Somerset West

: Festival of light (four person show), Focus Contemporary, Cape Town

: Baring (Curated by Eunice Guestyn), AVA, Cape Town

: Ball Sports (Curated by Kirsty Cockerill), AVA, Cape Town

 

2009

 

: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, Spencer Street Studio, Cape Town

: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, KKNK Festival, Oudsthoorn

: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, Rust & Vrede Gallery, Bellville

: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, Arts Association, Pretoria

: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, Arts Association, Cape Town

: CAPE Printmakers, South African Print Gallery, Cape Town

: Dark side of the moon, UCA Gallery, Cape Town

: All together now group exhibition, Focus Contemporary,

Cape Town

: Group show with Judy Woodborne & Paul Birchal, Rust & Vrede

Gallery, BelLville

: Cultivaria 2009 – Offthewall Contemporary Art Gallery – Paarl

: Affordable art show – artSPACE Gallery – Durban

 

2010

 

: EsCape – Arts Association, Pretoria

: Untitled – Rust and Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town

 

2011

 

: Altered Pieces (curated by Gordon Froud) – Tompson Gallery,

Melville, Johannesburg

: Altered Pieces (curated by Gordon Froud) – Pandora Art House, Pretoria

: Lion Corner exhibition – Observatory, Cape Town

 

2012

 

: Altered Pieces (curated by Gordon Froud) – Strydom Gallery,

George

: Altered Pieces (curated by Gordon Froud) – Gallery at Grande Provence, Franschhoek

: imprint – David Krut Projects, Montebello Design Centre, Cape Town

: Stock – Art and the Animal – The Art Business, Piketberg, Western Cape

: Flesh – The Art Business, Piketberg, Western Cape

: Beyond Skin – The Art Business, Piketberg, Western Cape

: Big Cape Rollers (curated by Gabriel Clark-Brown) – Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town

: Kaleidoscope, Alette Wessels Kunskamer, Pretoria

: ME3, FRIED Contemporary Art Gallery & Studio, Brooklyn, Pretoria

 

2013

 

: Angels (I am an African), Gallery at Grande Provence, Franshhoek

: ME3 by FRIED Contemporary Art Gallery & Studio, Klein Karoo National Art Festival (KKNK), Oudtshoorn

: No Man Waits for Tom (curated by Gordon Froud), Klein Karoo National Art Festival (KKNK), Oudtshoorn

: Velvet (curated by Christiaan Diedericks), Klein Karoo National Art Festival (KKNK), Oudtshoorn

: Pentimenti (curated by Louis Jansen van Vuuren), Woordfees, Stellenbosch

: Engage II, Association for the Visual Arts (Sanava), Pretoria

: (Dis)composure (with Vulindlela Nyoni), D-Street Gallery, Stellenbosch

: Alice in Wonderland (curated by Gordon Froud), Art Lovers Gallery, Pretoria

: The Morality Monkeys (curated by Aidon Westcott), D-Street Gallery, Stellenbosch

 

2014

 

: What Lies Beneath, Equus Gallery, Cavalli Estate, Cape Town

: Showcase One, Bayliss Gallery, Norwood, Johannesburg

: Flippen Vlambaar/Freakin Flammable, A group exhibition curated         by Alex Hamilton for the second Prince Albert Art Festival, Prince Albert

: What Lies Beneath, Equus Gallery, Cavalli Estate, Cape Town

: DF Group (one) 1, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms Lifestyle and Décor Centre, Cape Town

: DF Collective (one) 1, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, 91 4th Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg

: Showcase Two, Bayliss Gallery, Norwood, Johannesburg

: DF Collective (two) 2, 91 4th Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng

: Almost (un)framed, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms Lifestyle and Décor Centre, Cape Town

 

2015

: Die Alfabeter, Woordfees, Literary Festival at the University of Stellenbosch (curated by Alex Hamilton)

: OP-skiet, Woordfees, Literary Festival at the University of Stellenbosch (curated by Alex Hamilton)

: DF Winter Show, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, 91 4th Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng

: DF Winter Show, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms Lifestyle and Décor Centre, Cape Town

: Jou daaglikse Dosis, Clover Aardklop, Curated by Alex Hamilton, Potchefstroom

: …is it Art?, Curated by Derek Zietsman, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, 91 4th Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng

:7^th Lithographic Symposium, Tidaholm, Sweden

:Exposition des lithographies de l’Atelier le Grand Village, Musée des Arts Populaires, Ussel, France

 

2016

 

:Four Horsemen, Equus Gallery, Cavali Equestrian Estate, Stellenbosch

:Material(i)sation – Curated by Aidon Westcott, Art In the Yard, Franschhoek, Cape Town

:Plek/Plek– Curated by Alex Hamilton, Die Woordfees, Stellenbosch

:Of Monuments and Men, Imibala Gallery, Stellenbosch

:Chapter III, DF Contemporary, Cape Town

:100 Geographies, curated by Elizabeth Miller-Vermeulen, Stellenbosch

: Exposition des lithographies de l’Atelier le Grand Village, La Prieuré de l’eglise des Salles Lavauguyon, France

: Badly Drawn Porn, Trent Gallery, Pretoria

: Prime Meridian, Trent Gallery, Pretoria

: G&W Tellus Sculptura, ceramic sculpture and ceramic plate

exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria

: Sex, Death and Cape Town, Alex Hamilton studio gallery, Cape

Town

 

2017

 

:Angels, Demons and Gargoyles, Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington

:See Art – (Curated by Derek Zietsman), Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg

:Mute Wisdom, (Curated by Gordon Froud), Almenkerk, Elgin, Cape Town

:Bosch in Africa, (Curated by Sandra Hanekom), Die Woordfees, Stellenbosch

:See Art – (Curated by Derek Zietsman), Association of Arts, Pretoria

:The Exhibition (featured artist) – (Curated by Jozua Rossouw and Calven le Roux), Rossouw Modern Art Galleries, Hermanus

:Kakotopia – (Curated by Derek Zietsman), UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg

 

2018

 

:The Truth About Rabbits, Rust and Vrede Art Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town

:Kennis exhibition, (Curated by Alex Hamilton), Die Woordfees, Stellenbosch

:Wounds and Relics, (Curated by Johan Conradie), Gallery 2, Johannesburg

:Summer Atelier 2018, The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg

 

2019

 

:Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow @ die Woordfees, Stellenbosch, Cape Town

:Collecting Contemporary, Lizamore and Associates @ KKNK, Oudtshoorn

 

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Solo Exhibitions

1991: Cosmos Gallery – Potchefstroom
1993: Potchefstroom Museum
1994: Salle Edouart Sandoz – Cité Internationale des Arts – Paris – France
: Potchefstroom museum
: SAAA – Pretoria
1995: Melville – Johannesburg
: Forest Town – Johannesburg
: The Visual Art Gallery – Melville
1996: The Open Window Art Gallery – Pretoria
: Potchefstroom Museum
: Orange Grove – Johannesburg
1997: The Open Window Art Gallery – Pretoria
1998: NSA Galleries – Durban
: The Visual Art Gallery – Melville
1999: Graceland – Secunda
2000: Brother (masters degree exhibition)- Millennium Gallery – Pretoria
2002: (Dis)obedience: the first Icarus and Pandora dialogue, Merely Mortal, Hyde Park
2003: Bitter Love, artist’s book launch and show at Merely Mortal, Johannesburg
: Studio exhibition, Craighall, Johannesburg
2005: Mavericks, Magicians & Immortals 1, Moja Modern, Johannesburg
: Secrets & Lies: Her majesty’s (ivory) tower, Gesseau Art, Craighall
2006: Secrets & Lies: Her majesty’s (ivory) tower, KKNK, Oudtshoorn

        Crash, Artspace Gallery, Johannesburg

           Corpus Colossus, gordart Gallery, Johannesburg

           Desiderium: Recens cosmicos, KWV Emporium, Cultivaria Festival, Paarl

Selected work, Memories of Zanzibar Gallery, Stonetown, Zanzibar, Tanzania

2007: The Eye Does Not See Itself, Upstairs at the AVA, Cape Town

2007: Indigo Boy, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery

2007: Wings of clay | Feet of light, Gallery 5+5, Brooklyn, NYC (A collaboration with Dianne Heesom-Green)

2008: Indigo Boy, Dorpstreet Gallery, Stellenbosch

       : Small Poison, FRIED Contemporary, Pretoria

2009: Cold Sweat, Focus Contemporary, Cape Town

: Cold Sweat (The graphic works), artSPACE, Durban

2010: Pretending to be Flesh, Focus Contemporary, Cape Town

2011: Balancing Heaven and Earth, University of Johannesburg Art            Gallery

       : Inside your body there are flowers (with Lisa Firer), The                Haas Collective, Cape Town

2012: Send in the Clowns, Rust and Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town

2012: Planetary Platitudes, SA Print Gallery, Woodstock, Cape Town

2013: Counterpoint, FRIED Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, Pretoria

2013: The Wisdom of Dragonflies, NWU Sanlam Auditorium, Potchefstroom, North West Province

2013: Elegy, UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg

2014/5: Below the Surface, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms Lifestyle and Décor Centre, Cape Town

2015: The Hu(man) Condition (a selction of graphic works), The Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington

2017: Paradisus Deperditum, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein

       : Paradisus Deperditum, The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch,

Johannesburg

: The Burning Library, Die Woordfees (curated by Alex                           Hamilton), Stellenbosch Museum

       : Confessional, Rust and Vrede Art Gallery, Durbanville

2019: In search of a new King, The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch,

Johannesburg

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Collections

Potchefstroom Museum – South Africa
NWU, Potchefstroom – South Africa
Ostrobothnian Museum – Vaasa – Finland
Cité Internationale des Arts – Paris – France
Museum of Contemporary Art – Chamalieres – Auvergne – France
SAAA – Head office – Pretoria – South Africa (collection sold)
Biblioteque Nationale – Paris – France
The Robert Loder private collection – Johannesburg – South Africa
Telkom SA LTD – Johannesburg
Investec Bank – Cape Town
Pretoria Technikon – Pretoria
Durban University of Technology
Sasol – Johannesburg

Sasol Group Services – Secunda

Sasol Gas – Johannesburg
Medunarodna Galerija Portreta – Tuzla – Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Muceo Nacional del Grabado – Buenos Aires – Argentina
Durban Art Gallery – Durban
ABSA Bank – Johannesburg
Rand Merchant Bank – Johannesburg
Spier Collection – Stellenbosch
Sanlam Collection – Cape Town
MTN Collection – Johannesburg
Artbank – Johannesburg

The Department of Art and Technology, – Pretoria

New York Public Library print collection, – New York City, USA

Ampersand Foundation studio collection, – New York City

Johannesburg Art Gallery

Gallery 5 + 5, Brooklyn, – New York City

Dept of Science and Technology – CSIR – Pretoria

RMB Academy – Johannesburg

Potchefstroom Gimnasium – Potchefstroom

University of Johannesburg (UJ) – Johannesburg

ATKV – Johannesburg

Frans Masereel Centrum – Kasterlee, Belgium

MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art) – New York City, USA

South African Embassy – Abudja, Nigeria

South African Embassy – Maseru, Lesotho

Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art – NYC, USA

University of Cape Town – Cape Town

La collection de la Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières – Quebec, Canada

The Jack Ginsberg Artist’s Book Collection – Johannesburg

Iziko South African National Gallery– Cape Town

Oorlogsmuseum van die Boererepublieke – Bloemfontein

Cabinet des Estampes et Dessins, The Museum of Beaux-Arts of Liége (BAL) – Liége, Belgium

The Collection of the International Print Triennial – Krakow, Poland

The Collection of the Guanlan Print Base, Shenzhen, China

Museum Karkonoskie, Góra, Poland

Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein

William Humphries Art Gallery, Kimberley

Collection of Cabildo Insular de La Palma, Madrid, Spain

Collection of the World Art League, Silkroads, Xi’an, Republic of China

Collection of the Foundation KulturDialog Armenien – the First International Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenia

 

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Artist’s Books

1995:

I have not forgotten my heart – in the Bibliotheque Nationale’s artist book collection – Paris, France
: Natal Technikon print exchange ‘95 – Durban
1998:

Rhodes University print exchange – Grahamstown
2000:

Address/Redress – Bloemfontein National Museum print
exchange – Bloemfontein
: (re)creation – Artist’s portfolio – Johannesburg
: Breaking the silence – Artists for human rights portfolio
(gold medal in Geneva 2001) – Durban Technikon
2003:

Bitter Love, artist’s book, Johannesburg, – in the collections of Heather Greig (Merely Mortal), Spier wine estate and Jack Ginsberg
2004:

Residue, artist’s book, AVA , Cape Town
2005: 

MTN X10: Ten years of democracy, artist’s portfolio exchange

2006:

Crash – the photographic works, Johannesburg

2007:

Gentle wind – artist’s book, New York City

2007:

The little book of secrets – artist’s book, Indigo Boy, in the collection of Richard Berger and Ettienne Koekemoer

2009:

Exquisite Corpse – print exchange curated by Judy Woodborne, Cape Town, Pretoria, KKNK Festival, Oudtshoorn

Cold Sweat – artist’s book, Cape Town – in the collections of Jack Ginsberg (Johannesburg), Spier wine estate (Stellenbosch), Ettienne Koekemoer & Richard Berger (Cape Town) and Adv. André Bezuidenhout (Johannesburg)

2010:

The Feather Room – mid-career book, Cape Town – with funding from the NAC (with contributing text by Franci Cronjé)

2011:

Beautiful World – artist’s book, Cape Town and Belgium – During a three week residency at the Frans masereel Centrum on invitation from the Flemish Government, Belgium

2012:

The Wisdom of Dragonflies – artist’s book, Cape Town – in the collections of Jack Ginsberg (Johannesburg) & Achim Spelling (Cape town/Germany)

Planetary Platitudes – artist’s book, Cape Town – in the collection of Achim Spelling (Cape town/Germany)

 

 

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Selected Reviews

ANON. 1996. ‘n Meester in ons midde, Tempo ‘95: communication journal of the Vaal Triangle

ANON. 2014. Deux artistes sud-africains en residence, Carente Limousine, Mardi 5 Août: 29
ANON. 2004. Residue 2 in Pretoria, Beeld Plus. Saterdag 1 Mei: 4
ANON. 2004. Kyk na vroue wat plesier ervaar, Rapport gauteng Leefstyl. Sondag 24 Oktober: 10

BRODIE, N. 2010. Feather Room a weighty text. Mail &Guardian, Friday November 5-11: 2
DONALDSON, E. 1997. Watch this artist. Style, September: 88-91
DU PLESSIS, W. 2005. Stylloos. DEKAT Man, Somer: 1-3
BOTHA, S. 2005. Onsterflik. DEKAT, Herfs: 118 – 121
COOK, D. 1998. Good work at the NSA. Sunday Tribune: The Other Mag, Sunday 12 April:9

COLLISON, C. 2012. Christiaan Diedericks: planetary platitudes. SA Art Times, October:14-17
COULSON, M. 1998. Reflections of beauty. Financial Mail, October 23
COULSON, M. 2002. Disobedient Wit. Financial Mail, September 13

COULSON, M. 2006. Crash of cultures. Financial Mail, May 19: 110
CRONJé, F. 2006. Reviews: Chris Diedericks and Musha Neluheni. Art South Africa Vol 5.1. Spring: 83

CRONJé, F. 2010. Chris Diedericks se werk soos tydkapsule. Die Burger Saterdag 31 Julie: 18
DONALDSON, A. 1996. The fine art of collecting. Style, April: 40-46
DONALDSON, E. 1997. Watch this artist. Style, September: 88-91
DU PREEZ, A.2000. Anderkant van manwees. Beeld Kalender. Dinsdag 23 Mei: 3

DU PLESSIS, B. 1996. Dié kragtoer transformeer. Beeld Kalender, Vrydag 14 Junie: 6

DU PLESSIS, W. 2005. DEKAT Man: Stylloos. DEKAT, Somer: 83 – 5

DU TOIT, S. 2011. Klein Karoo: art by any other name. The Sunday Independent, April 17: 2

DU TOIT, S. 2012. Haha Said The Clown. The Sunday Independent, May 20

DU TOIT, S. 2013. Klein Karoo: Abstract Printmaking: Aim to calm, disturb, deliver warning. Cape Times, Tuesday 17 September: 12

DUVAL, M. 2010. Using art to strip away indifference. Atlantic Sun Thursday October 28: 11
ENGELBRECHT, T. 1997. Kuns oor duik, liefde en suiwering. Beeld Kalender, Donderdag 23 Mei: 2
ERASMUS, S. 2005. Kuns in gesprek oor kreatiwiteit. Beeld Plus, Woensdag 4 Mei: 5
ERASMUS, M. 2001. Chris Diedericks: The thigh of the beholder. Rush, Volume 2 Issue 6: 8-9

GURNEY, K. 2006. Reviews: KKNK 2006. Art South Africa Vol 04 Issue 04. Winter: 70 – 1
JOHNSON, A. 2002. Encounters of a very different kind. Business Day, Tuesday July 16

KRITZINGER, N. 2013. Oh so awesome art: Christiaan Diedericks. Art Much (University of Johannesburg Arts and Culture magazine), Issue 04: 38 – 41

LA GRANGE, B. 2006. Preutsstroper trots om Afrikaans te wees. Krit, Saterdag 8 April: 8
LAMBRECHT, B. 2002. Minnaars van die gees, nie van die lyf nie. Beeld, 22 September
LAMBRECHT, B. 2003. Waar veroordeling eindig. Beeld Plus, Donderdag 27 Februarie: 13

LAMBRECHT, B. 2006. Beeldspraak vee skeidslyne in kuns uit. Beeld Plus, Dinsdag 7 Maart: 3

LINDTVELD, A. 2006. Onwaarskynlike engel. Insig, Augustus: 72 – 3

MEIRING, L. 2006. Kunsvonke spat as twee uiterstes ontmoet. Rapport Tydskrif, Sunday 9 April: 10
MYBURG, J. 2005. Diedericks nou ‘mondig’. Beeld Plus, Woensdag 9 November: 9
MYBURG, J. 2004. Gesprek wat ligweg vloei oor grense. Beeld Plus, Donderdag 27 Februarie: 13
MYBURG, J. 2004. Beeldspraak: die wêreld deur die oë van Chris Diedericks. Beeld Plus, Dinsdag 5
April: 2
MYBURG, J. 2005. Eerste stroom-op onsterflikes. Beeld Plus, Woensdag 20 April: 5

MTHIYANE, T. 2006. Chris Diedericks. Contempo 01, April/May: 14
LE ROUX, M. 1995. Anatomie van die liefde. Lantern, November: 67-69
O’CONNOR, M. 1993. Herald kuier by talentvolle kunstenaar. Potchefstroom Herald/Herout, Vrydag
26 November: 6
PALMER, R. 2005. Art Immortalises Artists. Star Tonight. Thursday April 14: 5
PATERSON, T. 2002. At my table. Food and Home, Lente: 56-58
PHILLIPS, F. 1994. Werk van internasionale gehalte. Beeld, Dinsdag 6 Desember
PHILLIPS, F. 1995. SA Kunsman na Parys-ateljee genooi. Beeld Kalender, Vrydag 5 Mei : 4
PHILLIPS, F. 2001. Works explore relationships between abstractions and reality. Pretoria News Interval, Tuesday May 22: 4-5
STEVENS, M. 1996 Technical excellence linked to personal imagery. Vuka, May: 72-75
STEVENS, M. 1996. Works showcase exiting talent. Pretoria News Interval, Tuesday May 28: 3

TAIT, M. 2010. A tangible reality. DEKAT, Spring: 12
TALOTTA, J. 2005. Fame in a frame. Business Day Wanted, November: 43
TALOTTA, J. 2005. Fine Art. Sunday Times Lifestyle, Sunday 24 April: 8-9

VAN BOSCH, C. 2006. Poor venues undermine KKNK art. South African Art Times, May: 4

VAN BOSCH, C. 2010. Beheer en trefkrag oorrompelend. Die Burger Donderdag 25 November: 20

VAN DEN BERG, C. 2017. Diedericks – uitstalling: Genesing vir die angs. Die Volksblad, Woensdag 15 Maart: 12
VAN NIEKERK, L. 1997. Diedericks fokus op soeke na identiteit. Beeld Kalender Plus, Vrydag 5
September: 15
VAN NIEKERK, L. 1998. Wanneer is ‘n kunswerk nou werklik ‘n belegging. Beeld Kalender. Donderdag 12 Februarie: 15
VAN ROOYEN, M. 2005. Bekendes kry nuwe status. Die Wêreld: Leefwêreld. Sondag 1 Mei: 31

VENTER, S. 2006. Rooiwarm man: ‘n Kop om in te verdwaal. Rooi Rose. Julie: 178 – 9

VORSTER, E. 2011. Christiaan Diedericks: balancing heaven and earth. SA Art Times. September
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Awards, Scholarships, Grants & Residencies

 

1989:

EVE prize for achievement in painting and graphic design – Potchefstroom University

1990:

Ster Kinekor bursary – Potchefstroom University
: First prize for original poetry – Standard Bank campus talent festival – Potchefstroom University

1991:

RB Hagat bursary – Potchefstroom University
: August Venter bursary – Potchefstroom University
: First prize for original poetry – Standard Bank campus talent festival – Potchefstroom University

 

1992:

SABS Design Institute Achievers Award – nominee
: First prize for fine arts – Standard Bank campus talent festival – Potchefstroom University

1996:

FRD grant for MA(FA) studies at the University of Pretoria

1997:

Department of Art, Culture, Science, and Technology grant for the Sic Transit Gloria Mundi exhibition at The Open Window Art Gallery – Pretoria

1999:

NAC International bursary for workshops in non-toxic printmaking at the Grande Prairie Regional College – Alberta – Canada

2001:

Gold medal for the Breaking the Silence portfolio of prints (27 SA

artists ) at the Human Rights Convention – Geneva – Switzerland

2003:

Top 71, Ekurhuleni fine arts award, Johannesburg

2004:

Top 71, Ekurhuleni fine arts award, Johannesburg

1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2004:

Invited artist in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2005:

Chosen artist to appear on the 13th “The Apprentice”, SABC3, Johannesburg

2006:

Ampersand Foundation Fellowship – NYC

: Kanna Award, best visual artist at the KKNK Festival, Oudtshoorn

: NAC International bursary, Ampersand Foundation fellowship, NYC

 

2007:

Invited curator: Flesh! @ KKNK, Oudtshoorn

 

2009:

NAC grant for a published book of own mid-career work – The Feather                  Room (preparation)

 

              2010:

Invited artist in residence – Frans Masereel                                                           Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium

 

              2011:

Invited artist in residence – Frans Masereel                                                               Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium

Invited artist in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris,

                     France

 

              2012:

Invited artist in residence (APS at JAG 2012) – Artist’s Proof Studio,               Newtown, Johannesburg

Invited artist in residence – Halka Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

Invited artist in residence – Venice Printmaking Studio Studio,                                   Venice, Italy

 

              2013:

Invited artist in residence – Il Bisonte International School for                         Printmaking, Florence, Italy

              Invited artist in residence at the Mosan Art Museum – 11^th International               Cultural Art Symposium, South Korea (with 50 other                         international artists)

 

              2014:

Invited artist in residence – The Guanlan International Print Base,               Shenzhen, China

            Top 40 finalist – Tollman Bouchard Finlayson Art Award –                          Hermanus FynArts – 2014 Tondo Competition, Cape Town

              Invited artist in residence – The Atelier Le Grand Village, Limoges,               France

 

2015:

Invited artist in residence – The London Print Studio, Harrow Road, London

Invited artist in residence – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

 

2016:

Invited artist in residence – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

 

2017:

Invited artist in residence – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

One of the 39 finalists for the 45^th International Print Award      Carmen Arozena 2017, Museum Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain

Invited artist at the Silk Roads International Art Exhibition 2017, Xi’an, Republic of China

2019:

Invited artist in residence – The London Print Studio, London, UK

 

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References

 

 

         Gordon Froud – Prominent SA artist and lecturer at The                                      University of Johannesburg                          

                           Tel: +27 (0)84 4238 635

                           Email: [email protected]

 

         Annali Cabano-Dempsey – Curator University of Johannesburg                            Art Gallery                          

                           Cell: +27 (0)82 4672 775

                           Email: [email protected]

 

         Dr Eugene Vorster – Psychiatrist ancient cultures student and art-                           collector, Cape Town        

                           Cell: +27 (0)83 2732 000

                           Email: [email protected]

 

         Stefan Hundt – Curator, Sanlam Collection, Cape Town

                           Cell: +27 (0)83 4572 699

                           Email: [email protected]

 

         Jack Ginsberg – Art collector, Johannesburg

                           Tel: +27 (0)11 6468 279 OR +27 (0)116706515

                           Email: [email protected]

 

         Craig Mark – Director at the Melrose Art Gallery, Johannesburg

                           Cell: +27 (0)83 7776 644

                           Email: [email protected]

           

Prof MC (Rita) Swanepoel – Research Director, ViNCO, North                                              West University (NWU) – Potchefstroom campus

                           Tel: +27 18 299 4095

                           Email: [email protected]

 

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Recent artist’s statement

 

 

In many ways I aim to ‘rewrite’ history in my work and the dominant sense of self-awareness that informs most Western art practices. I am trying to present contemporary issues such as Difference as timeless, by situating my vocabulary of images and themes in an organic flux of dreams, history, news, commercial detritus, hyper-reality, and unvoiced feelings and forces of biological nature/desire.

 

I always aim to stay clear of any literal explanations of any specific work of mine, as I believe that no work of art or “visual text” is ever complete. In my opinion the ongoing debate by viewers as well as the debate between the viewer and the artist and hence possible new additions to the original meaning of the “visual text” by the artist will continue to enrich any work of art.

 

In the light of the above, my latest works are aligned with recent ideas about metamodernism.

 

Cultural theorists Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker introduced the concept “metamodernism” in 2010. The ideas and words underneath are from various online Internet and other sources and although I relate to it very strongly, I do not claim these to be my own words or original thoughts.

 

Metamodernism is neither a residual nor an emergent structure of feeling, but the dominant cultural logic of contemporary modernity. It can be grasped as a generational attempt to surpass postmodernism and a general response to our present, crisis-ridden moments. The ecosystem is severely disrupted, the financial system increasingly uncontrollable and the geopolitical structure has recently begun to appear as unstable as it has always been uneven. This triple crisis infuses doubt and inspires reflection about our basic assumptions, as much as inflaming cultural debates and provoking dogmatic entrenchments. History, it seems, is moving rapidly beyond its all too hastily proclaimed end.

 

According to Dr. Martin Christopher Watt, lecturer in composition (music) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) “postmodernism was characterized by deconstruction, irony, pastiche, relativism, nihilism, and the rejection of grand narratives (to caricature it somewhat), the discourse surrounding metamodernism engages with the resurgence of sincerity, hope, romanticism, affect, and the potential for grand narratives and universal truths, whilst not forfeiting all that we’ve learnt from postmodernism. Metamodernism is a return to fundamental questions that define our being in the world”.

 

Dr. Watt continues to state that Metamodernism is “the integration of experience with innocence and wisdom, of reason with sensibility, of past with present. It is a search for the meaning and beauty of the present. Metamodernism integrates the lessons of the past to enrich the present. It transcends national boundaries and ethnic divisions to identify the determinants of the subject in the twenty-first century. It is poetics of tolerance, appreciation, and acceptance of the other, with openness and kindness”.

 

In my most recent works, for example Bloodroots (a suite of five copperplate etchings), I am investigating the terrible legacy of Colonialism in Africa and especially my own country South Africa. According to the Oxford dictionary online, Colonialism is “the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically” or in other words according to the Collins dictionary online as “the policy and practice of a power in extending control over weaker peoples or areas”.

 

As a white male South African artist, I am a descendent and benefactor of the European Patriarchs who colonised Africa, and I need to emphatically state that I personally believe that colonisation was the worst thing to ever have happened to the people, cultures, societies, land and economy of Africa.

My interest in Colonialism was fuelled by the commonly peddled myth, which exists in the minds of most – that being the one relating to the primitive and savage Africa that the colonising Europeans “discovered”, civilised and then developed. Of course, much of this commonly accepted those same colonialists have written history, but the truth is that large portions of Africa were not that far behind Europe at the time that Europeans began arriving.