"There is no such thing as abstract art, or else all art is abstract, which amounts to the same thing. Abstract art no more exists than does curved art yellow art or green art."
Jean Dubuffet
Influences
• \`The Shape of Things to Come ́ was awarded best exhibition at the 2020 US Toyota Woordfees.
• ́Streeksbiblioteek’ received a “Kanna” award nomination for best exhibition at the KKNK and a Kyknet “Fiesta” award nomination for best South-African art festival exhibition, 2013.
• SASOL New Signatures competition, Merit award winner for multimedia animation work ‘Consume’, National Museum of Fine Arts Pretoria, 2007.
• SASOL New Signatures competition, Merit award winner for multimedia animation ...
Awards
Solo Exhibitions:
• 'The Shape of Things to Come', US Toyota Woordfees, Stellenbosch 2020.
• ‘Two Continents’, Dawid’s Choice Gallery, Johannesburg, 2017.
• ‘Habitat’ , Dawid’s Choice Gallery, Johannesburg, 2016.
• ‘Wanvoorstelling/ Misrepresentation’, Woordfees, Stellenbosch, 2015.
• ́Co-Author’, Lizamore and associates, Johannesburg, 2014.
• ‘Streeksbiblioteek’, KKNK, Oudtshoorn, 2013.
• ‘Landmeter’, Aardklop, Potchefstroom, 2013.
• ‘Biblioteek’, Woordfees, Stellenbosch, 2013.
• ‘Field guide’...
Artist Statement
The beginning:
The recent artworks developed from painted , non-existent landscapes to the more ‘geometric abstract’. Forms, shapes and colour made their way onto the painted lanscapes- progressing to such a point where the background landscape was eliminated- as if a light was turned off.
The middle:
The ‘inspiration’ for the new paintings comes from the artist’s fever dreams as a sick 10 year old child. In a disjointed and strange experience, brought on by high fever- three dimensional shapes ...