I mounted my first exhibition in 1990 in Swakopmund, Namibia, on invitation of the Die Muschel Gallery, exhibiting a series of works inspired by the rock art of the Brandberg. Since 1990 I have exhibited widely in South Africa and Africa. Africa’s colour, rhythm, lore and rituals serve as inspiration for my work. I interpret all in my own style, medium and technique, subtly incorporating earthly materials when called for by the theme.
“. . . images not out of step with a culturally re-awaking continent; of Africa’s striving to empower herself through the invocation of her myth and mythology; bring to the fore what is often missing in contemporary African art, the spirituality that underlies African cosmology and trans-symbolism.”
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
Among others
1999 Pretoria Art Association
1998, 1999 & 2003 Roodepoort Museum, Folklore Fantasy: Transforming the oral into the visual
1999 Die Muschel, Folklore Fantasy, Swakopmund, Namibia
2000 Dusk Exhibition, Groot Marico
2001 Die Muschel, The Land and its People, Swakopmund, Namibia Opened by Mr Sam Nujoma
2001 The Whale House, Folklore Fantasy, Hermanus
2001 & 2002 Volksblad Arts Festival, Folklore Fantasy, Bloemfontein (guest artist of NALN)
2009 GR von Wielligh’s 150th anniversary, The influence of Von Wielligh’s text on my work, NALN,
Bloemfontein (guest artist)
2011 Paul-Jacques Art Gallery, Pretoria
Group
Among others
1990 Die Muschel, Folklore Fantasy: Transforming the oral into the visual, with Frans Claerhout, Steven
Townley Basset and Joan Schrauwen
2000 Art and Images, Maun, Botswana – Opened by President Ian Khama
2000 Jan Cilliers Laerskool, Johannesburg, with Hennie Niemann and Frans Claerhout
COMMISSIONS
Among others
- ARC (Agricultural Research Centre) – Irene, Pretoria: 12 works on indigenous cattle in early Africa; presented to the representatives of 12 nations attending the International Meat Symposium
- Cape Union Mart: a series of designs for garments based on Bushman/San mythology
- Logo for SEMDSA (Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of SA)
REPRESENTED
Among others
- Alexander Forbes; three works on African folklore
- Hatch International; two works on African folklore
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Johannesburg
- The Spiritual Society of Colorado, USA, Dream and Reality, Bushman/San mythology
- A series of nine works on Bushman/San folklore for private ethnological collection, Germany
- ESCOM, Randburg
PRESENTATIONS
- Bloemfontein Arts Festival (two in succession) – part of NALN programme
- Roodepoort Cultural Centre
- Roodepoort Museum in collaboration with the National Cultural Museum, Pretoria
- Pretoria: ARC, International Meat Symposium SA
- Kimberley Art Festival
- GR von Wielligh 150th anniversary (The influence of his writings on Sas Kloppers’s work)
INTERVIEWS
RSG (Radio Sonder Grense, South Africa) and NBC (Namibian Broadcast Corporation)
Printed media: South Africa and Namibia