Biography
Graduated 2001 from Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Royal Academy of Art), Den Haag, Netherlands
2002–2004
Participated in numerous exhibitions in and around the Netherlands
2005
Returned to South Africa, moved to Johannesburg and gave up any artistic ambitions, descending further into alcoholism and drug abuse
2013–2014
Achieved sobriety and joined Aerial Art Studio in Masoning
2015
– Signed with Kalashnikovv Gallery
– Turbine Art Fair July 2015
– “Death of the Old”(Group Show) – Kalashnikovv Galley 2015
– “The Painters Show”(Group Show) – Kalashnikovv Gallery 2015
– “Transitions”(Group Show) – Old Transvaal Post office
– FNB Art Fair September 2015
Artist’s Statement
I know nothing, I have no moral authority or stance. Are the contents of my head of any interest as they bleed onto these surfaces? If so, to whom and to what effect? Painting has lost symbolic force and function in a culture of promiscuous knowledge and glutting information. This is the dilemma faced, and all I can do is try to create an absurd, ambivalent, darkly hilarious reality where, while you may lose your footing, you have no choice but to abandon yourself to the pleasures of the surface. Painting won’t heal, I just hope the manner in which it bleeds continues to be of interest. And beware if this makes any sense, I’ll make it up again next time in the same way I approach the canvas to make my next mark.