Richardt Strydom

Richardt Strydom
Born 1971
Mossel Bay, Cape Province
Occupation Artist and lecturer

Richardt Strydom is a practicing artist, and Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at the North-West University[1] in Potchefstroom.

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Overview

As an artist, Richardt Strydom has participated in numerous national and international art as well as design exhibitions. Recent examples include: Design of Dissent, School of Visual Arts, New York (2005) and Payne Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA (2007); Boere Kitch (2007) Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (curated by Gordon Froud); Oor die einders van die bladsy (2010), Stellenbosch and FADA Gallery Johannesburg, and L'origine du monde (2010) at Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom (curated by Paul Boulitreau). Strydom’s first solo exhibition A verbis ad verbera – From Words to Blows was part of the official 2010 Aardklop National Arts Festival programme. One of Strydom's works were also included in The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics [2]

Strydom has received a number of awards including an ABSA l’Atelier Merit Award (1997), a SASOL New Signatures Merit Award (1997), Overall Winner of the SASOL New Signatures Competition in 2008,[3][4] and Outstanding Visual Artist Award, Stellenbosch Woordfees 2010.[5] He was co-curator (2004–2005) as well as curator (2006–2008) of the Aardklop National Arts Festival visual arts programme.

Strydom was born in 1971 and spent his childhood in Oudtshoorn. In 1984 he moved to Vanderbijlpark where he finished High School. He studied Fine Arts at the then Vaal Triangle Technikon, finishing his National Diploma in 1992, majoring in painting, photography and printmaking. He completed a B-Tech Fine Arts in 1998 at the same institution.

Strydom currently lives and works in Potchefstroom. In 2010 he received his Masters degree in Art History from the North-West University. His Masters’ dissertation offers a postcolonial reading of the depiction of Afrikaner ancestry in the works of the 19th century explorer artist Charles Davidson Bell. When studying in the early 1990s, Strydom took inspiration from South African Resistance Art of the late 1980s. Ever since Strydom’s art has explored the boundaries of cultural and art traditions and identity, as these intersect with everyday life.

Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

International exhibitions

National exhibitions

Exhibitions Curated

Art Awards

External links

References

  1. ^ "School of Communication Studies: Staff". http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-scs/staff.html. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 
  2. ^ Act against Globalization. http://books.google.com/books?id=lZ7Y56TurjIC&pg=PT146&lpg=PT146&dq=design+of+dissent+richardt+strydom&source=bl&ots=29r-3QlfRz&sig=GTwOuw3iPJzv_8nb0b3PzoNoE1c&hl=en&ei=LLcJTtzzGYLRhAe41dDzDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Provocative photograph wins top art contest.". Weekend Argus. 30 August 2008. http://www.capeargus.co.za/?fSectionId=3571&fArticleId=vn20080830094708633C342583. 
  4. ^ a b SASOL (2008). "Sasol New Signatures competition 2008 winners announced". http://www.sasol.com/sasol_internet/frontend/signature/sig_previous_winners_2008.jsp?left=winners. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "Voorste regisseurs en skrywers vereer by Woordfees" (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 8 March 2010. http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Voorste-regisseurs-en-skrywers-vereer-by-Woordfees-20100307. 
  6. ^ Myburgh, Johan (6 February 2011). "Vuishoue wat nuwe woorde wek" (in Afrikaans). Beeld. http://www.beeld.com/Vermaak/Nuus/Vuishoue-wat-nuwe-woorde-wek-20110206. 
  7. ^ Strydom, Richardt (5 February 2011). "Woordelose geweld" (in Afrikaans). Rapport. http://www.rapport.co.za/Weekliks/Nuus/Woordelose-geweld-20110204.