Willem Boshoff (born 1951) is a South African artist known primarily for his conceptual installations. He is one of South Africa's foremost contemporary artists and regularly exhibits nationally and internationally.[1]
Born in Johannesburg, Boshoff trained as a teacher at the Johannesburg College of Art before pursuing a diploma in fine art, with an emphasis on printmaking, in 1980; he received a master's degree in sculpture from Technikon Witwatersrand in 1984. He has made study trips to Austria and Germany in 1982 as well as to England, Wales, and Scotland in 1993.[1] He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Johannesburg in 2008.[2]
His installations are frequently based on the exploration of language and are created in materials ranging from stone to paper to sand.[2]