Richardt Strydom

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Richardt Strydom
Born (1971-09-24) 24 September 1971
Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa
Occupation Artist and lecturer

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

Biography

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.

Artist overview

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.

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] for an artist book, Ad Hominem,[6] in collaboration with Jaco Burger. He was co-curator (2004–2005) as well as curator (2006–2008) of the Aardklop National Arts Festival visual arts programme.

Strydom’s work is included in private and public collections including the UNISA Art Collection and NWU Art Collection.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2011 A verbis ad verbera II – From words to blows II, Artspace, Parkwood, Johannesburg.[7][8]
  • 2010 A verbis ad verbera – From words to blows, Snowflake building, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.

Selected Group Exhibitions

International exhibitions

  • 2007 Design of Dissent, Payne Gallery of Moravian College, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • 2005 Design of Dissent, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.

National exhibitions

  • 2013 Velvet, Prince Vincent Building, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn.
  • 2013 Tom waits for no one, Prince Vincent Building, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn.
  • 2012 This Place/Displace, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, Aucklandpark, Johannesburg.
  • 2012 Dismotief, Potchefstroom City Hall, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
  • 2012 Outsider, The Media Mill, Milpark, Johannesburg.
  • 2012 A shot to the arse, Michaelis Galleries, UCT, Cape Town.
  • 2012 Rendezvous Focus Painting, Innibos Arts Festival, Nelspruit.
  • 2012 Rendezvous Focus Painting, Oliewenhuis Kunsmuseum, Bloemfontein.
  • 2012 Ik ben een Afrikander III, Prince Vincent Building, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn.
  • 2012 Rendezvous Focus Painting, Michaelis Galleries, UCT, Cape Town.
  • 2011 Rendezvous Focus Painting, Alumni Hall, NWU Campus, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
  • 2011 Lens, SASOL art museum, Stellenbosch University.
  • 2010 L'origine du monde, Snowflake Building, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
  • 2010 Oor die einders van die bladsy, Africana-Room of the University of Stellenbosch’s Gericke Library, Woordfees, Stellenbosch; Die Gallery, North-West, University, Potchefstroom, and FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg.
  • 2009 STREEK, Potchefstroom Museum, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
  • 2008 SASOL New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
  • 2007 STREEK, Potchefstroom Museum, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
  • 2007 Boere Kitch, Principia College Klein Karoo Nasional Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
  • 2007 Blindspot, Die Gallery, North-West, University, Potchefstroom.
  • 2004 geslag, Snowflake gebou, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
  • 2003 Mini(20)maal, Die Gallery, North-West University
  • 2003 Gesondaar, Snowflake gebou, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom
  • 1999 ABSA Atelier, African Window, Pretoria.
  • 1999 ABSA Atelier Winners 1986–1999, ABSA Towers, Johannesburg.
  • 1998 Volkskas Atelier, Pietersburg
  • 1998 International Human Rights Exhibition, The Old Fort, Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
  • 1998 Buttons Exhibition, Civic Gallery, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
  • 1998 Im-material-ism, The open Window, Pretoria.
  • 1997 SASOL New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria.
  • 1997 Volkskas Atelier, Oliewenhuis Bloemfontein.
  • 1997 I survived… unofficial performance at the opening of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Newtown, Johannesburg.
  • 1997 Fifty Stories, Top of Africa, Carlton Centre, Johannesburg.
  • 1997 A little big thing, Thompson Gallery, Melville,
  • 1996 Steel, Bensusan Museum of Photography, Museum Africa, Newtown, Johannesburg.
  • 1995 Images of Change, Mmabana Cultural Centre, Mmabatho.
  • 1995 Inside/Outside, Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery, Market Theatre Complex, Newtown, Johannesburg.
  • 1995 Volkskas Atelier, University of Stellenbosch Gallery, Stellenbosch.
  • 1995 Kempton Park/Tembisa Fine Arts Competition, Kempton Park.
  • 1995 WITS Student Exhibition, Gertrude Posal Gallery, Senate House, WITS University, Braamfontein.

Exhibitions Curated

  • 2012 Dismotief, Aardklop National Arts Festival, City Hall, Potchefstroom.
  • 2008 Braam Kruger – No More Holy Cows (Memorial Exhibition), Snowflake Building, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
  • 2007 STREEK, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
  • 2005 Skoot – street photography exhibition, Aardklop National Arts Festival Potchefstroom.
  • 2004 Suffering of War, Alumni Hall, North-West University, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.

Art Awards

  • 2010 Outstanding visual artist award, Stellenbosch Woordfees[5]
  • 2008 Overall Winner, SASOL New Signatures[3][4]
  • 1997 Volkskas Atelier – Merit Award
  • 1997 SASOL New Signatures – Merit Award
  • 1995 Highly Commended, Kempton Park/Tembisa Fine Arts Competition.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "School of Communication Studies: Staff". Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  2. ↑ Act against Globalization. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Provocative photograph wins top art contest.". Weekend Argus. 30 August 2008. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 SASOL (2008). "Sasol New Signatures competition 2008 winners announced". Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Voorste regisseurs en skrywers vereer by Woordfees". Die Burger (in Afrikaans). 8 March 2010. 
  6. ↑ "Ad Hominem (artist book)". Retrieved 10 April 2013. 
  7. ↑ Myburgh, Johan (6 February 2011). "Vuishoue wat nuwe woorde wek". Beeld (in Afrikaans). 
  8. ↑ Strydom, Richardt (5 February 2011). "Woordelose geweld". Rapport (in Afrikaans). 
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