Curriculum Vitae
Christiaan Diedericks
January 2015
www.chrisdiedericks.co.za
Personal Profile
Energetic, healthy, professional and self-motivated practising
contemporary artist, educator and creative development specialist
with proven facilitation skills and experience in education, soft skills,
technical skills and (project) management skills, as well as extensive
experience in the specific areas of new media, printmaking, graphic
design, creative process and also the design, implementation and
facilitation of curriculum programmes in-line with national
qualification Initiatives. Christiaan has the Inherent ability to
collaborate effectively within a team in order to realise
organisational objectives through transformational leadership.
Motivator with well developed communication and interpersonal
skills and commitment to excellence in art practice, research,
education and conceptual development.
Date of Birth
13 February 1965
Address
PO Box 4054
Cape Town
2010
South Africa
Diedericks/Faber Fine Art
Shop A007, The Terrace
THE PALMS DECOR & LIFESTYLE CENTRE
145 SIR LOWRY ROAD
Woodstock
Cape Town
8000
Contact Details:
Cell: +27 83 290 1638
Studio: +27 21 461 1344
Educational Background
1982: Matric - Potchefstroom Gimnasium
1986: BSc - Potchefstroom University (renamed University of the North
West)
Majors: Human Physiology & Human Movement Sciences
Minor subjects completed successfully:
- Chemistry and Physics 1
- Botany and Zoology 1
- Psychology 1&2
- Biokinetics 1-3
- Anatomy 1
1992: BA(FA) Cum Laude - Potchefstroom University (renamed
University of the North West)
Majors: Printmaking & Graphic Design
Minor subjects completed successfully:
- Painting 1&2
- History of Art 1-3
- Philosophy 1
- Photography 1
2000: MA(FA) Practical component cum laude - University of Pretoria
Vocational Experience
17 years experience in tertiary education
January 1993 – June 1995
Lecturer in printmaking and graphic design, University of the North
West – Potchefstroom
July 1995 – December 1997
Lecturer in fine art, Vaal University of Technology – Vanderbijlpark
January 1998 – December 1999
Lecturer in fine art and graphic design, The Open Window Art
Academy – Pretoria
January 2000 - December 2010
Lecturer in creative development, Vega the Brand Communications
School – Johannesburg (2000 – 2006) and Cape Town - special
projects manager & lecturer in creative development (2007 to 2010)
January 2011 - August 2013
Lecturer in graphic design, CTi – Durbanville campus – Cape Town
From September 2013 – to date
Full time artist and director at Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Cape Town
Additional Experience
1994: Invitation to stay and work at the Cité International des Arts,
Paris, France
1995: Invitation to stay and work at the Cité International des Arts,
Paris, France
1997/8: Invitation to stay and work at the Cité International des Arts,
Paris, France
1998: National Printmaking Conference, Rhodes University,
Grahamstown
:Freelance design work for Nampak (Cuddlers)
1998/9: Educational sojourn to Egypt to attend the 7th Cairo
Biennale
: Educational sojourn to Ethiopia and Kenya
1999: Non-toxic printmaking workshop at Fairview College, Grande
Prairie, Alberta, Canada
2001: Photoshop & Freehand courses at Vega, Sandton,
Johannesburg
2004: Educational sojourn to the Cite Internationale, Paris, France
2005: Educational sojourn to Croatia, Venice, Ghana & Zanzibar
: Educational sojourn to the Cite Internationale, Paris, France
2006: CD sleeve design for Justin Egling, Sandton, Johannesburg
2006 – 2009: Post-graduate research supervision
: Educational sojourn to New York City (July and November –
January 2007)
: Educational sojourn to Zanzibar
2007: Educational sojourn to Paris, Spain and Morocco
2007/8: Educational sojourn to NYC and Argentina
2008: Educational sojourn to Zanzibar and Madagascar
: External moderator at the CTI (Bellville and Rondebosch
campuses)
2009: Educational sojourn to Tourtour and Paris, France
: External moderator at the CTI (Bellville and Rondebosch
campuses), Cape Town
: External examiner – Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town
: Educational sojourn to NYC and San Francisco
2011: Educational sojourn to Istanbul, Turkey
2012: Educational sojourn to Venice, Rome and Florence, Italy
:Educational sojourn to Istanbul, Turkey
2013: Invited curator of the exhibition Velvet @ the ABSA KKNK,
Oudtshoorn
:Educational sojourn to Florence, Italy
:Educational sojourn to Seoul and Boryeong, South-Korea
2014: Educational sojourn to Guanlan and Hong Kong, China
: Educational sojourn to Paris and Limoges, France
: Educational sojourn to Istanbul, Capadoccia and Ephesus,
Turkey
2015: Educational sojourn to Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Varanasi, India
Skills, Processes & Techniques
Fine Arts:
-
Advanced printmaking – all processes (intaglio,
xylography, silk-screening, engraving, lithography,
including all photographic processes, new/digital
printmaking)
- Master printer – trained at the Atelier Torben Bo Halbirk,
Paris, France in 1994
- Non-toxic printmaking
- Drawing (traditional and conceptual)
- Painting (traditional and conceptual)
- Photography – traditional & digital (including b/w
darkroom techniques)
- New Media (including a wide variety of computer
programmes and applications)
- Installation and collaborative practice
- Art curation
- History of art
- Critical theory
- Extensive experience in creative process and development
- Post-graduate research supervision
Graphic Design & Branding:
- 2d, including corporate id, print, outdoor etc.
- 3d, including packaging, product etc.
- Ambient/ alternative media
-
Branding and strategy
Campaigns
History of Design
Design theory
Extensive experience in creative process and
development
Specific computer/digital skills:
- Advanced Adobe Photoshop (CS4)
- Adobe Fireworks (CS4)
- Advanced Macromedia Freehand MX
- Basic Adobe Flash (CS4)
- MS Office 2008 (Word, Excel, PP etc.)
- iMovie HD
- Basic stop-frame animation
- Comfortable on both PC and Mac platforms
Representative Galleries
The Haas Collective, Cape Town
Christopher Möller Art, Cape Town
University of Johannesburg Art Gallery
Bayliss Gallery, Johannesburg
artSPACE – Durban
Leslie/Lohman Museum for Gay and Lesbian Art, NYC, USA
Fried Contemporary, Pretoria
Kunst, Musik & Knodel, Germany
Exhibitions National
1990
:New Signatures – Pretoria
1991
:Rolfes Impressions - Bloemfontein
: New Signatures - Pretoria
: Arts and Drama festival – Pretoria
1992
:Pan Africa – Potchefstroom
1993
:ABSA Atelier - Pretoria
: Momentum - Pretoria
: Reconciliations 2 - Potchefstroom
: PPC Young Sculptor Award – Pretoria
1994
:ABSA Atelier - Johannesburg
: Kempton Park Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg
1995
:Johannesburg Biennale fringe - WSSA - Pulse of Africa Johannesburg
: Kempton Park Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg
1996
:ABSA Atelier - Pretoria
:26th National exhibition of contemporary art - Strydom Gallery,
George
1998
:ABSA Atelier – Pietersburg
1999
:ABSA Atelier – Pretoria
2000
:French-African Connection – Pretoria
2001
:Gallery 88 - Sasolburg
: Merely Mortal - Kiteworks - Johannesburg
: Art on Paper (A decade of collaboration) – Melville
20o2
:Edge, staff & industry exhibition , Vega, Sandton
2003
:Ekurhuleni Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg
: SASOL Wax Art Competition – Sasolburg
: Brett Kebble Fine Arts Award – Cape Town
2004
:Ekurhuleni Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg
2006
:Ekurhuleni Fine Arts Award – Johannesburg
2009
:Dystopia (curated by Prof Elfriede Dreyer)
– Pretoria – UNISA art gallery – May 23 – June 30
– Johannesburg – Museumafrica – October 8 – November 15
– Bloemfontein – Oliewenhuis Art Museum – June 10 – August 8,
2010
: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio (curated by Judy Woodborne)
– KKNK, Oudtshoorn, Pretoria, Cape Town
2012
: Die Taal van Teken – ABSA KKNK, Oudtshoorn (curated by Corli de
Kock)
:Coming of Age: 21 Years of The Artist’s Proof Studio (curated by Kim
Berman), Johannesburg Art Gallery
2013
: The Joburg Art Fair 2013 – Represented by The South African Print
Gallery, Johannesburg
: artforme - Cape Town Art Fair 2013 – Represented by
Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, Cape Town
2014
: The Cape Town Art Fair 2014 – Represented by The South African
Print Gallery, Cape Town
: The Turbine Art Fair 2014 – Represented by Diedericks/Faber Fine
Art, Johannesburg
: Deconstructing Dogma – (curated by Prof Karen von Veh), UJ Art
Gallery, Johannesburg
: Artists for Human Rights Print Portfolio (curated by Jan Jordaan –
Durban
: Performing Wo/Man – (curated by Derek Zietsman), UJ Art Gallery,
Johannesburg
: The Tollman Bouchard Finlayson Art Award – (adjudicated by
Marilyn Martin, Karen McKerron & Brenton Maart), Bouchard
Finlayson wine cellar, Cape Town
2015
: Blowing in the wind (an exhibition about dreams and disasters) –
Curated by Carol Brown, KZNSA Gallery, Durban
International Exhibitions
1994
: Salle Edouard Sandoz, Cité Internationale des Arts - Paris - France
: Graffinova ‘94 - 6th annual triennale of prints and drawings - Vaasa
- Finland
: Deuxieme triennale mondiale d’estampes petit format,
Chamalieres - Auvergne - France
1995
: Art ‘95 - Bardonia - NYC - USA
: 18th International Independent Exhibition of Prints - Kanagawa Japan
: 21 Leipziger Grafikbörse - Leipzig – Germany
1996
: Show with Stanislav Marijanovic - Isle of KRK, Croatia
1997
: Quatrieme triennale mondiale d’estampes petit format Chamalieres - Auvergne, France
: 7th International biennale of portrait drawings and graphics - Tuzla Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Artistas de l’atelier Torben Bo Halbirk, Museo Nacional del Grabado
- Buenos Aires - Argentina
1998
: Graffinova ‘98 - 7th triennale of prints and drawings - VAASA Finland
1999
: Mini print internacional cadaques - Barcelona - Spain
2000
: Cinqueme triennale mondiale d’estampes petit format,
Chamalieres - Auvergne – France
: International print triennial 2000 - Cracow - Poland
: International print triennale - Nürnberg - Germany
2001
: Address/Redress print collection, Cultureel Centrum - Leper Belgium
: Address/Redress print collection - Co Art Foundation - Ostend Belgium
: Breaking the silence print collection, Human Rights Convention,
Geneva, Switzerland
2002
: Breaking the silence: the HIV/AIDS billboard and print portfolio
: National Art Gallery of Namibia
:UCLA Fowler Museum, USA
:Palais de Nation, Geneva
: TATHAM Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
: University of Dundee, Scotland
:Dakar biennale, Senegal
: Asian biennale, Bangladesh
:South Africa House, London
2003
: 4th International graphic triennial, Bitola, Macedonia (special
mention)
2004
: Caixanova engraving biennial, Spain
2005
: Galerie Gora, Montréal, Canada
2006
: New York That Is, Brooklyn Arts Council, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NYC,
USA
: Lilly Oncology on canvas, Royal College of Art, London, England
2007
: Group exhibition, Gallery 5+5, Brooklyn. NYC
newmediafest2007:
Forum for internet technology in contemporary art
Curated by wilfried agricola de cologne
http://www.javamuseum.org/blog/?page_id=44
http://www.nmartproject.net/artists/?p=1442
2008
: Art Actually!, Leslie/Lohman Gay and Lesbian Art Foundation,
Soho, NYC, USA
: July, artSPACE, Berlin, Germany
: Einladung, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
: Elledorado Jubiläumsauktion, Galerie Lorch+Seidel Contemporary,
Berlin, Germany
2009
: New Acquisitions, Leslie/Lohman Gay and Lesbian Art Foundation,
SOHO, NYC, USA
: ASPOA (A small piece of Africa), artSPACE, Berlin, Germany
: Cold Sweat (The print series), Focus Contemporary, Tourtour,
France
2010
: Dystopia, Jan Colle Galerij – October 17 – November 21, 2010,
Ghent, Belgium
: The Landscape: Unity and Diversity, Centre for Exposition of World
Arts and Culture (CEWAC), Hyderabad, India, 23 July to 7 August
2010
: Summer Show, Focus Contemporary | Fine African Art. Tourtour,
South of France, July/August 2010
: A CULTURAL BRIDGE - INDIA / SOUTH AFRICA, Arts Association,
Pretoria, September 2010
2011
: 7th Biennale Internationale D’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois
Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada
: Collection 2010, 20 January to 31 March, Frans Masereel Centrum,
Kasterlee, Belgium
2012
: UNCENSORED: Queer Art and the Church, 27 – 31 March, LeslieLohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Soho, NYC, USA
: International Print Triennial - Krakow 2012, Poland
: International Print Triennial - Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden
: International Print Triennial - Mimar University, Istanbul, Turkey
: 12th Gielnak Graphic Arts Competition – Museum Karkonoskie,
Góra, Poland, Muzeum Śląska Opolskiego in Opole, Galerii Sztuki in
Legnica, Muzeum Tkactwa Dolnośląskiego in Kamienna Góra,
Muzeum Okręgowym im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego in Bydgoszcz,
Poland
: Afriques du Sud, oeuvres contemporaines, Espace Culturel
l’Hermine, 10 – 30 Novembre 2012, Sarzeau, France
2013
: La 9e biennale internationale de gravure contemporaine de la ville
de Liège – Liège , Belgium
: 4th International Guanlan Print Biennial – Shenzhen, China
: Splitgraphic – 4th International Print Biennial – Split, Croatia
: Agora – 4th Athens Biennale – Athens, Greece
: Johannesburg Art Fair – Sandton Convention Centre,
Johannesburg, South Africa
: Cape Town Art Fair – The Lookout, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town,
South Africa
2014
: Cape Town Art Fair – The Pavilion, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town,
South Africa
: project-open-art (online exhibition) – University of Freiburg,
Germany
http://portal.unifreiburg.de/poa/permanent/africa/christiaan_diedericks/
: Turbine Hall Art Fair – Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg, South
Africa
: TWENTY: Contemporary Art From South Africa exhibition,
Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Art,
Boone, North Carolina USA.
: Le Mois de la Lithographie (recent publications from l' Atelier le
Grand Village en Charente Limousine), Galerie des Multiples,
Rochechouart, France
2015
: Cape Town Art Fair – V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa
(represented by the SA Print Gallery)
: THAT Art Fair – Cecil Street, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
: 5th International Guanlan Print Biennial – Shenzhen, China
: 9th Biennale Internationale D’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois
Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
1993-96: Participated in numerous (more than 40) group shows in
Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Potchefstroom,
Grahamstown, George, Sasolburg and Boputhatswana
1993: South African Arts Association - Pretoria
1995: Pretoria Art Museum with Michael Heyns and friends
1996: Gala opening of the Open Window Contemporary Art Gallery
- Pretoria
: Squared Art - Café Palette - Pretoria Art Museum
: Masters exhibition - NSA - Durban
: Artists working in collaboration with the artist’s press - SAAA – ABSA
Centre – Pretoria
Selected exhibitions after 1996:
1997
: The Open Window Art Gallery - Pretoria
: Erotic Art - Thompson Gallery - Melville
: Annual Exhibition - Strydom Art Gallery - George
: The Art Circle - Potchefstroom
1998
: Gallery 88 - Sasolburg
: Johannes Stegman Art Gallery - Bloemfontein
: NSA - Durban with Diane Victor and Deanne Donaldson
: Campus Gallery - Printmaking 2 - University of Pretoria
1999
: Gallery 88 – Sasolburg
2000
: African French Connection – Pretoria
2001
: Written on the body - Millennium Gallery with Jaco Benade and
Errol Westley - Pretoria
: Flush - The Open Window Art Gallery with Hanneke Benade,
Annelise Bowker-Marais and Maja Pfeiffer - Pretoria
: NERVE - Vega staff exhibition - Sandton
: Official opening of the Millennium 2 gallery - Rosebank,
Johannesburg
2002
: Chance Encounters, The Art Space, Johannesburg
: 88 Artists, Gallery 88 Sasolburg
: Erotic Exhibition, Merely Mortal, Hyde Park
: Edge, Vega staff exhibition, Johannesburg
: Chance Encounters, Artspace gallery, Johannesburg
: Male Order, Durban Art Gallery (DAG), Durban
2003
: Love in a time of ambivalence, SANAVA Gallery, Pretoria
: Gay and lesbian film festival, Rosebank, Johannesburg
: Design exhibition, Merely Mortal Gallery, Johannesburg
: Erotica exhibition, SANAVA Gallery, Pretoria
: Male Order, Pretoria Art Museum
: gordart Gallery, Melville, Johannesburg
2004
: Residue, AVA, Cape Town with André Naudé
: art.co.za Group exhibition, Johannesburg
: Bonolo Botshelo (Fragile Life), Museumafrica, Johannesburg
: art lp, gordart Gallery, Melville, Johannesburg
: t-shirt Show, Supreme Guardian Council, Johannesburg
: Residue 2, Waterkloof, Pretoria
: David’s Choice, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch
: Studio show with André Naudé, Waterkloof, Pretoria
: ani(male), Artspace, Johannesburg
: Points & Pixels, NSA, Durban
: Post – POP, Moja Modern, Johannesburg
: Cheap Scate, Moja Modern, Johannesburg
: Oppitafel, Artspace, Johannesburg
: Christmas show, gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
2005
: Group show, AVA, Cape Town
: Miniature Art, gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
: CUBE, CARFAX, Johannesburg
: Porn Again, Merely Mortal & gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
: Appletiser Art Commission, Studio Gesso, Johannesburg
: Smirnoff fridge commission, ATLAS Studios, Johannesburg
: Now is the time, Moja Modern, Johannesburg
: Beelspraak, Exhibition in Die Beeld Newspaper (co-curator with
Gordon Froud)
: MAN, Rust and Vrede Gallery, Cape Town
: Ansisters, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg
: When joburg Is Asleep…, Moja Modern Gallery, Johannesburg
: Gallery Voir, Brooklyn Square, Pretoria
: Artists in Conversation, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
: Oppitafel, Artspace, Johannesburg
: ’Splat’, gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
2006
: 40 x 40 x 40, KKNK, Oudtshoorn
: 40 x 40 x 40, Melville, Johannesburg
: Corpus Colossus with Merwelene van der Merwe and Angus Taylor,
gordart Gallery, Melville
: Group portrait show, AVA, Cape Town
: 18 years, Gallery 88, Sasolburg
: Chapter one (2003 – 2006), gordart, Snowflake building, AARDKLOP
Festival, Potchefstroom
2007
: Boerekitch, KKNK, Oudtshoorn
: ct24, Focus Contemporary, Cape Town
: Grand opening, Off the Wall Gallery, Paarl
: Talents, Focus Contemporary, Cape Town
: On Paper, Off the Wall Gallery, Paarl
: The postcard exhibition, Off the Wall Gallery, Paarl
2008
: Rendezvous sculpture exhibition, North-West University,
Potchefstroom
: Faces and Places, Off the Wall Contemporary, Paarl
: The postcard 2 exhibition, Off the Wall Contemporary, Paarl
: Centenary Exhibition, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
: Masters & Muses, KKNK, Oudtshoorn & iArt Gallery, Cape Town
: Substance, Lourensford Estate, Somerset West
: Festival of light (four person show), Focus Contemporary, Cape
Town
: Baring (Curated by Eunice Guestyn), AVA, Cape Town
: Ball Sports (Curated by Kirsty Cockerill), AVA, Cape Town
2009
: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, Spencer Street Studio, Cape Town
: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, KKNK Festival, Oudsthoorn
: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, Rust & Vrede Gallery, Bellville
: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, Arts Association, Pretoria
: Exquisite Corpse print portfolio, Arts Association, Cape Town
: CAPE Printmakers, South African Print Gallery, Cape Town
: Dark side of the moon, UCA Gallery, Cape Town
: All together now group exhibition, Focus Contemporary,
Cape Town
: Group show with Judy Woodborne & Paul Birchal, Rust & Vrede
Gallery, BelLville
: Cultivaria 2009 – Offthewall Contemporary Art Gallery - Paarl
: Affordable art show – artSPACE Gallery – Durban
2010
: EsCape – Arts Association, Pretoria
: Untitled – Rust and Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town
2011
: Altered Pieces (curated by Gordon Froud) – Tompson Gallery,
Melville, Johannesburg
: Altered Pieces (curated by Gordon Froud) – Pandora Art House,
Pretoria
: Lion Corner exhibition – Observatory, Cape Town
2012
: Altered Pieces (curated by Gordon Froud) – Strydom Gallery,
George
: Altered Pieces (curated by Gordon Froud) – Gallery at Grande
Provence, Franschhoek
: imprint – David Krut Projects, Montebello Design Centre, Cape
Town
: Stock – Art and the Animal – The Art Business, Piketberg, Western
Cape
: Flesh – The Art Business, Piketberg, Western Cape
: Beyond Skin – The Art Business, Piketberg, Western Cape
: Big Cape Rollers (curated by Gabriel Clark-Brown) – Rust en Vrede
Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town
: Kaleidoscope, Alette Wessels Kunskamer, Pretoria
: ME3, FRIED Contemporary Art Gallery & Studio, Brooklyn, Pretoria
2013
: Angels (I am an African), Gallery at Grande Provence, Franshhoek
: ME3 by FRIED Contemporary Art Gallery & Studio, Klein Karoo
National Art Festival (KKNK), Oudtshoorn
: No Man Waits for Tom (curated by Gordon Froud), Klein Karoo
National Art Festival (KKNK), Oudtshoorn
: Velvet (curated by Christiaan Diedericks), Klein Karoo National Art
Festival (KKNK), Oudtshoorn
: Pentimenti (curated by Louis Jansen van Vuuren), Woordfees,
Stellenbosch
: Engage II, Association for the Visual Arts (Sanava), Pretoria
: (Dis)composure (with Vulindlela Nyoni), D-Street Gallery,
Stellenbosch
: Alice in Wonderland (curated by Gordon Froud), Art Lovers Gallery,
Pretoria
: The Morality Monkeys (curated by Aidon Wescott), D-Street
Gallery, Stellenbosch
2014
: What Lies Beneath, Equus Gallery, Cavalli Estate, Cape Town
: Showcase One, Bayliss Gallery, Norwood, Johannesburg
: Flippen Vlambaar/Freakin Flammable, A group exhibition curated
by Alex Hamilton for the second Prince Albert Art Festival, Prince
Albert
: What Lies Beneath, Equus Gallery, Cavalli Estate, Cape Town
: DF Group (one) 1, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms Lifestyle and
Décor Centre, Cape Town
: DF Collective (one) 1, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, 91 4th Avenue,
Melville, Johannesburg
: Showcase Two, Bayliss Gallery, Norwood, Johannesburg
: DF Collective (two) 2, 91 4th Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg,
Gauteng
: Almost (un)framed, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms Lifestyle
and Décor Centre, Cape Town
2015
: Die Alfabeter, Woordfees, Literary Festival at the University of
Stellenbosch (curated by Alex Hamilton)
: OP-skiet, Woordfees, Literary Festival at the University of
Stellenbosch (curated by Alex Hamilton)
Solo Exhibitions
1991: Cosmos Gallery - Potchefstroom
1993: Potchefstroom Museum
1994: Salle Edouart Sandoz - Cité Internationale des Arts - Paris France
: Potchefstroom museum
: SAAA - Pretoria
1995: Melville - Johannesburg
: Forest Town - Johannesburg
: The Visual Art Gallery - Melville
1996: The Open Window Art Gallery - Pretoria
: Potchefstroom Museum
: Orange Grove - Johannesburg
1997: The Open Window Art Gallery - Pretoria
1998: NSA Galleries - Durban
: The Visual Art Gallery - Melville
1999: Graceland - Secunda
2000: Brother (masters degree exhibition)- Millennium Gallery –
Pretoria
2002: (Dis)obedience: the first Icarus and Pandora dialogue, Merely
Mortal, Hyde Park
2003: Bitter Love, artist’s book launch and show at Merely Mortal,
Johannesburg
: Studio exhibition, Craighall, Johannesburg
2005: Mavericks, Magicians & Immortals 1, Moja Modern,
Johannesburg
: Secrets & Lies: Her majesty’s (ivory) tower, Gesseau Art, Craighall
2006: Secrets & Lies: Her majesty’s (ivory) tower, KKNK, Oudtshoorn
Crash, Artspace Gallery, Johannesburg
Corpus Colossus, gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
Desiderium: Recens cosmicos, KWV Emporium, Cultivaria Festival,
Paarl
Selected work, Memories of Zanzibar Gallery, Stonetown, Zanzibar,
Tanzania
2007: The Eye Does Not See Itself, Upstairs at the AVA, Cape Town
2007: Indigo Boy, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery
2007: Wings of clay | Feet of light, Gallery 5+5, Brooklyn, NYC (A
collaboration with Dianne Heesom-Green)
2008: Indigo Boy, Dorpstreet Gallery, Stellenbosch
: Small Poison, FRIED Contemporary, Pretoria
2009: Cold Sweat, Focus Contemporary, Cape Town
: Cold Sweat (The graphic works), artSPACE, Durban
2010: Pretending to be Flesh, Focus Contemporary, Cape Town
2011: Balancing Heaven and Earth, University of Johannesburg Art
Gallery
: Inside your body there are flowers (with Lisa Firer), The
Haas Collective, Cape Town
2012: Send in the Clowns, Rust and Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape
Town
2012: Planetary Platitudes, SA Print Gallery, Woodstock, Cape Town
2013: Counterpoint, FRIED Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn,
Pretoria
2013: The Wisdom of Dragonflies, NWU Sanlam Auditorium,
Potchefstroom, North West Province
2013: Elegy, UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2014/5: Below the Surface, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms
Lifestyle and Décor Centre, Cape Town
Collections
Potchefstroom Museum - South Africa
NWU, Potchefstroom - South Africa
Ostrobothnian Museum - Vaasa - Finland
Cité Internationale des Arts - Paris - France
Museum of Contemporary Art - Chamalieres - Auvergne - France
SAAA - Head office - Pretoria - South Africa (collection sold)
Biblioteque Nationale - Paris - France
The Robert Loder private collection - Johannesburg - South Africa
Telkom SA LTD - Johannesburg
Investec Bank - Cape Town
Pretoria Technikon - Pretoria
Durban University of Technology
Sasol – Johannesburg
Sasol Group Services – Secunda
Sasol Gas – Johannesburg
Medunarodna Galerija Portreta - Tuzla - Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Muceo Nacional del Grabado - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Durban Art Gallery - Durban
ABSA Bank – Johannesburg
Rand Merchant Bank – Johannesburg
Spier Collection – Stellenbosch
Sanlam Collection – Cape Town
MTN Collection – Johannesburg
Artbank – Johannesburg
The Department of Art and Technology, – Pretoria
New York Public Library print collection, - New York City, USA
Ampersand Foundation studio collection, - New York City
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Gallery 5 + 5, Brooklyn, - New York City
Dept of Science and Technology - CSIR – Pretoria
RMB Academy – Johannesburg
Potchefstroom Gimnasium – Potchefstroom
University of Johannesburg (UJ) – Johannesburg
ATKV – Johannesburg
Frans Masereel Centrum – Kasterlee, Belgium
MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art) – New York City, USA
South African Embassy – Abudja, Nigeria
South African Embassy – Maseru, Lesotho
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art – NYC, USA
University of Cape Town – Cape Town
La collection de la Biennale internationale d’estampe
contemporaine de Trois-Rivières – Quebec, Canada
The Jack Ginsberg Artist’s Book Collection – Johannesburg
Iziko South African National Gallery– Cape Town
Oorlogsmuseum van die Boererepublieke – Bloemfontein
Cabinet des Estampes et Dessins, The Museum of Beaux-Arts of Liége
(BAL) – Liége, Belgium
The Collection of the International Print Triennial - Krakow, Poland
The Collection of the Guanlan International Print Biennial - Guanlan
Print Base, Shenzhen, China
Museum Karkonoskie, Góra, Poland
Artist’s Books
1995:
I have not forgotten my heart – in the Bibliotheque Nationale’s artist
book collection – Paris, France
: Natal Technikon print exchange ‘95 - Durban
1998:
Rhodes University print exchange - Grahamstown
2000:
Address/Redress - Bloemfontein National Museum print
exchange - Bloemfontein
: (re)creation - Artist’s portfolio - Johannesburg
: Breaking the silence - Artists for human rights portfolio
(gold medal in Geneva 2001) - Durban Technikon
2003:
Bitter Love, artist’s book, Johannesburg, - in the collections of
Heather Greig (Merely Mortal), Spier wine estate and Jack Ginsberg
2004:
Residue, artist’s book, AVA , Cape Town
2005:
MTN X10: Ten years of democracy, artist’s portfolio exchange
2006:
Crash – the photographic works, Johannesburg
2007:
Gentle wind – artist’s book, New York City
2007:
The little book of secrets – artist’s book, Indigo Boy, in the collection
of Richard Berger and Ettienne Koekemoer
2009:
Exquisite Corpse – print exchange curated by Judy Woodborne,
Cape Town, Pretoria, KKNK Festival, Oudtshoorn
Cold Sweat – artist’s book, Cape Town - in the collections of Jack
Ginsberg (Johannesburg), Spier wine estate (Stellenbosch), Ettienne
Koekemoer & Richard Berger (Cape Town) and Adv. André
Bezuidenhout (Johannesburg)
2010:
The Feather Room – mid-career book, Cape Town – with funding
from the NAC (with contributing text by Franci Cronjé)
2011:
Beautiful World – artist’s book, Cape Town and Belgium – During a
three week residency at the Frans masereel Centrum on invitation
from the Flemish Government, Belgium
2012:
The Wisdom of Dragonflies – artist’s book, Cape Town - in the
collections of Jack Ginsberg (Johannesburg) & Achim Spelling
(Cape town/Germany)
Planetary Platitudes – artist’s book, Cape Town - in the collection of
Achim Spelling (Cape town/Germany)
Selected Reviews
ANON. 1996. ‘n Meester in ons midde, Tempo ‘95: communication
journal of the Vaal Triangle
Technikon:16
ANON. 2004. Residue 2 in Pretoria, Beeld Plus. Saterdag 1 Mei: 4
ANON. 2004. Kyk na vroue wat plesier ervaar, Rapport gauteng
Leefstyl. Sondag 24 Oktober: 10
BRODIE, N. 2010. Feather Room a weighty text. Mail &Guardian,
Friday November 5-11: 2
DONALDSON, E. 1997. Watch this artist. Style, September: 88-91
DU PLESSIS, W. 2005. Stylloos. DEKAT Man, Somer: 1-3
BOTHA, S. 2005. Onsterflik. DEKAT, Herfs: 118 - 121
COOK, D. 1998. Good work at the NSA. Sunday Tribune: The Other
Mag, Sunday 12 April:9
COLLISON, C. 2012. Christiaan Diedericks: planetary platitudes. SA
Art Times, October:14-17
COULSON, M. 1998. Reflections of beauty. Financial Mail, October 23
COULSON, M. 2002. Disobedient Wit. Financial Mail, September 13
COULSON, M. 2006. Crash of cultures. Financial Mail, May 19: 110
CRONJé, F. 2006. Reviews: Chris Diedericks and Musha Neluheni. Art
South Africa Vol 5.1. Spring: 83
CRONJé, F. 2010. Chris Diedericks se werk soos tydkapsule. Die
Burger Saterdag 31 Julie: 18
DONALDSON, A. 1996. The fine art of collecting. Style, April: 40-46
DONALDSON, E. 1997. Watch this artist. Style, September: 88-91
DU PREEZ, A.2000. Anderkant van manwees. Beeld Kalender.
Dinsdag 23 Mei: 3
DU PLESSIS, B. 1996. Dié kragtoer transformeer. Beeld Kalender,
Vrydag 14 Junie: 6
DU PLESSIS, W. 2005. DEKAT Man: Stylloos. DEKAT, Somer: 83 - 5
DU TOIT, S. 2011. Klein Karoo: art by any other name. The Sunday
Independent, April 17: 2
DU TOIT, S. 2012. Haha Said The Clown. The Sunday Independent,
May 20
DUVAL, M. 2010. Using art to strip away indifference. Atlantic Sun
Thursday October 28: 11
ENGELBRECHT, T. 1997. Kuns oor duik, liefde en suiwering. Beeld
Kalender, Donderdag 23 Mei: 2
ERASMUS, S. 2005. Kuns in gesprek oor kreatiwiteit. Beeld Plus,
Woensdag 4 Mei: 5
ERASMUS, M. 2001. Chris Diedericks: The thigh of the beholder. Rush,
Volume 2 Issue 6: 8-9
GURNEY, K. 2006. Reviews: KKNK 2006. Art South Africa Vol 04 Issue
04. Winter: 70 - 1
JOHNSON, A.. 2002. Encounters of a very different kind. Business Day,
Tuesday July 16
LA GRANGE, B. 2006. Preutsstroper trots om Afrikaans te wees. Krit,
Saterdag 8 April: 8
LAMBRECHT, B. 2002. Minnaars van die gees, nie van die lyf nie.
Beeld, 22 September
LAMBRECHT, B. 2003. Waar veroordeling eindig. Beeld Plus,
Donderdag 27 Februarie: 13
LAMBRECHT, B. 2006. Beeldspraak vee skeidslyne in kuns uit. Beeld
Plus, Dinsdag 7 Maart: 3
LINDTVELD, A. 2006. Onwaarskynlike engel. Insig, Augustus: 72 - 3
MEIRING, L. 2006. Kunsvonke spat as twee uiterstes ontmoet. Rapport
Tydskrif, Sunday 9 April: 10
MYBURG, J. 2005. Diedericks nou ‘mondig’. Beeld Plus, Woensdag 9
November: 9
MYBURG, J. 2004. Gesprek wat ligweg vloei oor grense. Beeld Plus,
Donderdag 27 Februarie: 13
MYBURG, J. 2004. Beeldspraak: die wêreld deur die oë van Chris
Diedericks. Beeld Plus, Dinsdag 5
April: 2
MYBURG, J. 2005. Eerste stroom-op onsterflikes. Beeld Plus,
Woensdag 20 April: 5
MTHIYANE, T. 2006. Chris Diedericks. Contempo 01, April/May: 14
LE ROUX, M. 1995. Anatomie van die liefde. Lantern, November: 6769
O’CONNOR, M. 1993. Herald kuier by talentvolle kunstenaar.
Potchefstroom Herald/Herout, Vrydag
26 November: 6
PALMER, R. 2005. Art Immortalises Artists. Star Tonight. Thursday April
14: 5
PATERSON, T. 2002. At my table. Food and Home, Lente: 56-58
PHILLIPS, F. 1994. Werk van internasionale gehalte. Beeld, Dinsdag 6
Desember
PHILLIPS, F. 1995. SA Kunsman na Parys-ateljee genooi. Beeld
Kalender, Vrydag 5 Mei : 4
PHILLIPS, F. 2001. Works explore relationships between abstractions
and reality. Pretoria News Interval, Tuesday May 22: 4-5
STEVENS, M. 1996 Technical excellence linked to personal imagery.
Vuka, May: 72-75
STEVENS, M. 1996. Works showcase exiting talent. Pretoria News
Interval, Tuesday May 28: 3
TAIT, M. 2010. A tangible reality. DEKAT, Spring: 12
TALOTTA, J. 2005. Fame in a frame. Business Day Wanted, November:
43
TALOTTA, J. 2005. Fine Art. Sunday Times Lifestyle, Sunday 24 April: 8-9
VAN BOSCH, C. 2006. Poor venues undermine KKNK art. South
African Art Times, May: 4
VAN BOSCH, C. 2010. Beheer en trefkrag oorrompelend. Die Burger
Donderdag 25 November: 20
VAN NIEKERK, L. 1997. Diedericks fokus op soeke na identiteit. Beeld
Kalender Plus, Vrydag 5
September: 15
VAN NIEKERK, L. 1998. Wanneer is ‘n kunswerk nou werklik ‘n
belegging. Beeld Kalender. Donderdag 12 Februarie: 15
VAN ROOYEN, M. 2005. Bekendes kry nuwe status. Die Wêreld:
Leefwêreld. Sondag 1 Mei: 31
VENTER, S. 2006. Rooiwarm man: ‘n Kop om in te verdwaal. Rooi
Rose. Julie: 178 – 9
VORSTER, E. 2011. Christiaan Diedericks: balancing heaven and
earth. SA Art Times. September
Awards, Scholarships, Grants & Residencies
1989:
EVE prize for achievement in painting and graphic design Potchefstroom University
1990:
Ster Kinekor bursary - Potchefstroom University
: First prize for original poetry - Standard Bank campus talent festival Potchefstroom University
1991:
RB Hagat bursary - Potchefstroom University
: August Venter bursary - Potchefstroom University
: First prize for original poetry - Standard Bank campus talent festival Potchefstroom University
1992:
SABS Design Institute Achievers Award - nominee
: First prize for fine arts - Standard Bank campus talent festival Potchefstroom University
1996:
FRD grant for MA(FA) studies at the University of Pretoria
1997:
Department of Art, Culture, Science, and Technology grant for the
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi exhibition at The Open Window Art Gallery –
Pretoria
1999:
NAC International bursary for workshops in non-toxic printmaking at
the Grande Prairie Regional College - Alberta – Canada
2001:
Gold medal for the Breaking the Silence portfolio of prints (27 SA
artists ) at the Human Rights Convention - Geneva – Switzerland
2003:
Top 71, Ekurhuleni fine arts award, Johannesburg
2004:
Top 71, Ekurhuleni fine arts award, Johannesburg
1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2004:
Invited artist in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris,
France
2005:
Chosen artist to appear on the 13th “The Apprentice”, SABC3,
Johannesburg
2006:
Ampersand Foundation Fellowship - NYC
: Kanna Award, best visual artist at the KKNK Festival, Oudtshoorn
: NAC International bursary, Ampersand Foundation fellowship, NYC
2007:
Invited curator: Flesh! @ KKNK, Oudtshoorn
Feather
2009:
NAC grant for a published book of own mid-career work – The
Room (preparation)
2010:
Invited artist in residence - Frans Masereel
Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2011:
Invited artist in residence - Frans Masereel
Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Invited artist in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris,
France
2012:
Invited artist in residence (APS at JAG 2012) – Artist’s Proof Studio,
Newtown, Johannesburg
Invited artist in residence – Halka Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
Invited artist in residence – Venice Printmaking Studio Studio,
Venice, Italy
2013:
Invited artist in residence – Il Bisonte International School for
Printmaking, Florence, Italy
Invited artist in residence at the Mosan Art Museum – 11th
International
Cultural Art Symposium, South Korea (with 50 other
international artists)
2014:
Invited artist in residence – The Guanlan International Print Base,
Shenzhen, China
Top 40 finalist - Tollman Bouchard Finlayson Art Award Hermanus FynArts - 2014 Tondo Competition, Cape Town
Invited artist in residence – The Atelier Le Grand Village, Limoges,
France
References
Gordon Froud – Prominent SA artist and lecturer at The
University of Johannesburg
Tel: 0844238635
Email: gordon@gordartgallery.com
Annali Cabano-Dempsey – Curator University of Johannesburg
Art Gallery
Tel: 0824672775
Email: aedempsey@uj.ac.za
Dr Eugene Vorster – Psychiatrist ancient cultures student and artcollector, Cape Town
Tel: 0832732000
Email: genie64@mweb.co.za
Franci Cronjé – PhD – Academic Head at Vega, Cape Town
Tel: 0825573647
Email: franci.cronje@gmail.com
Stefan Hundt – curator, Sanlam Collection, Cape Town
Tel: 0834572699
Email: stefan.hundt@sanlam.co.za
Jack Ginsberg, Art collector, Johannesburg
Tel: 0116468279 OR 0116706515
Email: JACKG@cjpetrow.co.za
Artist’s Statement
My most recent work investigates Dystopia and the dystopian world we live in,
but still mostly within the context of gender, sexuality, masculinity and bodypolitics. The ongoing importance of the above is urgently illustrated by the
current debate about the controversial The Spear painting by South African
artist Brett Murray. The current South African political landscape is a playing
field for such critical academic artists. A relation of Vanitas in my images to the
larger concept of Dystopia is explored in most of my works and specifically in
terms of mortality, ageing, decay and ‘emptiness’. I do however admit to the
fact that vanity and an ongoing interest in our outer appearance may be as
old as humankind – it is evident even in Greek and Roman mythology and the
legend of Narcissus (and Echo) may be the most widely known myth.
A fascination with "what lies beneath" is evident in my work and human skulls a
sly criticism about the beauty and fashion industry still feeding uninformed
individuals with lies and pretence. Under the skin all humans basically "look the
same". We pose the same “ugly” skulls; sometimes even with a few teeth
missing when we die. Why are we so obsessed with youth and terrified of
growing old, and for how long will people and especially women faithfully
subscribe to contemporary beauty myths still occupying so much of our
thinking and behaviour? Humans spend millions annually on Botox, plastic
surgery and other cosmetic “enhancements”. Traditionally a female driving
force, more and more men subscribe to the same beauty myths today. Are
we desperately unhappy in our own skins and so alarmingly afraid of growing
old and eventually dying – our mortality?
On a secondary level my work also deals with the Shadow Self as opposed to
Ego-consciousness based on the work of especially psychoanalyst Carl Jung.
According to Jung most people are often afraid of their Real- or Shadow
Selves and wear masks daily due to peer pressure and an ingrained fear of
ridicule, and "not being good enough".
Most people wear these masks to enable them to "fit into” society and are
terrified of simply accepting personal "mistakes and flaws". Humans are made
to believe by popular beauty magazines that old age is simply ugly and
undesirable and we do everything in our power to rid ourselves of any signs of
ageing. Very recently, in a popular television series Private Practice a female
character sadly states, "old people scare her". This is the psychological
dystopia of lies, pretence and "plastic existence" we have created as a socalled “advanced” species.
As an artist I am fascinated by “real” people, people without the constant
need to "enhance" their outer appearance - to the point of becoming "freaks"
or “clowns”; individuals with a true authentic self at the core. Furthermore, the
beauty industry literally steals millions from people daily by making them
believe that they are not "good enough", that they need to "enhance" the
way they look. This industry keeps the Beauty Myth alive. According to gender
theorist Naomi Wolf “the basic premise of the Beauty Myth is that forced
adherence to standards of physical beauty has grown stronger for women as
they gained power in other societal arenas”. Wolf argues “this standard of
beauty has taken over the work of social coercion formerly left to myths about
motherhood, domesticity, chastity, and passivity, all of which have been used
to keep women powerless. In the author’s view, “the gaunt, youthful model
[has] supplanted the happy housewife as the arbiter of successful
womanhood.” The myth of beauty spreads the belief that an objective
measurement of beauty exists, and that woman must want to embody it, and
that men must want such women.
However, Wolf contends, “the beauty myth is really not about women, it is
about men’s institutions and power. Beauty is about behaviour, not
appearance. The qualities labelled ‘beautiful’ in women in any given time
period are no more than symbols of female behaviour considered desirable at
that time. Besides weakening women psychologically, the beauty myth feeds
a multibillion-dollar cosmetics industry, and keeps women from rising too high
in the workplace by offering a way around antidiscrimination laws.” The latter
in many human beings creates a vast array of psychological ills. The power of
popular media is immense today, especially in a world inhabited by noncritical individuals.
In my work, time and space appear to dissolve, and an air of conflict erupts.
This is often a direct result of a personal aim to calm and disturb at the same
time - drawing parallels between the two extremes of utopia and dystopia.
There is always a secondary narrative in my work. The primary narrative has
symbolic authority and aesthetic promise, although the mysterious secondary
narrative exists in order to provoke thought in the viewer.
In many ways I aim to ‘rewrite’ history in my work and the dominant sense of
self-awareness that informs most Western art practices. I am trying to present
contemporary issues such as Difference as timeless, by situating my
vocabulary of images and themes in an organic flux of dreams, history, news,
commercial detritus, hyper-reality, and unvoiced feelings and forces of
biological nature/desire.
Christiaan Diedericks
June 2013