Richardt Strydom
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Richardt Strydom is a practicing artist, and Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design
at the North-West University
Richardt Strydom is a practicing artist, and Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design
at the North-West University
Richardt Strydom is a practicing artist, and Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design
at the North-West University
in Potchefstroom.
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
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, and Outstanding Visual Artist Award, Stellenbosch Woordfees 2010. 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.
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
at the North-West University
North-West University
The North-West University is a newly merged institution from 1 January 2004 onwards with four campuses at Potchefstroom, Mafikeng, Vanderbijlpark and Mankwe. The Potchefstroom Campus is the largest, and the head office of the University is situated at this location...
Richardt Strydom is a practicing artist, and Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
at the North-West University
North-West University
The North-West University is a newly merged institution from 1 January 2004 onwards with four campuses at Potchefstroom, Mafikeng, Vanderbijlpark and Mankwe. The Potchefstroom Campus is the largest, and the head office of the University is situated at this location...
Richardt Strydom is a practicing artist, and Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
at the North-West University
North-West University
The North-West University is a newly merged institution from 1 January 2004 onwards with four campuses at Potchefstroom, Mafikeng, Vanderbijlpark and Mankwe. The Potchefstroom Campus is the largest, and the head office of the University is situated at this location...
in Potchefstroom.
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
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
, New York (2005) and Payne Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA (2007); Boere Kitch (2007) Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees is an Afrikaans language arts festival that takes place yearly in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. The festival includes both the visual and the performing arts and is officially recognized by the South African government as a national arts festival...
(curated by Gordon Froud); Oor die einders van die bladsy (2010), Stellenbosch and FADA Gallery Johannesburg, and L'origine du monde (2010) at Aardklop
Aardklop
Aardklop is an annual South African arts festival held since 1998 in the town of Potchefstroom in the North-West province of South Africa. This cultural festival incorporates predominantly Afrikaans theatre, dance, music, cabaret and visual arts, and is held in a variety of venues in and around the...
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
Aardklop
Aardklop is an annual South African arts festival held since 1998 in the town of Potchefstroom in the North-West province of South Africa. This cultural festival incorporates predominantly Afrikaans theatre, dance, music, cabaret and visual arts, and is held in a variety of venues in and around the...
National Arts Festival programme. One of Strydom's works were also included in The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics
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, and Outstanding Visual Artist Award, Stellenbosch Woordfees 2010. 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
North-West University
The North-West University is a newly merged institution from 1 January 2004 onwards with four campuses at Potchefstroom, Mafikeng, Vanderbijlpark and Mankwe. The Potchefstroom Campus is the largest, and the head office of the University is situated at this location...
. 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
Charles Davidson Bell
Charles Davidson Bell was the Surveyor-General in the Cape, an artist, heraldist, and designer of Cape medals and stamps.-Life history:...
.
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
- 2011 A verbis ad verbera II - From words to blows II, Artspace, Parkwood, Johannesburg.
- 2010 A verbis ad verbera - From words to blows, Snowflake building, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom.
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
- 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
- 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