Artist CV
Artist's statement
(b 1979ZA. Lives and works in Cape Town )
Strydom uses his work as a way to interrogate his masculine Afrikaner identity. By employing humour and irony in his painting and drawings, he frequently considers the point where spirituality and identity politics intersect.Solo exhibitions
- 2019
- Crepuscular, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town
- 2018
- The Augurs Chord
- 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town
- 2015
- 78910, Commune 1, Cape Town
- 2011
- The Last Battle is the Loneliest, Brundyn+ Project Space
- 2010
- Poppies in October, Brundyn+ Project Space
- 2009
- Sad People from the Future, Dawid Ras, Johannesburg
- 2008
- Tell your daddy I say hello, AVA, Cape Town
- 2005:
- Through the Looking Glass, Dirt Art Space, Cape Town
Group exhibitions
- 2020
- Shaping Things, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch
- Cape Town Art Fair, 99 Loop Gallery
- Kantel, a 2 person show with Isabel Mertz, Woordfees, Stellenbosch
- Nostalgia at Daor Contemporary
- 2019
- Dwell in Possibility, Centenary Gallery, University of the Free State
- Back to the Future I at Dawid Ras Gallery, Johannesburg
- Cape Town Art Fair, 99 Loop Gallery
- Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium (with Dyman Gallery)
- Cape Town Salon 18/19, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
- 2018
- Proof, SMAC, Stellenbosch
- Nano 1.2, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
- Contemporary Abstract, Gallery 2, Johannesburg
- The Paddock III at Blue Door Print Studio Gallery, Johannesburg
- Drawing Conclusions II, Arts Association, Pretoria
- 2017
- Fluid, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
- Nano, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
- Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg (with Dawid Ras)
- Lady Garden, Cavalli Equus Gallery
- 2016
- Cape Town Art Fair (with Commune 1)
- 2015
- Drawing, GUS, Stellenbosch, Walking the Line at Tokara
- 2014
- AVA Gallery Auction, Cape Town
- 2013
- Shimmering, Cavalli Equus Gallery
- Absa 7 Deadly Virtues exhibition at KKNK (Klein Karoo Kunstefees)
- YPO, Silo Gallery, CTCA, Cape Town
- Moleskine Art and Design Project (launch at KKNK)
- 2012
- Two-person show at Dawid Ras, with Hannes van Zyl
- Taal van Teken at KKNK
- ABSA's Art Child, Design Indaba
- 2011
- 20 to 80: One common Denominator, KKNK
- Paper is You, Salon 91, Cape Town
- Open Books at Brundyn+, Loop str, Cape Town
- 2010
- And What Now? , 2 man show with Louis Olivier at Grande Provence, Franschhoek
- The Mechanics and Mysteries of Perception, Brundyn+, Cape Town
- 2009
- Walking the Line, Artspace, Johannesburg
- Dawid’s Choice, Red Black and White Gallery, Stellenbosch
- 2008
- Absa L’Atelier Awards, Johannesburg
- Graphic Abstract, KKNK and Lourensford, Somerset West
- 2007
- Drawing Show, Off the Wall Gallery, Paarl
- Flesh! at the KKNK
- Thought Traffic, Premises Gallery, Johannesburg
- 2006
- Die Mees Opwindendste Tekententoonstelling Ooit, KKNK
- 2003
- Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum
- PPC Sculpture Awards, Arts Association, Pretoria
- 2002
- Absa L’Atelier Awards, Johannesburg
- Drawing Conclusions, Arts Association, Pretoria
Press & publications
- 2019
- ‘Artists We Love', Visi magazine
Teaching
- 2017 – 2020
- Part-time lecturer at the Ruth Prowse School of Art
- 2013 - 2018
- Part-time lecturer at Stellenbosch University
- 2011 -2013
- Guest lecturer at Michaelis, UCT
- 2008 - 2009
- Guest lecturer at the Stellenbosch Academy of Photography and Design
- 2005 – 2007
- English Literature tutor at the US English Department, University of Stellenbosch
- Presentation of drawing workshops at the US Gallery
- 2004 English teacher at Global Village Organisation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Education
- 2005 - 2008
- MA (Visual Arts) at the University of Stellenbosch
- 2003
- Certificate in Film and Broadcasting at Allenby Campus, Centurion
- 1999 - 2002
- BA (Fine Art) at the University of Pretoria