Willem Boshoff
        
 
   
 


 
 

Sculpter

 

Conceptual artist

 
 

 

South Africa

 

 
 

penman@icon.co.za

interview

 
   
  
 
Vitae
 
 
  • 1976-82: Interlocking wooden strctures;
  • 1982-83: 370 day Project;
  • 1980-86: Cryptic Writing Project;
  • 1982-96: Ectypal Garden of Eden- an installation of thousands of whispered plant names (in progress);
  • 1991-96: Blind Wall- a postmodern dictionary for the 11 official languages of South Africa, consisting of 10 000 arcane words on 10 obstacle walls (in progress)
 
 
Studies
 
 
  • 1970-74 Johannesburg College of Art (Now Technikon Witwatersrand), National Art Teacher's Diploma;
  • 1980 Technikon Witwatersrand, National Higher Diploma in Fine Art (Printmaking);
  • 1984 Technikon Witwatersrand, Masters Diploma In Technology in Fine Art (Sculpture)
  • 1982 Study visits to Austria, Germany,
  • 1993 to England, Wales and Scotland.
 
 
  • 1970-74 :Johannesburg College of Art (Now Technikon Witwatersrand), National Art Teacher's Diploma;
  • 1980 :Technikon Witwatersrand, National Higher Diploma in Fine Art (Printmaking);
  • 1984: Technikon Witwatersrand, Masters Diploma In Technology in Fine Art (Sculpture)
  • 1982: Study visits to Austria, Germany,
  • 1993: to England, Wales and Scotland.
 
 
Selected Exhibitions
 
 
  • 1981: Guest artist at the Johannesburg Art Gallery;
  • 1982: Natalie Knight Art Gallery, Johannesburg;
  • 1985: 'Tributaries' , touring SA and West Germany;1994 'State of the Art' , Everard Read Contemporary, Johannesburg;
  • 1995: 'Africus Biennale' Johannesburg Art Gallery; 'Vita Art Now' Johannesburg Art Gallery;
  • South African representative of the United Nations "Right to Hope" exhibition of international art touring various countries: 'Siyawela' Birmingham, England;
  • 1996: 'Vita Art Now' , Johannesburg Art Gallery; Mermaid Theatre Gallery, London.
 
 

Collections

 
 
  • University of South Africa;
  • Gencor, Johannesburg;
  • Technikon Witwatersrand, SA National Gallery, Cape Town;
  • Sandton National Gallery, Johannesburg;
  • Jack Ginsberg Collections of Book Arts, Johannesburg;
  • Pierre Lombard;
  • Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archives of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami