projects

Updated 17 September 2009

2010 - 2012

DPhil candidate at Tuks.

Summer 2010 <<

SOLO, Cold Sweat. ArtSPACE Berlin. Director: Karen Bradtke
www.artspaceberlin. blogspot.com

September 2009 <<

Cold Sweat (The Graphic works) with Vulindlela Nyoni. ArtSPACE, Durban. Director: Karen Bradtke
www.artspace durban.co.za

September 2009

Cold Sweat (The Graphic Works). Cultivaria. Off the Wall Contemporary, Paarl 
Director: Wendy Roux
www.offthewall contemporary.com

September 2009

Preparation for a DPhil in Fine Arts at the University of Pretoria. Promotor: Prof. Elfriede Dreyer

August 2009 <<

Group show with Judy Woodborne & Paul Birchal. Rust & Vrede Gallery. Belville, South Africa. www.rust-en-vrede.com

24 July 2009 <<

Cold Sweat (The Graphic works). Focus Contemporary | Fine Young Art. Les Arcs Draguignan, French Riviera, France.
www.focus contemporary.co.za

4 June - 4 July 2009 <<

Cape Printmakers. The South African Print Gallery,
South Africa.

February 2009 <<

Cold Sweat. Focus Contemporary. Director: Migo Manz
www.focus contemporary.co.za

December 2008 <<

GROUP, Oppitafel. Artspace, Rosebank, JHB. Director: Teresa Lizamore. www.artspace- jhb.co.za

27 Oct - 19 Nov 2008 <<

GROUP, Miniatures! (curated by Grace Kotze). ArtSPACE, Durban
Director: Karen Bradtke
www.artspace durban.co.za

September 2008 <<

GROUP, De Kraal miniatures exhibition. Cultivaria, Paarl
Director: Anne-Marie Scholtz
www.dekraal gallery.com

6-27 September 08 <<

[ Small ] Poison is an exhibition of approximately 100 miniatures. Pretoria, South Africa. Director: Dr. Elfriede Dreyer, www.fried contemporary.com

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CURRENT exhibitions • ONLINE exhibitions • TRAVELS CURRENT EXHIBITIONS Cold Sweat (The Graphic Works) September 2009 with Vulindlela Nyoni. Artspace, Durban, South Africa.   << ONLINE EXHIBITIONS Secrets and Lies (Her Majesty's [Ivory] Tower) Chris Diedericks' 21st solo exhibition is now online. It won the Kanna Best Visual Artist award at the KKnK festival in Oudsthoorn, South Africa in 2006. Read more... Indigo Boy • October 2007 : An online process artwork that culminated in an exhibition at the University of Johannesburg art gallery. • 01 November 2007 : Currently exhibiting online at www.javamuseum.org as part of net.NET I, curated by Wilfred Agricola de Cologne. • May 2008 : Indigo Boy II will take place in Stellenbosch, South Africa. • October 2008 : Indigo Boy III will be in New York City, USA. Read more... << TRAVELS DECEMBER 2007 NEW YORK BLOG The first one in the Big Apple - Then ARGENTINA! Friday 7 December 2007 I am running like a demented ant, getting ready to fly to NYC on Tuesday. Exiting times. My first major show with Dianne Heesom- Green! My body filled with flashes of energy, my heart strong and proud…and an angel waiting in the wings to become mine… Read more... << TRAVELS JUNE 2007 >>
PARIS, SPAIN, MOROCCO The City of the Red Clown "and then on a blood-red day you invite me for coffee" It is of the utmost importance for any artist to travel extensively in order to gain new inspiration and "recharge your batteries". I have always, on all my travels to almost all the corners of the world discovered sparks and magic for my work. On this sojourn to Paris, Spain and Morocco, the one thing that immediately grabbed me by the balls was the splashes of intense colour everywhere, especially in the ancient city of Marrakech. My "Men of Colour" series was born, and endless other incredible images presented themselves to me like cheap whores in a sleezy pub. I feel like a sultan or a king who can harvest from his harem any colour and make love to the deepest indigos, passionate reds and oranges, craziest blues, freshest yellows, and not to forget the gayest pinks and purples. Indigo Boy changed into a chameleon overnight and I find myself to be a totally different colour every morning, as I stared, in wonderment, at my joyful reflection in the maddest mirror. "one brave black burkha enters the tearoom silently" Indigo Boy, Marrakech, June, 2007 <<		Barcelona >> Madrid >> Casablanca >> Marrakech >> Agadir >>

Updated 18 May 2009, www.chrisdiedericks.co.za, author: Chris Diedericks.

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