CHRISTIAAN DIEDERICKS

(b. 1965)

Christiaan Diedericks is a full-time contemporary artist, educator, and curator with extensive experience in the specific areas of new media, printmaking, drawing, graphic design, and creative process. He is living and working full-time in his studio in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1991: Cosmos Gallery - Potchefstroom

1993: Potchefstroom Museum

1994: Salle Edouard 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 (master’s 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, Northwest Province

2013: Elegy, UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg

2014/5: Below the Surface, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms Lifestyle and Décor Centre, Cape Town

2015: The Hu(man) Condition (a selection of graphic works), The Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington

2017: Paradisus Deperditum, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein

: Paradisus Deperditum, The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg

: The Burning Library, Die Woordfees (curated by Alex Hamilton), Stellenbosch Museum

: Confessional, Rust and Vrede Art Gallery, Durbanville

2019: In search of a new King, The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch,

Johannesburg

2021: Furnace (Seize), Association of Arts, Pretoria

2022: Vortex – a collaboration with Shui-Lyn White, Space Modern, Rossouw Art Galleries, Hermanus

: Vortex – a collaboration with Shui-Lyn White, Infinity to the power of women, Nelson Mandela Foundation, Houghton, Johannesburg

2023: The re-enchantment of Beauty – SPACE Modern, Rossouw Modern Art Galleries, Hermanus

2024: Imaginaria – (with Judy Woodborne), Lizamore & Associates, Rosebank Fire Station, Rosebank, Johannesburg

: Curated; the original print – (with Judy Woodborne), RK Contemporart Art Gallery, De Waterkant, Cape Town

 

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), Museum Africa, 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, Belville

: Cultivaria 2009 – Off-the-wall 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, Franschhoek

: 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 Westcott), 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)

: DF Winter Show, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, 91 4th Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng

: DF Winter Show, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, The Palms Lifestyle and Décor Centre, Cape Town

: Jou daaglikse Dosis, Clover Aardklop, Curated by Alex Hamilton, Potchefstroom

: …is it Art? Curated by Derek Zietsman, Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, 91 4th Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng

:7th Lithographic Symposium, Tidaholm, Sweden

: Exposition des lithographies de l’Atelier le Grand Village, Musée des Arts Populaires, Ussel, France

 

2016

: Four Horsemen, Equus Gallery, Cavali Equestrian Estate, Stellenbosch

: Material(i)sation – Curated by Aidon Westcott, Art in the Yard, Franschhoek, Cape Town

: Plek/Plek– Curated by Alex Hamilton, Die Woordfees, Stellenbosch

: Of Monuments and Men, Imibala Gallery, Stellenbosch

: Chapter III, DF Contemporary, Cape Town

: 100 Geographies, curated by Elizabeth Miller-Vermeulen, Stellenbosch

: Exposition des lithographies de l’Atelier le Grand Village, La Prieuré de l’eglise des Salles Lavauguyon, France

: Badly Drawn Porn, Trent Gallery, Pretoria

: Prime Meridian, Trent Gallery, Pretoria

: G&W Tellus Sculptura, ceramic sculpture and ceramic plate

  exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria

: Sex, Death and Cape Town, Alex Hamilton studio gallery, Cape

 Town

 

2017

: Angels, Demons and Gargoyles, Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington

: See Art – (Curated by Derek Zietsman), Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg

: Mute Wisdom, (Curated by Gordon Froud), Almenkerk, Elgin, Cape Town

: Bosch in Africa, (Curated by Sandra Hanekom), Die Woordfees, Stellenbosch

: See Art – (Curated by Derek Zietsman), Association of Arts, Pretoria

: The Exhibition (featured artist) – (Curated by Jozua Rossouw and Calven le Roux), Rossouw Modern Art Galleries, Hermanus

: Kakotopia – (Curated by Derek Zietsman), UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg

 

2018

: The Truth About Rabbits, Rust and Vrede Art Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town

: Kennis exhibition, (Curated by Alex Hamilton), Die Woordfees, Stellenbosch

: Wounds and Relics, (Curated by Johan Conradie), Gallery 2, Johannesburg

: Summer Atelier 2018, The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg

 

2019

: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow @ die Woordfees, Stellenbosch, Cape Town

: Collecting Contemporary, Lizamore and Associates @ KKNK, Oudtshoorn

: Artist’s Proof Studio: A journey in co-creation, FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg

: Disrupting Patterns: An engaging Pan African contemporary group exhibition, The Melrose Gallery @ the One & Only, Cape Town

 

2020

: Women who Read are Dangerous, Rust and Vrede Art gallery (online exhibition due to COVID-19)

: White Tinted Blues, The CO Art, Barcelona (online exhibition due to COVID-19)

: PEARL – A tribute to Janis Joplin (curated by Gordon froud), the ArtBox Gallery, Pretoria

 

2021

: Connectivity (curated by Anna Liebenberg), the Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery, Pretoria

: Vanitas (curated by Prof. Elfriede Dreyer), edg2020 Gallery, Pretoria

 

2022

: Tuin van Digters: Recto/ Verso, Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington

: Die hand, die mond, die hart vlam vol, Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington

: smallprint, Rust and Vrede Gallery, Durbanville

: 75th birthday celebration exhibition, ArtsPTA, Pretoria

: Narrative (curated by Judy Woodborne), RK Contemporary, Riebeeck Kasteel

: Sakpas Rust and vrede gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town

 

2023

: Ibethiwe Aphuke / beaten not broken, The Space – Rossouw Modern Art Galleries, Hermanus, Western Cape

: Ubambiswano (union), Collaboration between St Lorient Fashion & Art Gallery and the Artists Proof Studio. The Viewing Room Art Gallery, Pretoria

: Merkwaardig (curated by Anne-Ghrett Erasmus, Suidoosterfees, Artscape, Cape Town & the Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington

: Lepus – (curated by Judy Woodborne), RK Contemporary, Riebeek – Kasteel, Western Cape

Dia de los Muertos (curated by Dianne Heesom Green), Stone Fish Studio. Paternoster, West – Coast

Yule (curated by Ilse Schermers), IS Art Gallery (Blaauwklippen and Dorp Street), Stellenbosch

CeraMix, ArtB gallery, Belville

 

2024

Uniting the ink - The Printing girls and Boys, (curated by The Printing Girls), Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg

Speel/Play (curated by Teresa Lizamore), Woordfees, Stellenbosch

Inner Sight, (curated by Corlie de Kock, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna

Summer show, RK Contemporary, Riebeeck Kasteel

 

AWARDS

PAKASANA Award – Awarded by Positive Energy Art for my work on the exhibition Pilgrimage, India

Winner of the BEST Printmaking Award, IOMAC – 2nd Annual Online Miniature Art Contest and Exhibition 2021: Insight in Bangladesh (one of nine award winners)

LAUREATE Award at the 6th Kazan Printmaking Biennial 2021 Horsemen, Kazan, Russia

OTTER Award (shared with Shui-Lyn White for our collaboration Vortex), Platforme Planet Earth: Art for Climate Change (hosted and curated by Judy Holm), Gallery 193, Paris, France

Certificate of artistic merit, Luxembourg Art Prize, 2021, annual international art contest organized by La Pinacothèque, a museum located in the grand duchy of Luxembourg.

 

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 Print Base, Shenzhen, China

Museum Karkonoskie, Góra, Poland

Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein

William Humphries Art Gallery, Kimberley

Collection of Cabildo Insular de La Palma, Madrid, Spain

Collection of the World Art League, Silkroads, Xi’an, Republic of China

Collection of the Foundation KulturDialog Armenien - the First International Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenia

University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) Art Gallery in The Jack Ginsberg Artist’s Book Collection – Johannesburg

Albertina Museum Collection, Albertina Platz, Vienna, Austria – as an artist in the Don Quixote Print portfolio, published by Francis van der Riet, Atelier Le Grand Village, Charente-Maritime, France

The Albertina collection in Vienna - The Atelier le Grand Museum of Collection of the the Kozara Museum, Prijedor, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak Foundation, Kazanlak, Bulgaria

The Graphic Gallery Fund Collection of the Boris Georgiev Varna City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria

Archive collection, ΑTHENS PRINTMAKING ART CENTER C.N.P.P. -PANDOLFINI & SIATERLI C.N.P.P.

The permanent collection of the Diocecane Museum, Salerno, Italy (as the winner of the first prize for MudiInArte 2021)

Art Collection of the Port Authority of Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Cantabria, Spain

Samuel Buelvas House Museum of Engraving Collection, Barranquilla, Columbia

International Graphic Collection of the Franciscan Museum and Art Gallery Gorica – Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Permanent collection, China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China

Dry Point Permanent Collection, City Gallery of Uzice, Uzice,

Livno Triennial graphic arts collection, Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Kōchi Prefecture in Japan