Janko de Beer (born February 24, 1980) is a South African
sculptor and
visual artist, based in
Somerset West, South Africa
Somerset West ( af, Somerset-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality as a suburb of the H ...
.
Career
De Beer obtained his law degree (LLB) in 2003 and practiced as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa for 12 years. In 2005, De Beer started his career as a
sculptor. In 2010, he had his first solo sculpture exhibition in Cape Town at Long Street Gallery. In 2014, he landed exhibition space in his first group show at Cape Town's Youngblood Gallery. The natural shapes and textures of dried-out bull kelp collected from various beaches around South Africa inspire his current work. Over the years, He participated in many group exhibitions.
Selected art works
;2021
* ''Metamorphosis'', Creation Wine Estate, Hermanus, SA
* Solo exhibition, Denzil's & Jo, Johannesburg, South Africa
* Motion Bandits (skateboard art benefitting ladles of love), Galleryone11, Cape Town, SA
;2020
*
Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Afrikaans for ''Little Karoo National Arts Festival'' and usually abbreviated to ''KKNK'') is an Afrikaans language arts festival that takes place yearly in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. The festival i ...
, Oudtshoorn, SA
* Hermanus FynKuns, Hermanus, SA
;2018
* The Turbine Art Fair (TAF), S Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
* Bespoke Art Auction, Little Angels, Idiom Wine Estate, Cape Town, SA
* Dennis Goldberg Art Auction, S Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
* First Thursday Group Exhibition, Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town, SA
* Group exhibition, RED Gallery, Constantia, SA
;2016
* Solo exhibition, ODA Gallery, Franschhoek, SA
* Group exhibition, S Gallery, Houtbay, SA
;2015
* ''Nature'', group exhibition, Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
* ''Horse'', group exhibition, Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
* ''The Nature of Art'', group exhibition, ABSA KKNK, Oudshoorn, SA
;2014
* Equus exhibition, Cavalli Estate, Somerset West, SA
* First Thursday Group Exhibition, Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town, SA
* Group exhibition, Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town, SA
;2010
* Solo exhibition, Long Street Gallery, Cape Town, SA
;2008
* Group exhibition, Artapart Gallery, Muizenberg, SA
;2007
* Group exhibition, Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington, SA
;2006
* Group exhibition, Drop Street Theatre Gallery, Stellenboch, SA
References
1980 births
Living people
South African artists
South African sculptors
People from Somerset West
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