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Nico (Londos) van Rensburg - Three Free July 2019
Nico van Rensburg was born on the 23rd of September 1935 in Ladybrand, Eastern Free State and went to school in Ladybrand and Benoni. After school he studied at the Faculty of Art & Design, Technikon, Witwatersrand where he obtained the National Art Teacher’s Diploma (NATD) and the National Higher Diploma in Fine Arts (NAFA). He specialized in Child Art/Art Education.
He commenced his teaching career while a student, teaching art to children and adults at the Benoni Commercial High School and Hoër Volkskool, Potchefstroom, 1960-1964.
In 1965 he lectured art at the Johannesburg College of Art, becoming senior lecturer and finally head of the Fine Arts Department of the School of Art and Design, Technicon Witwatersrand. In 1983 he was appointed Director of this institution.
During this time Nico was art critic for the SABC (Afrikaans section) and for Die Vaderland, Die Transvaler and guest art critic for Die Beeld. He wrote for Die Lantern (now Vuka), Art Look, Flying Springbok, Barclay Card Magazine, Cultura, etc.
Nico was member of the Sestiger painter/artist group movement in the sixties that brought new ideas and fresh techniques onto the art scene. He has had numerous solo art exhibitions and has participated in many group shows in South Africa and overseas. Nico was one of the artists invited by Pres. Thabo Mbeki to visualize his African Renaissance. In 1999 this project was launched at the State Theatre, Pretoria.
At present Nico is a full time painter and conducts private art workshops. He is a well known speaker on art, art advisor and a judge of art competitions and art festivals all over the country. He was a regular exhibitor at Aardklop, Potchefstroom, until 2013.
His work can be seen in the art collections of the art museums of Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Pietersburg and Lichtenburg. Wits, RAU, PUCHO, Stellenbosch University, SABC, FAK, SASOL, Mosgas, TELKOM, ABSA and Plascon also have selections of his paintings.
He lives in Parys, Free State.
Nico (Londos) Van Rensburg, Heidi Lise, Nikodemis
Diverse artworks... one family… three genre's… free themes
Three artists – professional artist teacher and critic dad Nico van Rensburg, his teacher farmer artist son Nikodemis and dancer barrista designer daughter Heidi Lise – join forces in an organic symphony of diverse dances in visual art.
THREE FREE exhibition:
Opening night 04th July 2019 18:30-22:30
First Sundays Melville 07th July 2019 13:00-17:00
Monday - Friday 05th-31st July 2019 10:00-15:00
The Art House, 67 4th Avenue, Melville
He commenced his teaching career while a student, teaching art to children and adults at the Benoni Commercial High School and Hoër Volkskool, Potchefstroom, 1960-1964.
In 1965 he lectured art at the Johannesburg College of Art, becoming senior lecturer and finally head of the Fine Arts Department of the School of Art and Design, Technicon Witwatersrand. In 1983 he was appointed Director of this institution.
During this time Nico was art critic for the SABC (Afrikaans section) and for Die Vaderland, Die Transvaler and guest art critic for Die Beeld. He wrote for Die Lantern (now Vuka), Art Look, Flying Springbok, Barclay Card Magazine, Cultura, etc.
Nico was member of the Sestiger painter/artist group movement in the sixties that brought new ideas and fresh techniques onto the art scene. He has had numerous solo art exhibitions and has participated in many group shows in South Africa and overseas. Nico was one of the artists invited by Pres. Thabo Mbeki to visualize his African Renaissance. In 1999 this project was launched at the State Theatre, Pretoria.
At present Nico is a full time painter and conducts private art workshops. He is a well known speaker on art, art advisor and a judge of art competitions and art festivals all over the country. He was a regular exhibitor at Aardklop, Potchefstroom, until 2013.
His work can be seen in the art collections of the art museums of Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Pietersburg and Lichtenburg. Wits, RAU, PUCHO, Stellenbosch University, SABC, FAK, SASOL, Mosgas, TELKOM, ABSA and Plascon also have selections of his paintings.
He lives in Parys, Free State.
Nico (Londos) Van Rensburg, Heidi Lise, Nikodemis
Diverse artworks... one family… three genre's… free themes
Three artists – professional artist teacher and critic dad Nico van Rensburg, his teacher farmer artist son Nikodemis and dancer barrista designer daughter Heidi Lise – join forces in an organic symphony of diverse dances in visual art.
THREE FREE exhibition:
Opening night 04th July 2019 18:30-22:30
First Sundays Melville 07th July 2019 13:00-17:00
Monday - Friday 05th-31st July 2019 10:00-15:00
The Art House, 67 4th Avenue, Melville