Curriculum Vitae

















Brahm Jo'hann van Zyl

2012 February -  "Me, myself and I" ,Group exhibition at "The Art Business" - Piketberg, South Africa


March - "Hinterland" Solo Exhibition at ABSA KKNK National Arts Festival - Oudtshoorn, South Africa

April -  "Curator's Choice" - Group Exhibition - "The Art Business" Gallery, Piketberg 



June - "Stock - Art and the Animal" - Group Exhibition, "The Art Business" Gallery, Piketberg 












2011 March - Woordfees - "550" Group exhibition - Stellenbosch, South Africa



March - "Exterior, Interior & the Spaces in between", Group exhibition @ "The Art Business" Gallery, Piketberg 

March - Jan Cilliers Group art exhibition: Artspace - Johannesburg, South Africa



April - Created Sculptures for the film : "The Chronicle"





May - Created props for Artscape Production: "The Mandela Trilogy"




August - "Habitat", Solo exhibition: Grande Provence - Franschhoek, South Africa


September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio - Lamberts bay, SA



October - two man show with Guy du Toit at Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch - South Africa

October - Group exhibition - "Earth to earth" Art space - Piketberg













2010 March - Woordfees Group exhibition "Op die toneel" - Stellenbosch, South Africa



May - Group exhibition, "Historical buildings of  Piketberg" , Anthea Delmotte Gallery - Piketberg

Created paintings for the film : "Women in love" , Cape Town





July - Group exhibition "Paint from the heart", Anthea Delmotte Gallery  - Piketberg 


September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay



September - Group exhibition - Off the wall gallery,  "Cultivaria festival", Paarl



October - Pikertberg Art Weekend  - solo exhibition






December - Solo exhibition "Huis, paleis, pondok…." , University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery

December - Group exhibition, "Angels V" - The Gallery at Grande Provence, Franchhoek, South Africa










2009 March - Woordfees  Groepsuitstalling - "Lag-Lag 10jaar" - Stellenbosch




April - Solo exhibition "Net 'n oomblik"at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery - Durbanville



April - Group exhibition - "Strokes of Genius" Dept Art and Culture project connecting 


industries - Willowbridge Tygervalley







July - Members group exhibition at the Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town.


August - Group Exhibition "If I were a girl" at Magpie Gallery, Pretoria




August - Created paintings for hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE





September - Portrait group exhibition at the Cultivaria Festival, De Kraal Gallery, Paarl


Created paintings for the film : "Sinking of the Laconia", Cape Town













2008 September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay



December - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Noordhoek




Exhibiting oil paintings at Cape Gallery - Cape Town, Stellenbosch Gallery, Johan Coetzee 

Art Gallery in Stellenbosch, Lindy Van Niekerk Art Gallery and Cherie de Villiers Gallery 


Johannesburg.

















2007 September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay.



December - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Noordhoek




Exhibiting oil paintings at Cape Gallery - Cape Town, Stellenbosch Gallery & Johan Coetzee 

Art Gallery in Stellenbosch. Lindy Van Niekerk Art Gallery & Absolut Art Gallery 












2006 January-February - Solo exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery, Durbanville 



"Memories of dry places - Part one"







September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay. 



Created sculptures for the film production "Gallowwalker" - Namibia













2005 February - Created sculptures for theatre production - "Show Boat" Artscape, Cape Town

Created scuptures for Walt Disney Film production - "The Three Investigators"



September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay 



December - Group exhibition - Surf Art with Conrad Botes, Beezy Bailey, Brett Murray,


Sanell Aggenbach, Richard Scott and Cameron Platter at VEO Gallery, Cape Town.











2004 March/June - Theme Designing for the "Gardens Shopping Mall", Dubai. UAE



Set-building for film production "The Trail " - Namibia





September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay 



Created sculpture of a life-size Spanish "el toro"  for "The Desert Palace Casino" - Upington










2003 Created a collection of paintings for the Fishmonger Restaurant group, 




Western Cape and Gauteng, SA







Inauguration Monument- Doyle Art Foundry - Angola - 





Created props for film "Twelve Days of Terror" and Zenon Z3





Created sculptures for King Solomons Mines with Patrick Swayze




September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay.












2002 - 2011 Started a second commercial arts company "Giro Kreativ cc" 





Manufacturing of props and set building for various Film Production Houses and Art Directors 

on International and locally produced films and commercials





Created replica of the Soyuz TM33 Capsule for Mark Shuttleworth's




Hip-2b² road show. Currently exhibited at the - Science centre, Century City.



September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay.












2001 September - Group exhibition - Steenbokfontein Art Studio, Lamberts bay.












1996 Two man exhibition - “The Art Studio” in Onrust.






Exhibited work at Johans Borman Fine Art Gallery in Onrust.





Exhibited paintings in various small group exhibitions in Hermanus and Stellenbosch.











1992 Group Exhibition - Verwoerdburg Library, Pretoria






Exhibited paintings in various small group exhibitions in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Knysna.










1990 -2002 Started a commercial arts company "Doodleheads Art and Design" 




Working on commercial projects, creating objets d’art, murals, paintings, paint finishes 


and sculpture for interiors and exteriors of restaurants, shops, private homes, theatre 


and film productions.








Worked on major projects at the Carousel, Lost City, Wild Coast Sun, Emerald City


Grand West Casino and Century City 







Created props for "The Cell " with Jennifer Lopez - Namibia                                                     

Art Director on Ratanga Junction and Dockside Disco 














1990 Participated in various group exhibitions with art group "Pols" in ,Pretoria












1989 Group exhibition - Metropolitan Life, Johannesburg





1986 Solo Exhibition - Pierneef Museum, Pretoria















1983 Exhibited paintings - “New Signatures” Exhibition, SAAA, Pretoria.













1983 -1984 Studied BA fine arts at the University of Pretoria, South Africa 













1980 Matriculated at Overkruin High school, Pretoria, South Africa 














1962 Born on 13 September, Windhoek, Namibia






















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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