ANDRE SERFONTEIN

ANDRE SERFONTEIN

André Serfontein is a designer, illustrator, painter and sculptor living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. He graduated with a National Diploma in Graphic Design from Cape Technikon in 1983 and worked in various advertising agencies as a designer and illustrator before turning to his art full-time. Serfontein has been a Top 40 finalist for the South African Portrait award in 2017, 2019 and 2021 and the winner 2023. He has taken part in various national group shows as well as solo exhibitions in South Africa and France (Galerie du Passage).

“My intention isn’t to capture an ideal or present the pinnacle of beauty. I distort and exaggerate certain physical features to capture, amplify and accentuate the essence of my subjects.

I look for interesting faces, for details that I can interpret, for ways to heighten what I see.

I’m drawn to a bold, resilient beauty that’s imperfect and asymmetrical... the rare magnetism of men and women who are truly comfortable in their skin.” André Serfontein

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Solo exhibition, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

2023 Group exhibition, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa

Portrait Awards (1st Place), Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, South Africa

Group exhibition, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

2022 Solo exhibition, Le Stupéfaits, Galerie Du Pasage, Paris, France

2021 Portrait Awards (Top 40 Finalist), Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville

2020 Group exhibition, Everard Read Franschhoek, South Africa

Solo exhibition, FLUX, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville

2019 Group exhibition, Knysna Fine Arts, Knysna, South Africa

Group exhibition, Nel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Sanlam Portrait Awards (3rd place) – Rust en Vrede Gallery,

Durbanville, South Africa

Group exhibition, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville South Africa

Group exhibition, Ebony Curated, Cape Town, South Africa

Solo exhibition, True to Nature, Glen Carlou gallery, South Africa

2017 Finalist in Sanlam Portrait competition, South Africa

2009 Group exhibition, Association of Visual Arts (AVA) Church Street, Cape Town, South Africa

2006 Group exhibition, Bronze Age Foundry, Simons Town, Cape Town

2004 Brett Kebble Art Awards Finalist, Cape Town Convention Centre

1995 Group exhibition (Michael Pettit students), Association of Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town

For commissions, enquiries or more information about my work, please contact me hello@andreserfontein.com. For prints of any of the work contact Johan at johan@inkbox.co.za