INTERVIEWED BY Stefanie Jason
We had a quick chat with Bela Bela-born, Pretoria-based artist Kobus Rossouw about his work.
You’ve been creating art for a few years now. When did your artistic career begin?
At 11 I started taking art lessons and was fortunate enough to have two or three people who mentored me, such as the then chairman of the Watercolour Society of South Africa, Jancke-Christoff Combrinck, who was technically amazing, a puritan about art and classical in his approach. That gave me the right foundation for the rest of my life.
You haven’t had the opportunity to be a full-time artist, and currently run a print factory and design agency. How did your first show come about?
After art school [secondary education] I got into business, but the idea was always to make money and then find time to do my art. Eventually, I decided it was time for my first solo exhibition in 2011.
Read more about his artwork at sculptor and furniture designer Dahla Hulme’s booth at 100 % Design South Africa on page 166 of the latest issue of VISI (VISI 81).
