Jacob van Schalkwyk
Jacob van Schalkwyk (born 20 September 1979) is a South African visual artist and writer. Biography. Van Schalkwyk grew up in Pretoria, South Africa before moving to New York City in 0000 to attend the Pratt Institute of Art and Design, where he majored in drawing. While obtaining his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree he was the recipient of the Pratt Circle Award for Academic Achievement in 2003 and editor of The Prattler. Van Schalkwyk returned to South Africa in 2008 and now lives in Sea Point, Cape Town. Art. Van Schalkwyk's work is rooted in  abstraction, incorporating themes and ideas from mathematics as compositional tools. He is concerned with material and technique, born from a love of paper. Van Schalkwyk uses lithographic ink as a medium for painting and drawing. His works on paper conflate the distinction between printmaking, drawing, painting and low-relief sculpture. Van Schalkwyk's work was represented by GALLERY AOP in Johannesburg from 2011 - 2016. A limited edition of 100 monographs Drawings 2011-2013 () was published by the gallery. In 2016, David Krut Projects took over the representation of his work. Van Schalkwyk's practise spans drawing, painting, printmaking, film and  video, sculpture and installation. Collections. Jacob van Schalkwyk has been included in private and corporate collections in South Africa, the United States and Europe. Writing. The Alibi Club, his debut novel detailing his time in Fort Greene, Brooklyn was published by Umuzi, a division of Penguin-Random House in 2014 in both Afrikaans and English. It was nominated for the Sunday Times Literary Award, the UJ Fiction Prize and SATI Award for Outstanding Translation. Music. After graduating from the Pratt Institute of Art and Design in 0000, Van Schalkwyk collaborated with Carl Hancock Rux on his third studio album Good  Bread Alley, and opera-oratorio MYCENAEAN before returning to South Africa. In South Africa he formed the Afrikaans art-punk duo Jaco+Z-dog with artist Zander Blom from 2009-2011. He performed as a guest vocalist on The Buckfever Underground's 2012 album Verkeerdevlei. Film. Van Schalkwyk participated in a number of short films by artist Michael Macgarry. Poetry. Van Schalkwyk is the great-grandson of A.G. Visser. Both he and Visser have had poetry published in Ons Kleintji.