Henk Serfontein

Biography

 

Henk Serfontein is an award winning South-African artist. His work has received widespread acclaim and he was the winner of numerous art competitions including the prestigious New Signitures Art Award. He holds a degree in Fine Art and has lectured on tertiary level.

He is best known for his award winning exhibition WINTERSLAAP which was a collaboration between himself and Afrikaans poet Wilma Stockenström. The exhibition was presented at the Stelenbosch Art Museum and also travelled to the Breytenbach Sentrum, the home of birth of Afrikaans poet Breyten Breytenbach. Henk Serfontein has also published widely and has contributed articles on visual art and popular culture to online publications such as Vrye Weekblad and Litnet.