Chris Diedericks

Chris Diedericks is one of South Africa's most acclaimed artists having graduated cum laude from Potchefstroom University and obtaining his masters with a distinction for the practical component. He has received numerous scholarships and grants, the NAC International Bursary for workshops in Non-Toxic Printmaking, Grande Prairie Regional College, Alberta, Canada, to name only one.

He is a life long member of the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout South Africa and internationally: the USA, France, Canada, Finland, Japan, Croatia, Spain and Poland, and appears in highly acclaimed local and international collections. The Ostrobothnian Museum and the city of VAASA, Finland, and the Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, to name three.

The artist is creative process navigator at Vega The Brand Communications School in Sandton.

ARTISTS STATEMENT:
The print deals with the light-headed feeling of symbolic flight when falling in love...the magic wand becomes an instrument for healing through loving/caring/compassion in the sometimes inexorable world we live in...
Chris Diedericks

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