Ruan Huisamen
Born in 1991 Cape Town, South Africa
Currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
Contact Info:
Mobile: (+27)73 194 9909
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ruanhuisamen.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/RuanHuisamenArt
Solo Exhibitions:
2015 ecce homo, Grande Provence Gallery, Franschhoek
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2023 Little Treasure, RK Contemporary, Riebeekkasteel 2023 Imprimatura, Blaauwklippen, Stellenbosch
2023 .blom, Welgemoed, Cape Town 2023 Portrait Awards Top 100, Spier Arts Trust Union House, Cape Town
2022 Terra Verte, IS Art Gallery, Stellenbosch
2022 Entres Nous, IS Art Gallery, Stellenbosch
2022 South African Exhibition, Thompsons Gallery, London
2021 National Identity, Espronceda Institute, Barcelona
2021 Verte-de-Gris, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch
2020 Boys Don’t Cry, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town
2020 Knoop * Knot, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch
2019 Sanlam Portrait Award, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town
2019 Korreltjie Kantel, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch
2019 “We have a Story, tell us your Story”, Artscape, Cape Town
2019 L’Acte Finale: Scene II, Breytenbach Sentrum, Wellington
2019 Valley Flair Art Auction, Lionel Smit’s Studio, Somerset West, Cape Town
2019 L’Acte Finale, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch
2018 Art for Cancer, Lourensford Wine Estate, Somerset West, Cape Town
2017 Bosch in Africa, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch
2016 Art for Cancer, Lourensford Wine Estate, Somerset West, Cape Town
2016 4000 Shades of Grey, Rossouw Modern, Hermanus
2016 30 x 30 under 30, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville
2016 Heaven and Earth, SPACE Gallery, Hermanus
2016 Break the Spell, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch
2015 Art for Cancer, Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch
2015 Curator’s Selection, Rossouw Modern Art Galleries, Hermanus
2015 SIGNATURE, Grande Provence Gallery, Franschhoek
2015 Sanlam Portrait Award, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town
2015 Not a Portrait, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville
2015 Die Burger-100 Jaar, Artscape Marble Foyer, Cape Town
2015 Die Kunstenaar as Outeur, KKNK, Prince Vincent building, Oudtshoorn
2015 Drawing the Line, Art.b Gallery, Bellville
2015 Portretteer, Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch
2015 Review, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg
2014 Art for Cancer, Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch
2014 Oogwink-‘n Kunstenaarsblik, KKNK, Oudtshoorn
2013 Art for Me, Cape Town
2013 SAADA Arts Fair, Johannesburg
2013 SPI National Portrait Award, Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town
2013 NAADA Arts Fair, Sandton, Johannesburg
2013 Absa L’Atelier, Absa Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2013 Faces and Phantoms Exhibition, The Dorpstreet Gallery, Stellenbosch 2011 Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2009 Sanlam Vuleka Arts Competition, Bellville Library, Cape Town
Print Media:
Gerhard Scholtz: Ruan Huisamen: Beperk, en Onbeperk, DEKAT, 2019, p.60-73
Erasmus, Esmé: Durbanville artist among Sanlam winners, Tygerburger, p. 11, 28 August 2019
Brits, Elsabé: Emily Hobhouse, published by Tafelberg, Cover Illustration, p. 301, p. 336, 2016
Graham, Julie: Hyper-Realism: The Art of Ruan Huisamen, InFlight, April 2016, p. 34-37
Graham, Julie: Hyperrealism, SKYE Magazine, December 2015, p. 32-34
Rust, Riette: Nee, did nie foto’s nie!, Vrouekeur, cover, p.10-11, 27 November 2015
Van Zyl, Pieter: Yes, it’s all done by hand!, YOU Magazine, p. 20, 24 September 2015, #459
Steyl, Louisa: Huisamen’s ‘Mandi’ on display, Tygerburger, p.18, 9 September 2015
Van Zyl, Pieter: Ja, Dis met die hand gedoen!, Huisgenoot, p. 96-97, 3 September 2015, #951
Hanekom, Sandra: Ruan Huisamen – Die Enigma van Vlekkelose Skoonheid, Die Kunste, p. 10, 31 July 2015
Myburgh, Adele: Visuele eerbetoon aan ‘koerant gebore uit hoop en smart’, Die Burger, 6 April 2015, p. 1 & 4
Grande Provence boasts ‘a treasure trove’ for art-lovers, Cape Times, Cape Town, 3 February 2015, p. 18
Collard, Bronwyn: The Collector’s Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa, October 2014, p. 118
Lane, Penny: Limits of Perception, Premier Magazine, October 2014, p. 16-22
Huisamen, Ruan: Mastering Methods, The South African Artist, Issue No. 13, November 2013, p. 48 – 58
Online Periodicals:
Louisa Steyl, Huisamen’s Mandi on display as Top 40, Netwerk24.com, access date: 9 September 2015, http://www.netwerk24.com/tygerburger/nuus/2015-09-09-huisamens-mandi-on-display-as-top-40/
Gordon Glyn-Jones, Why South African Art is selling overseas, The South African.com, access date: 30 June 2105, http://www.thesouthafrican.com/why-south-african-art-is-selling-overseas/
Johann Lodewyk Marias, Louis Jansen Van Vuuren. Geportretteer, versindaba.co.za, access date: 10 June 2014, http://versindaba.co.za/2014/06/10/louis-jansen-van-vuuren-geportretteer/
Layla Leiman, Being in the Top Ten, between 10 and 5, access date: 5 March 2014, http://10and5.com/2014/03/05/absa-latelier-being-in-the-top-ten/
Television:
Fanie Cronjé, Interview, Flits, kykNET, Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 February 2015
Johnny Davids, Interview, Kwêla, kykNET, Cape Town, South Africa, 1 May 2014
Private Collections:
Works held in private collections in United States, Canada, England, France, Switzerland and South Africa
Awards: 2023 Portrait Award Top 100
2019 Sanlam Portrait Award Top 5
2015 Sanlam Portrait Award Top 40
2013 SPI National Portrait Award Top 40
2013 Absa L’Atelier Top 10
2011 Sasol New Signatures finalist
2009 Sanlam Vuleka Arts Competition finalist
2009 TygerbergEisteddfod Highest Honors recognition
2009 Chaeli Campaign 3rd Place
2008 Tygerberg Eisteddfod Best Work Trophy
Residencies:
2012, Studio residency, Chateau de la Creuzette, France
2015, Studio residency, Chateau de la Creuzette, France
2018, Studio residency, Chateau de la Creuzette, France
Other Experience:
Apprenticeship under Louis Jansen van Vuuren, July-October 2012, October-November 2015 and May-August 2018
