Diek Grobler Email & Phone Number

Diek Grobler was born in the Northern part of South Africa. He obtained a BA Fine Arts degree from the University of Pretoria in 1987 a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1996 and in 2021 a PhD in Art at the University of South Africa . He has exhibited professionally since 1988 and his work is included in several major public and corporate collections in South Africa. Grobler’s art practice covers a variety of media and disciplines. Aside from his fine art practice, he has illustrated various children’s books, and has directed and produced several short animated films. In a career spanning 35 years, Grobler has presented more than 15 solo-exhibitions of his work and has participated extensively in group exhibitions, on national and international level, a.o. the International Olympic Comitee art exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland(2004), as part of the South African Delegation to the Delphic Games, Kutching, Malaysia in 2005, Nine Dragonheads environmental art symposium, Cheong Ju City, South Korea(2004) and Bie/Bienne,Switzerland (2011), Group Exhibitions with the Korean Society of Illustrators in Prague and Peking(2002), and the 13th Annual Open Exhibition of the Royal Over-Seas League: Over-Seas House, London and Royal College of Art, Edinburgh(1996).His animated films, which has received 5 international awards, has been included in the official programme of more than 100 international animation festivals,.

Listed skills include Animation, Short Films, Cartoons, Storyboarding, and 24 others.