LANDSKIP - Nicolaas Maritz

BIOGRAPHY Nicolaas Maritz was born in 1959 in Pretoria. He went to school in Pretoria and Port Elizabeth. In 1977, he qualified as an army chef and butcher. From 1978 - 1981 he received tertiary art education at the University of Cape Town.

His first one man exhibition was held in 1976, in Port Elizabeth, and he has exhibited regularly at galleries and museums in South Africa and overseas.

The artist’s works are represented in most of the art museums and public collections in South Africa. His work can be seen at the South African National Gallery, Pretoria and Johannesburg Art Museums, the art collections of the University of Cape Town, Sasol US Museum, and the Sanlam art collection.

Maritz has lectured in art and design at the universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, as well as at private art schools in Cape Town and Pretoria.

The artist has received recognition for graphic design, and for illustrations of children’s and other books, notably two American illustration awards.

Nicolaas Maritz has extensive internet presence, and any search result will show several sites, image galleries, as well as references to his work as an experimental musician.

The artist lives and works in Darling, where he has a permanent exhibition space, the Maritz Museum, open to the public by appointment. His hobbies are cooking, gardening and armchair installation art.