Every month an artist from our collection will be showcased.  This month we are presenting the work of Ryan van Rensburg.

Born in 1980 in Cape Town, South Africa. Ryan van Rensburg is counted among the most exiting abstract artists currently invigorating the local market. Strongly influenced and guided from a young age by his father Derric, one of the country's leading impressionists, he has exelled at creating and refined a bold, refreshing technique, resulting in a unique style which is entirely his own. Having traveled extensively throughout his life and finally settling down in Germany, Ryan has had little in the way of formal artistic schooling. With time, however, the budding artist has come to trust his raw talent and intricate powers of perception - the latter which is strongly influenced by the dark pulse undulating from the gritty inner cityscapes of post-war Europe.

Inspired by the raw essence of his surroundings, Ryan takes the world as he understans it and hands it back to us as an artistic verse of vibrant colour, rough texture and pure energy. Strongly reflecting his interest in broken city landscapes, architecture, graffiti andpop art culture, his work attemts to explore the multi-dimensional facades and icons which culminates into the physical, emotional and spiritual essence of modern inner city life.

The uninhibted use of mixed media - incorporating oil, acrylic, stenciling and silkscreening onto canvs - seves to compliment the singular power of his vision, resulting in a fresh, dynamic statement. Stripping away what he believes to be the misleading nature of esthetics, the artist aims to introduce us to the underlying core of an alien worldwhich is at the same time both dream-like and unforgiving realistic.

Painting on a full-time basis since 2001, his work has been exhibited on numerous occasions in South Africa and Germany. He currently resides with his family in Leipzig.

View Ryan's paintings