Bio
Grant is a South African artist based in the Southern Peninsula of Cape Town.
While he could almost always be found sketching and drawing from an early age, his creative career started in earnest as a professional musician from 1994 through to 2002.
A condensed (and all too brief) fine arts course in 2012 introduced Grant to the joys of oil painting, but the rigours of entrepreneurship kept him from exploring it further, until a semigration to Cape Town in 2023 created an opening to truly dive deep into his artistic endeavours.
In February 2024, Grant joined the Alexander Art Academy and kicked off a storm of creative activity and experimentation creating a multitude of works ranging from animal portraits and landscapes to finally settling on his first love, contemporary figurative portraiture.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Rust-en-Vrede Gallery group show
PAST EXHIBITIONS
AITY Gallery group show
Spier Arts Trust Union Building in association with Rust-en-Vrede
Aug 25: Art.b Gallery | Vuleka Art Competition
Feb 25: Oceana Exhibit @ Groot Constantia Wine Estate
Mar 25: “Out of the Box” Exhibit @ Noordhoek Art Point
AWARDS
Rust-en-Vrede Portrait 100 Award – Top 100 finalist (2025)
Art. B Vuleka Award – Top 60 finalist (2025)
Arti Gallery – Top 50 finalist (2025)
His latest series of works, BoKaap Caszh (an abbreviation of the word ‘casual’) featuring a contemporary exploration of BoKaap inspired portraits were exhibited at the Groot Constantia wine farm exhibit in collaboration with the Alexander Art Academy from 1-28th February 2025 and are currently exhibited at INK BOX ART in Kalk Bay.
Bo-Kaap Caszh IV, was recently selected as one of forty artworks to be exhibited at the Art.b Gallery for the Vuleka 2025 art competition.
His recent work Self Portrait I, was recently selected for the Portrait 100 exhibition at Spier Arts Trust for the Rust-en-Vrede 2025 Portrait Award and purchased by the Spier Arts Trust for their collection.
