- Jeremy Wafer
Jeremy Wafer (born 1953) is a
South Africa nsculptor and printmaker. [Philippa Hobbs, Elizabeth Rankin, "Printmaking: In a Transforming South Africa", New Africa Books, 1997, p80. ISBN 0864863349]Born in
Durban , Wafer grew up on a farm before earning his undergraduate degree in fine arts from theUniversity of Natal, Pietermaritzburg in 1979; in 1987 he received amaster's degree in fine arts from theUniversity of Witwatersrand . He was at one time head of the Department of Fine Arts at the Natal Technikon. Currently he resides inJohannesburg and heads the Department of Fine Art at theWitwatersrand Technikon .He co-designed the "Wall of Hope" AIDS monument (with
Georgia Sarkin ), dedicated to the memory ofGugu Dlamini , inDurban , South Africa. [Annie E. Coombes, "History After Apartheid", Duke University Press, 2003, p112. ISBN 0822330725]His work is held in the
National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. [ [http://africa.si.edu/collections/rsdadvnNav.asp?BrowseMode=3&offset=0 africa.si.edu] ]References
External links
* [http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/insights/wafer-artist.html Bio from the National Museum of African Art]
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