Olaf Bisschoff
artist and collector
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artist Insights
Complete artist profile including personal details, biography, and professional career
Basic Information
Core artist details
- Nationality
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Role
- artist and collector
- Website
- www.olafbisschoff.com
Biography
Artist background and career narrative
Olaf Bisschoff primarily works in oil. However, he also explores media such as sculpture, printmaking, drawing and animation. He is an abstract artist who is very much interested in playing with geometric shapes, colours, forms, and lines. Bisschoff often appropriates famous artwork titles for his paintings, a nod to his sense of humour and a commentary on modern life. He has exhibited in South Africa and abroad, including in Sweden, The Netherlands, and Taiwan.
Professional Career & Recognition
Artistic development, exhibitions, and achievements
- Mediums
- Drawing
- Ink on paper
- Mixed media
- Monotype
- Oil on canvas
- Oil on wood
- Printmaking
- Art Movements
- Abstraction
- Collections
- SASOL
- Spier
- Saronsberg
- Awards & Recognition
- PPC concrete sculptor award (1999, 2000)
- Sasol New Signatures award (2006, 2007)
- Stellenbosch University Woordfes (2020)
- Stellenbosch University Woordfees (2012)