Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Jacques Muller was born on 26 June 1980 in Pretoria, the Republic of South of Africa. He is the elde...
About the artist
Joined In 2013
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About the artist
Joined In 2013
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Jacques Muller was born on 26 June 1980 in Pretoria, the Republic of South of Africa. He is the eldest of 2 brothers and his parents got divorced when he was 3 years old. He and his brother was raised by his mother and grandmother in a loving home environment.
He attended Hennospark Primary School and besides taking part in Cricket, Rugby and Tennis, he also took piano lessons for a while.
At the age of 13 he has taken martial arts which he really enjoyed and for the first time he felt good at doing something he was passionate about.
He did not enjoy team sports although he loved the training, sweat, tears and discipline of martial arts.
He started his secondary education during 1995 and attended Zwartkop High School. At the age of 15 he decided to take aprt in distant learnin to finish his Senior Certificate.
Jacques career in fine arts started in 1998 at the School of Creative Arts under the guidance of John Blem and his wise Elsa. Much later he recalled that his grandmother used to teach him to draw and trace bushman drawings from old encylopedias, telling him that one day he would be one of the greatest artists of the country.
It is quite interesting that something so important can slip ones mind for so many...