Reece Swanepoel

Hi! And thank you for stopping by to read more about me. I am Reece Swanepoel, an expressive artist with a life-long interest in order, chaos and our place in between.

Crayons was my favourite toy as a child. Unlike my peers, however, I never stopped drawing. This love of pictures morphed into passion once I started using art as a language. Communicating intricate subjects in an expressive style, rather than realistically, offered the opportunity to go beneath the surface. Of course it's worth mentioning that I've had plenty of practice in realistic drawing and painting too. I'm one of those artists who believes I have to know the rules before I start breaking them.

Since the sale of my first painting in 2013, I started dreaming about doing this for the rest of my life. I am grateful to say that my art has been collected worldwide, physically and as NFTs because of that dream.

I started my journey in NFTs in September 2021. After three months of first observing what's what - and doing plenty of research - I minted his first NFT and it sold immediately. Since then I have sold more than 500 NFTs, had the opportunity to collaborate with some of the biggest names in art, form a supportive community, collected more than 300 NFT artwo...

2019 - BEd Visual Art (NWU, Potchefstroom)

2013 – Duel Exhibition with André Espach (Mossel Bay; Studio Namasté)
2014 – Annual group exhibition (Mossel Bay; Mariaan Kotzé Gallery)
2015 – SCAVA group exhibition (George; George Museam)
2016 – Open studio solo exhibition (Potchefstroom; Studio)
2017 – North-West University group exhibition (Potchefstroom; NWU Arts Gallery)
2017 – Aardklop ArtWalk group exhibition (Potchefstroom; Potchefstroom Art Gallery and Museum)
2017 – Klaserie Private Game Reserve exhibition and auction (Hoedspruit; Klaserie Private Game Reserve)
2017 – Open studio group exhibition (Potchefstroom; Studio)
2017 – OpenArt group exhibition (Mossel Bay; Riviera Hotel)
2018 – “By wall” group exhibition (Pretoria; Johann van Heerden Art Gallery)
2018 – “Unpretty outcasts” solo exhibition (Potchefstroom; Potchefstroom Art Gallery and Museum)
2018 – Winter Sale group exhibition (Pretoria; Johann van Heerden Art Gallery)
2018 – Opening group show (Wilderness; The Le Roux Gallery)
2018 – “Midnight” group exhibition (Pretoria; Johann van Heerden Art Gallery)
2018 – “Kith” group exhibition (Potchefstroom, EGLAF Arts Contemporary)
2018 – Aardklop ArtWalk group exhibition (Potchefstroom; Potchefstroom Art Gallery and Museum)
2018 – Law Faculty farewell ceremony (Potch...