Born in Johannesburg in 1972, Niebuhr has developed a sheer joy in the beauty and power of paint. Coupling this joy with other complex intentions, Niebuhr looks to toy with the very lineage into which he was born a painter. As Niebuhr states: “my point is that painting is part of the contemporary avant garde. Paintings can be every bit as good, every bit as powerful, every bit as strong as anything being done in any other medium.”

Education

1989 Matriculated, Sandown High, Johannesburg
1993 Batchelor Fine Art, Rhodes University, Grahamstown
1996 Master of Fine Art, Rhodes University, Grahamstown

Awards

1990 First year Bursary
1994 Rhodes Masters Scholarship
1996 Raymond Pullen Scholarship for painting

Exhibitions

2006
a month of Sundays GALLERY ON THE SQUARE, Johannesburg

2005
night ride home ABSA GALLERY, Johannesburg

2004
city Berlin JABLONSKI STRASSE STUDIO, Berlin
an African in Ireland ENNISKERRY GALLERY, Dublin
Celebrating 10 years of Democracy EVERARD READ GALLERY, Johannesburg
Town/Country CAROL LEE FINE ART, Johannesburg

2003
Joburg Notes CAROL LEE FINE ART, Johannesburg Sedibeng sa Limpho SOAN STUDIO, London

2002
Inside-Out CAROL LEE FINE ART, Cape Town
Groundings THIRD EYE GALLERY, Cape Town

2001
Up and Coming SOAN STUDIO, London
Karoo BRONZE AGE FOUNDRY, Cape Town
South African Landscape UNISA ART GALLERY , Pretoria

2000
Turning Heads SOAN STUDIO, London
Karoo scapes OPEN WINDOW ART ACADEMY, Pretoria
South African Landscapes CAROL LEE FINE ART, Johannesburg

Collections

Absa Bank
Weber Wenzel Bouens
KPMG
Sasol
Rhodes University
General Cologne
Rosengarten-Rosin&Wright
J.P.Morgan