Carl V. B. Jeppe ( 1949 – )
Schooled at St.John’s College, Johannesburg. Studied Fine Arts at Technikon Pretoria. Worked at Performing Arts Council Transvaal as a property maker. Taught drawing and painting at Art Studios Pretoria. First solo exhibition at the Association of Arts, Pretoria, Old Nedbank building, Church Square, in 1976. Crake Gallery, 1978. “Women 2005” at Sandton Convention Centre. ABSA Gallery, 2008. Caster Bridge Gallery, White River, 2008. “Studio Raid” exhibition at the Arts Association in 2011. “Nothing cast in stone” exhibition at the UJ Gallery in 2016 and art Lovers 1932 in 2017. Solo at Art Lovers 1932 and had work at the 2017 Turbine Art Fair.
Judged at Several art Competitions: New Signatures; Absa L’Atelier; Pretoria Eiseddfodd; Webber Wentzel Young Artists Awards; Art Alive; Centurion Arts Association Artist of the Year; Art Lovers 1932 Annual competition; One of the three Judges at the 2017 Sanlam Portrait awards in Cape Town in August.
Over 90 group exhibitions.
Several Portrait Commissions including Naledi Pandor, Adelaide Tambo, Heynecke Meyer.
Lectured full-time at Technikon Pretoria, (now TUT) from 1981 until 2013. Lectured part-time (Drawing) University of Pretoria from 1989 to 1996. Presented Drawing workshops at Michigan State University (MSU) in 2000.
Still lecturing drawing part-time at Tuks.
Involved in the design of two numismatic coin sets produced by the South African Mint, and serves on the Design Advisory committee for the S.A.Mint.
Presents tutored and untutored Figure Drawing sessions at the Arcadia Scout Hall, Beckett Street, Pretoria.
Please join the Paint and Palette Group at the Edenvale Community Centre (corner of Van Riebeeck Avenue and 2nd Street) at 13:30 for 14:00. Entrance fee is only R50 for visitors, R20 for members – including refreshments. Contact Demonstrations coordinator Moira Simonsen on 083 721 0516.
Carl can be contacted at 083 204 5407