Retief van Wyk

Van Wyk was a founding member of the Consol Glass House in 1996 at the Department of Fine & Applied Arts, Tshwane University of Technology. He acted as subject leader for Glass and Ceramics until his retirement in 2018. Van Wyk now focuses on producing architectural and domestic glass at the GFA Glass studio. The GFA Glass Studio will enter its second decade of production in 2019.

Van Wyk studied Fine Arts, Ceramics and Glass, acquiring an MTech in Fine Arts from the Tshwane University of Technology. He has lectured widely at academic institutions, including Technikon Witwatersrand, University of Natal, and Technikon Pretoria.

In 2018, Van Wyk was a guest lecturer at The Large Glass Department – Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and in 2019 at Cam Ocagi – The Glass Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey.

He has numerous publications, including The Ceramic Art of Robert Hodgins (Bell Roberts; 2008) and ‘Technical issues on glass manufacture in India’, in Science, Craft and Knowledge: Understanding of Science among artisans in India and South Africa – a cross-cultural endeavour (Protea; 2002)

Van Wyk uses kiln forming techniques to manipulate glass into canvasses as formats for his artistic expression. He often combines various media with glass to create artistic works presented as gallery exhibits. A more commercial aspect of his oeuvre employs glassblowing techniques for creating domestic and architectural glass.

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