Christo Noel Booth
one small seed network | selected member # 002
Christo Noel Booth freelance illustrator & artist port elizabeth, south africa http://www.onesmallseed.net/profile/chrisnoelbooth
Port Elizabeth-based Christo Noel Booth (1982) started drawing at a young age, but never dreamt of becoming an artist by profession. After completing high school, Chris launched into the realm of Information Technology; however, this did not work out – something he is thankful for now. It took the aspiring artist a while to re-enter the creative industry, but in 2004 his formal training commenced. He received a National Diploma in Fine Art, majoring in illustration, in 2008. Chris also made it into the top 100 entries in the Sasol New Signatures 2008 and the Artists in Residency Programme with Spier Contemporary at the University of Fort Hare 2009 from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. As an illustrator, Chris wants to produce illustrations that offer meaning, and which are easily relatable. In each piece, Chris aims to say something about society and civilisation in general – with his emphasis being to make the work visually accessible for the viewer. He feels it’s unnecessary to be overly conceptual when dealing with illustration. For him, it’s more about the image and what the image wants. Illustration on the whole offers Chris a chance to convey his ideas visually, and he is currently working on a theme called ‘Silverback is Back’. Chris explains: “Silverback becomes my 2D alter-ego, who more often than not gets up to some really bizarre activities. Christo is also part of an imagemaking collective called The Four Blind Mice. “We’re not officially established as yet – still a work in progress.” Watch this space.
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‘n rede om te skree
myth
myth
nature = myth?
world
circular causation
muse
title vienna’s calling - pure glory
the boxer
fruit torture
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