Profile
Cobus Haupt obtained his B Tech. in Fine Arts at the Pretoria Technikon, in 1998.
Haupt is best known for his bronze sculptures. Haupt’s signature feature of his work is the flawed bumps and unresolved imperfections left intentionally to highlight the casting process. This trait gives equal importance to the method and medium as it does to the human figure portrayed. He was the winner of the Kempton Park/Tembisa Metropolitan Fine Arts Competition 30 June 2001. He was the runner-up in the 1999 PPC Sculpture Competition and won first prize in 2001 in the Technical Category.
He has exhibited extensively across South Africa, and is widely collected by both private and corporate individuals. He has been commissioned by the National Heritage Monument Project to complete a public sculpture of Walter Rabusana which currently resides at Fountains Valley, Pretoria. He was also commissioned to create a sculpture of J.T Gumede which is currently on view in Pietermaritzburg.
Selected Exhibitions
Mapping Space
InToto Gallery
Johannesburg
Nov – Des, 2016
In Transit
Art Lovers 1932
Pretoria
Aug, 2016
Manifesto
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Nov, 2015
Mirror
Fried Contemporary
Pretoria
Oct – Nov, 2015
Portfolio
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Sept, 2015
Turbine Art Fair
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Jul, 2015
Drawing
Fried Contemporary
Pretoria
May – Jun, 2015
Vintage
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
May, 2015
Local/Locale
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Mar, 2015
Winter Sculpture Fair
Nirox Sculpture Park
Krugersdorp
Sept, 2014
Anthology
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Nov – Des, 2014
Anthology
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Nov – Des, 2014
Repertoire
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
May, 2014
Turbine Art Fair
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
May – Jun, 2014
Vista
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Mar, 2014
Vignette
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Nov, 2013
Monage
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Sept, 2013
Site
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Jul, 2013
PPC Cement Exhibition
PPC Cement
Grahamstown
Jul, 2013
Getting There
Kievits Kroon Country Estate
Pretoria
Jun, 2013
Dialogue
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
May, 2013
Interface
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Mar, 2013
Fusion
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Nov, 2012
Episode
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Sep, 2012
Chronicle
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Jul, 2012
PPC Exhibition
PPC
Grahamstown
Jul, 2012
Group Exhibition
Transformation Gallery
Johannesburg
Jul, 2012
Mix
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
May, 2012
Solo Exhibition
Brundyn +
Cape Town
Oct, 2011
Group Exhibition
UJ Art Gallery
Johannesburg
May – Jun, 2011
Nuance
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Nov, 2010
Source
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Sep, 2010
Decade
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Jul, 2010
Flow
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Jun, 2010
Nudge
Artspace Gallery
Johannesburg
May – Jun, 2010
FNB Joburg Art Fair
IArt Gallery
Johannesburg
Nov, 2010
Here and There
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Mar, 2010
Tacticality: Denial and Desire (Solo)
IArt Gallery
Cape Town
Nov – Des, 2009
An exhibition inspired by poster theft
IArt Gallery
Cape Town
Oct, 2009
Solo Exhibition
Carol Lee Fine Art
Johannesburg
Jun, 2009
Map South Africa :
Solo Exhibition
Harrie’s Pancakes
Pretoria
Des, 2006
Collection: By Sarel Petrus, Dylan Graham and Cobus Haupt
Artspace Gallery
Johannesburg
Jul, 2006