fopspeen moving pictures
Little Birds ABC
- Winner, Best animation for Children, Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran 2009.
- Winner, Best animated film for Children, KROK Festival, Ukraine 2009
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The Finer Things
Produced for Speedy Productions, South Africa, was awarded Best Short Form Audiovisual Entertainment Made for Mobile and Internet; Factual, at MIPCOM, Cannes, 2007.
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“Little Bang”
Nominated for a 2007 South African Film and Television Awards: Best Short Film. It was awarded a merit award for new media in the Ekhuruleni fine art awards, and has been on the official selection of the following international festivals:
- Tirana 2006, Albania.
- Tampere 2007, Finland.
- BIMINI 2007, Latvia.
- Trickfilm 2007, Germany.
- Syracuse 2007, USA.
- Durban, 2007, South Africa.
- Athens Video Art 2007, Greece.
- Afia 2007, Aarhus, Denmark.
- Ohne Kohle 2007, Vienna, Austria.
- AVANCA 2007, Portugal.
- UPC-AXN Rövidfilm Fesztivál, Hungary.
- BUSHO Budapest Short film festival 2007.
- Auburn International Film Festival for Children and
Young Adults 2007, Australia.
- Geneva Summer Arts Festival, New York State, US.
- Multivision Animation Festival, St Petersburg, Russia.
- Istanbul International Short Film Festival 2007.
- Little Bang has been picked up for worldwide distribution by Ouat Media, Toronto, Canada.
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Agenda
Agenda was awarded a SAFTA Award for best animation in a short film, and has been on the official selection of the following international festivals.
- Zlin International Film festival for Children and youth, 2008; Zlin Czech republic
- Animafest Zagreb 2008
- Durban International Film Festival; Durban, South Africa
- Out the Box festival of puppetry and visual theatre; Cape Town, South Africa
- Apolo Film Festival, Barclay-west, South Africa
- Africa in Motion Short Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Tehran International Short Film Festival 2008
- Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden 2009
- MEDIAWAVE'09 , GYŐR, HUNGARY
- Africala2009, Mexico City, Mexico (Winner online short film festival)
- Rwanda Film Festival
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Sanna’s Garden
Travelled to the following international festivals in 2005:
- Anifest Trebon 2005 , Czech Republic.
- Zlin International Film festival for Children and Youth, Zlin, Czech Republic.
- Cortoons on the Bay International animation festival, Positano, Italy.
- Krokfest 2005, Ukraine.
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diek grobler
Diek Grobler obtained his BA Fine Arts degree from the University of Pretoria in 1987 and his Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1996. He has exhibited professionally since 1988 and his work is included in several major public and corporate collections.
Grobler is involved in avant garde theatre, and has his own performance company, Fopspeen Live Art. He has also been involved in public art projects, and organised and curated the Artwall Metrorail Art Gallery, a public mural project which received two Business and Arts South Africa awards in 2001.
Diek Grobler work in a variety of media and disciplines: ceramic sculpture, oil, and gouache paintings, scraperboard drawings. He also works in time based disciplines: performance art, computer aided 2D animation and stop-motion animation. He lives and works in Pretoria.
Solo Exhibitions
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| 2008 |
Story: Gordart, Johannesburg
Fried Contemporary, Pretoria |
| 2007 |
Pretoria Arts Association |
| 2006 |
Pretoria Arts Association |
| 2005 |
Gordart. Mellville, Johannesburg |
| Cite des arts international, Paris |
| 2004 |
The Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria |
| 2003 |
The Art Space, Johannesburg |
| 2001 |
Chelsea gallery, Wynberg, Cape Town |
| 1999 |
Gencor Gallery, Rand Afrikaans University |
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Millenium Gallery, Pretoria |
| 1998 |
Two-person show at the Johannes Stegman Gallery, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein |
| Two-person show at the Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch |
| 1997 |
The Thompson Gallery, Johannesburg |
| Two-person show at James Colman Fine Art, London |
| Arts Association Pretoria |
| 1995 |
Two-person show at Dorpstraat Gallery, Stellenbosch |
| 1994 |
Gallery on Tyrone, Parkview, Johannesburg |
| 1993 |
Gallery on Tyrone, Parkview, Johannesburg |
| 1992 |
Two-person show at Gallery 709, Cape Town |
| 1990 |
Two-person show at SAAA Gallery , Pretoria |
| 1989 |
Two two-person shows in February and December, at The Gallery on the Market, Newtown, Johannesburg |
1988
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First professional Exhibition: Two-Person show at Aleta Michaletos Gallery, Pretoria |
Selected Group Exhibitions
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| 2009 |
Pretoria Artists at the Oliewenhuys Museum, Bloemfontein
Allooi, Volksblad Kunstefees, Bloemfontein |
| 2008 |
Agenda, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town |
| 2007 |
Snert: Tina Skukan Gallery, Petoria |
| Agenda, Platform on 18th, Pretoria |
| Absa Exhibition of Atelier merit winners, KKNK |
| 2006 |
Little Bang, Platform on 18th, Pretoria |
| 2005 |
Part of the South African Delegation to the Delphic Games, Kutching, Malaysia |
| 2004 |
Nine Dragonheads environmental art symposium, Cheong Ju City, South Korea
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| Gallery 88, Sasolburg |
| International Olympic Comitee art exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2003 |
Hope Box/ Weather Report international art project run by Dutch artist Rienke Enghart
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| In the Minds i Rand Africa University gallery, Johannesburg |
| Om die Bosch gelei Minds i art space, Pretoria |
| Fine Line drawing exhibition, Minds i art space, Pretoria |
| Edition printmaking exhibition, Minds i art space, Pretoria |
| 2002 |
Group Exhibitions with the Korean Society of Illustrators in Prague and Peking
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| Solar Eclipse Exhibition at Mind’s I art space in collaboration with the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology |
| 1998 |
Exhibition of South African Contemporary Art in the SASOL Collection: Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn |
| 1996 |
World Environment Day exhibition: Pretoria Art Museum
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A Little Show of Drawers, University of Pretoria Art Gallery
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13 Annual Open Exhibition of the Royal Over-Seas League: Over-Seas House, London and Royal College of Art, Edinburgh
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| El Gezirah Sheraton Hotel, Cairo: SAAA International Project |
| 1995 |
World Environment Day exhibition: Pretoria Art Museum
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| Annual Wits Masters in Fine Art exhibition, Gertrude Posel Gallery |
| 1991 |
Love, Landscape, and Lonely escape: Gallery on the Market, Newtown |
| 1991-1998 |
Volkskas Atelier Competition exhibition |
| 1989 |
Vita Art Now: Johannesburg Art Gallery |
| 1988-1989 |
Volkskas Atelier Competition exhibition |
| 1988 |
CLAY + : Unisa Art Gallery |
1985-1988
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Annual New Signatures Competition exhibition: South African Association of Art, various locations. |
Awards |
| 1988 |
Merit award for Sculpture, New Signatures Competition |
| 1993 |
Merit Award in Volkskas Atelier Competition |
| 1995 |
Merit Award in Volkskas Atelier Competition |
| 1996 |
Work selected for 13th Annual Open Exhibition of the Royal Over-Seas League, London |
| 1999 |
De Kat Herrie- Award ,Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn |
| 2003 |
Chosen as the winner, Graphic arts section, of the South African leg of the International Olympic committee art Competition |
| 2005 |
Gold medal for painting: International Delphic Games, Kutching, Malaysia |
| 2007 |
Little Bang (animated film) nominated for a SA Film and Television Awards for Best Short Film |
| 2009 |
Agenda (animated film) SAFTA Award for best animation in a short film
“Little Birds ABC” –Best Animated film for Children, Tehran International Animation Festival |
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Art Collections
Diek Grobler’s work is included in various private collections in South Africa and Europe as well as the following corporate collections:
- Pretoria Art Museum
- Tatham Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
- Durban Art Gallery
- University of South Africa Art Collection
- University of the Orange Free State
- RAU Collection
- SASOL Art Collection
- ABSA collection
- GENCOR-co
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