Biography

Francois has been behind the camera and in his darkroom since he was twelve years of age.  These days he focuses professionally on commissioned architectural work and artistically on photographing landscapes, people, animals and homoerotic subjects.  He runs a guesthouse near Tulbagh, which he and architect Joe De Villiers designed and built.

Exhibitions and Awards

Francois participated in various solo and group exhibitions, locally and internationally, and won various competitions, including:

2008 – Tulbagh Museum Annex  and Waverley Hills Wine estate.
2006 – Church Street House, Tulbagh.
2004 – “Sex & Kultuur”,  Cape Town, Triangle project.
2002 – “Mail Art” @ Mind’s I Art Space, Pretoria.
2002 – “Bitch” @ the Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria.
2001 & 2 – Kameraz Foto Bazaar, Mutual Square Rosebank.
1988 – South African Arts Association, Pretoria, with Nicolene  Swanepoel, Hansie Visage and Pierre van der Westhuizen.
1986 – First solo show alongside visual artist sister, Nicolene Swanepoel, Arts Association, Pretoria.