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•angus van zyl taylor •born in hillbrow in 1970 to a journalist father and mother trained in painting •grew up in johannesburg and the vaal triangle - gauteng, south africa •traveled the country after he matriculated in 1988 from overvaal hoër in vereeniging •did his stint in the army 1990 & 1991 •completed his ba in fine arts in 1996 at the university of pretoria •angus enjoys mountain biking, triathlon, scuba diving, golf and squash ------------------------- RECOGNITIONS -------------------------  •1994 - best sculpture student (university of pretoria) •1994 - 1st prize - ppc young sculptors award •2005 - university of pretoria, alumni laureate ------------------------- CAREER ------------------------- •after tutoring in drawing and sculpture at the university of pretoria, he ran the ashanti art foundry from 1996 - 1997 •he started his own business and foundry in 1998 – dionysus sculpture works gauteng •angus teaches part time at the university of pretoria and the open window art academy •he also acts as a advisor to the tshwane university of technology •angus is predominantly involved in government, local government as well as private sector large scale commissions to fund and support the infrastructure of his own fine art sculpture ------------------------- "… there seems, these days, to be some type of hierarchy in art where the seemingly conceptual genres (which may often be related to the emperor's clothes) are more highly rated than those works which are successful both in terms of concept and technical execution … The type of art that I appreciate enchants and fascinates me with the execution and the concept behind it. "
Angus
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