DAVID BRITS  

David Brits is an award-winning artist whose experimental métier is dedicated to investigations in public-scale sculpture. Equally energised by material exploration and archival investigation, Brits’ practice spans installation, print-making, drawing and film. 


Recent major public sculpture commissions include the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, the Spier Arts Trust and the Iziko South African National Gallery.

Brits is the winner of the Rupert Foundation’s inaugural Social Impact Arts Prize and a recipient of the Barbara Fairhead Award for Social Responsibility in Art.


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Group Exhibition:


Synaptic
Opens 8 December 2022 — THK Gallery, Cape Town.

Current:

Tears Become Rain: Social Impact Arts Prize film launch & immersive exhibition — Latitudes Online  



Recent:


Time is a Flat Circle, curated by Camila Maissune — Solo Exibition MovArt Gallery, Lisbon.
From Drawing to Sculpture
2019  
Runtime: 2’54’’
Editing: Bony Ska
Music: Lareine Mab

Shot over a period of three years, this film chronicals Brits’ vigorous material exploration and prototyping using advanced composite materials, such as carbon fibre together with innovative technologies such as 3D design and 3D printing. “Innovation requires a high degree of failure”, says Brits. 
︎ Sculpture Film