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About Frans.

Frans Smit is a South African born artist and has participated in over 50 exhibitions locally
and internationally.


Smit’s focus is mainly on portraiture and still lives, which blends in a degree of abstract.
His pieces are all oil-based artworks, which exhibit a natural and organic balance between
the palette and textures used..


Smit’s work mixes the abstract with the real. His intent is to disrupt the traditional portrait,
bringing a sense of distress and the absurd.


Since 2015 Smit has exhibited in Cape Town, New York, London,Beirut, Denmark, Hong
Kong, San Francisco, Antwerp, Miami and Riyadh.

Exibitions

  • 2025
    Christopher Møller Gallery
    2025
    Christopher Møller Gallery
    Investec Cape Town International Art Fair
  • May 2019
    Columbus museum of art
    May 2019
    Columbus museum of art
  • Sep 2024
    AITY Gallery
    Sep 2024
    AITY Gallery
    Affordable art Fair
  • 2024
    Solo, Galerie Wolfsen
    2024
    Solo, Galerie Wolfsen
    Time waits for no one
  • June 2024
    Ulfen +, Galerie Wolfsen
    June 2024
    Ulfen +, Galerie Wolfsen
  • May 2024
    Christopher Moller gallery
    May 2024
    Christopher Moller gallery
    Something Old, Something New
  • May 2024
    Middle /South, Lift Gallery, Riyadh
    May 2024
    Middle /South, Lift Gallery, Riyadh
  • Oct 2022
    Solo, Museum Collection, Christopher Moller
    Oct 2022
    Solo, Museum Collection, Christopher Moller
  • Sept 2022
    Solo, Post Apocalyptic Renaissance
    Sept 2022
    Solo, Post Apocalyptic Renaissance
  • April 2021
    Solo, Uitstalling Gallery
    April 2021
    Solo, Uitstalling Gallery
  • Jan 2021
    Works on paper, Rhodes Contemporary
    Jan 2021
    Works on paper, Rhodes Contemporary
  • Oct 2020
    Solo, Galerie Wolfsen
    Oct 2020
    Solo, Galerie Wolfsen
  • Aug 2019
    Summer Group show, Rhodes Contemporary
    Aug 2019
    Summer Group show, Rhodes Contemporary
  • Oct 2018
    Solo, Galerie Wolfsen
    Oct 2018
    Solo, Galerie Wolfsen
  • May 2018
    Solo, Galerie Solo
    May 2018
    Solo, Galerie Solo
  • Dec 2017
    Scope Art Show, Wolfsen Gallery
    Dec 2017
    Scope Art Show, Wolfsen Gallery
  • June 2017
    Anamorphic Portrait, Mirus Gallery
    June 2017
    Anamorphic Portrait, Mirus Gallery
  • March 2017
    Trumpomania, McCaig-Welles/ Curator 19.90
    March 2017
    Trumpomania, McCaig-Welles/ Curator 19.90

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