Biography

Gordon Froud has been actively involved in the South African and international art world as artist, educator, curator and gallerist for the last 30 years. He has exhibited on hundreds of solo and group shows in South Africa and overseas and has served on many arts committees throughout South Africa. He has served and art committees and judged many art competitions on local and national level

Gordon graduated with a BA(Fine Arts) Hons from the University of Witwatersrand in 1987 as well as a  Higher Education Diploma. In 2009 he obtained an MA in Sculpture from the University of Johannesburg  where he is a senior lecturer. He has taught at school and tertiary level in South Africa and in London since 1990. He directed the Gordart Gallery in Johannesburg from 2003 to 2009 showcased the  work of upcoming artists.

He has participated in many solo and group exhibition both locally and internationally in the Netherlands, USA and France. He was the  first recipient of the Site Specific land art residency in Plettenberg Bay and has curated two shows that’s traveled throughout South Africa.