Kim-Lee Loggenberg-Tim (1987)
has worked as an editioning printer and collaborator at the David Krut Workshop since 2013. Kim-Lee specialises in intaglio printing and takes a special interest in the application of chine-collé and the creation and printing of water- and oil-based monotypes.
Kim-Lee’s notable collaborations include Studio Life, a Photogravure series with William Kentridge and the making of monotypes and etchings with Heidi Fourie.
In 2017 Loggenberg was integral in the printing of Deborah Bell’s large-scale etchings and Mikhael Subotzky’s photogravure project with visiting United States-based Master Printer, Phil Sanders. Other collaborations include Phumulani Ntuli, Boemo Diale, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Vusi Beauchamp, Robyn Penn, Maja Maljević, Endale Desalegn, Nina Torr and Diane Victor. Kim-Lee has been the editioning printer for artists Deborah Bell, Sam Nlengethwa, Diane Victor, Mikhael Subotzky, Lynda Ballen, Robyn Penn, Maja Maljevic, Wilma Cruise, Mischa Fritsch, Quinten Edward Williams, Chad Cordeiro, and Jaco van Schalkwyk.
Kim-Lee has facilitated multiple public print workshops and technical talks for David Krut Projects. Watch and listen to her “DKP Inside Story on Deborah Bell’s artwork Aware of Being Aware, 2017“.
Bio: Loggenberg-Tim was born in Port Elizabeth in 1987. She received her Bachelor of Technology (Btech) in Fine and Applied Arts, majoring in printmaking, from the Tshwane University of Technology in 2010. Kim-Lee’s artistic practice involves delicate intaglio etching and drypoint prints and monotypes. Her work has featured on group shows including Kind of Blue 2019, at David Krut Projects, Johannesburg; and Life Amongst Cats, 2018, David Krut Bookstore & Gallery 151, The Cat Show, 2019, David Krut Bookstore & Gallery 151, Johannesburg.
“I love “getting to know” a plate/print. There is a time at the beginning of each project where the plate or plates you’re working on feel like strangers, the images are unfamiliar to you. You haven’t quite figured them out yet. But then after printing them a few times you really get to “know” them. You know the areas where they are lighter or darker. You learn where you need to be aggressive when wiping and when you need to be a little more careful and considerate. You form a special kind of relationship with each plate and each image. When you see the finished piece in the gallery or at an opening you remember that special relationship you built with it and each print becomes like an old friend.”
Read more from a 2016 interview with Jessie Cohen
Sbongiseni Khulu (1990)
Recent notable collaborations include Mbali Tshabalala, Mandla Mavengere, large-scale unique prints with Maja Maljevic and editions with Stephen Hobbs at the Turbine Art Fair.
Among the artists Sbongiseni has editioned for are: Deborah Bell, Stephen Hobbs, Maja Maljević, Keneilwe Mokoena, Pebofatso Mokoena, Senzo Shabangu, Mongezi Ncaphayi and Mary Wafer.
Sbongiseni is a founding member, alongside Chad Cordeiro and Nathaniel Sheppard III, of Danger Gevaar Ingozi Studio, which was established in 2016.
He is an artist in his own right and his work embodies a depth of introspection and honesty as well as a certain level of inquisitiveness towards the status quo within the controlled precision of an artist with the utmost attention to detail.
Bio: Born 1990 Esikhawini in KwaZulu-Natal, Khulu matriculated from a technical high school and furthered his studies under the scaffolding of a Civil Engineering degree in Durban. Dissatisfied with engineering, Khulu pivoted towards a Fine and Applied Arts degree in Pretoria at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). There he majored in sculpture and printmaking.
In his third year Sbongiseni was chosen to be amongst the 2012 PPC Young Concrete Sculptors Awards finalists (PPC Imaginarium). This led to his appointment as co-student assistant of the sculpture studio at TUT in his fourth year. Since then his work as an artist has been exhibited both locally and internationally, all whilst continuing to collaborate with a number of artists as printmaker.
“I love print because of its obvious contrast to sculpture. In a way sculpture and printmaking are the Yin and Yang to my compulsive production-based psychosis. DKW offers a platform for me to prove my utility and aid to the artists I collaborate with.”
View his work here and read more in an interview with Jessie Cohen from 2016.
Roxy Kaczmarek (1990)
Originally from Cape Town, Roxy joined the David Krut Workshop team in 2017 as a part-time staff member. She had moved up to complete her Masters at the University of Johannesburg and her initial role was administrative but in 2019 she joined the team full-time and began working on projects as a printer and collaborator.
Notable collaborative projects are with artists: Zhi Zulu, Helena Uambembe, Anna van der Ploeg, a series of giant silkscreen collage prints with Maja Maljevic, Nina Torr, unique silkscreen collage prints with Stephen Hobbs, monotypes with Adele van Heerden, Fanie Buys and Clive Sithole.
Roxy established a home-based silkscreen studio in 2019 to allow her to broaden her own practice. The equipment has been utilised for DKW projects such as illustrator Zhi Zulu’s continuation of her Curious Five series and multi-media works by artist Pebofatso Mokoena for Internal Probes (exhibited in Johannesburg, 2020); silkscreen printing for Mikhael Subotzky’s Humorism after Elliot, silkscreen printing for multiple process prints with Maja Maljević and Latitudes Limited five-colour silkscreens with artists Sthenjwa Luthuli, Pebofatso Mokoena, Mbali Tshabalala, Adejoke Tugbiyele and Clint Strydom created for the first edition in 2019 of the Latitudes Art Fair in Johannesburg.
She has worked on a number of publishing projects including post production for William Kentridge’s large-scale series Triumphs and Laments Woodcuts and text contributions and production of Deborah Bell’s 2018 book Invocations to the Plate.
Roxy teaches at the University of Johannesburg part-time and has run workshops related to the DKP gallery programme.
Her artistic practice is focused on the sensibilities and relationship between humans and nature. Roxy’s printmaking and paintings delve into the uncanny darkness of the scenes beneath the canopy of leafy forests and the desolate land and soothing seascapes. Through expressive, painterly marks, Roxy explores the dichotomies of our separation from and our closeness to nature; how we attempt to package and shape the environment, yet revel in its wildness.
In February 2022, Roxy embarked on a 3 month artist residency at the Leipzig International Residency Programme in Germany.
Bio: Roxy Kaczmarek studied at UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art and majored in Printmaking. She moved up to Johannesburg in 2017 to complete her Masters at the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Art and Design which she graduated with cum laude in 2019. The paintings, installation and prints for the Masters show exhibition ‘Third Landscapes’ (2019) interrogated the intersection of plants and people within liminal spaces of the city. Kaczmarek worked as Printer and Studio Manager at Warren Editions Studio, Cape Town (2013-2017). She won a gold medal in the Absa Art and Life Awards for Printmaking in 2012 and has done internships at the London Print Studio and at Amsterdam’s Grafisch Atelier in 2013.
“A special memory from DKP is ‘ringing of the bell’. At the end of each print project once the editions are fully printed (this can be very time consuming!) it is tradition at DKW to ring a bell in celebration. It’s always very special when it gets rung!”
Jesse Shepstone (1999)
He has assisted on a number of noteworthy projects with artists such as: William Kentridge, Nina Torr, Anna Van Der Ploeg, Zhi Zulu, Natalie Paneng, Nthabiseng Kekana, Raquel Van Haver, Phumulani Ntuli and Mothloki Nono.
Bio: Jesse Shepstone graduated from the University of Johannesburg with Distinction for an Honours in Visual Arts in 2021. He completed his internship at DKW in June of 2022 and has been working as a Printing Assistant since October 2022 with one of the main focuses being assisting the team on the editioning of Kentridge’s “The Old God’s have Retired” and “My Father is a Tree in a Forest of Fathers”.
Jesse was born in 1999 in Johannesburg South. He matriculated from Waterstone College in 2017 and began Visual Arts in 2018 at The University of Johannesburg. He received the Dean’s Merit award three years in a row before graduating with Distinction for his Postgraduate Degree in 2021. He takes interest intaglio processes and experimenting with alternative photographic processes like Van Dyke Brown and Cyanotype printing. His own practice revolves around the found photograph, memory and nostalgia.
“There are an endless amount of opportunities and possibilities when it comes to printmaking and I am so looking forward to learn new things and find new tricks every time I walk into the studio.”