Chad Cordeiro

Chad Cordeiro (B. 1993) is an artist, printmaker and educator who works across the mediums of collage, print, sound, and installation. He is interested in working with archived or collected material as a response to multiple, interconnected narratives that are embedded in archives or collections. He is also known for his collaborative work with fellow artist Nathaniel Sheppard III. As a duo, their work explores and focuses on printmaking, often deconstructing, distorting, and reinventing the practice. 

Chad Cordeiro (B. 1993) is a South African artist, printmaker and educator who works across multiple media, including collage, print, sound, and installation. He is known primarily for his collaborative work with fellow artist Nathaniel Sheppard III. Together, they form the artist duo Cordeiro & Sheppard, which has gained attention in the South African and international art scenes for its bold, conceptual, and often subversive practice. Their work as a duo is rooted in print media traditions, but they often deconstruct, distort, and reinvent printmaking through a conceptual lens. Cordeiro’s personal artistic practice focuses on processes of working with archived or collected material as a response to multiple, interconnected narratives that are embedded in archives or collections. This additive process of cutting and pasting manifests collage-based works that exist as unique records of conversations between “the historical” and “the contemporary,” through media such as linocut, silkscreen, vinyl records, cassette tapes, mural installations, and publications.  He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2015. He went on to complete his MAFA at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was also a guest lecturer in the printmaking department. In 2024, Cordeiro was awarded the position of tech fellow at the Rijks Akademie were his research centered on the DIY production of printmaking tools and materials as well as the production of an open-source document for the archiving and dissemination of print-based media, history, and technical processes.    Chad Cordeiro first joined the David Krut Projects (DKP) team in 2012, working in the bookstore. At the time he was busy completing his studies in Fine Art at the University of Witwatersrand. He moved into the David Krut Workshop a year later to work as a printmaker. Chad has been an editioning printer for artists William Kentridge, Senzo Shabangu, Stephen Hobbs, Deborah Bell, and Rhett Martyn.  Together with Nathaniel Sheppard III and Sbongiseni Khulu, Cordeiro co-founded Danger Gevaar Ingozi  (DGI) Studio in 2016. DGI Studio is a co-operative space for artistic research and collaboration, with a focus on print-based media.  

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Interview with Chad Cordeiro – Insight into the Infirmary
Mar. 23, 2022

Text by Christa Swanepoel Chad Cordeiro is an artist and printmaker currently based in Johannesburg. A body of work titled Notes from the...

Tags: Arts on Main, collage, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Workshop, etching, Exhibition, Installation, Printmaking
Print of the Month March 2022 – Chad Cordeiro’s Under the Infirmary
Mar. 18, 2022

Text by Christa Swanepoel We are proud to present artist Chad Cordeiro’s new print called Under the Infirmary as our...

Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Projects, David Krut Workshop, DKW, etching, Kim-Lee Loggenberg, Linocut, notes from the infirmary, Print of the Month, Printmaking, Under the Infirmary
David Krut Podcast: Chad Cordeiro & Interconnected Historical Narratives… Listening Time: 30 Minutes
Feb. 28, 2022

Learn more about artist Chad Cordeiro before he heads off to Abijan for an artists residency and exhibition with the...

Tags: David Krut Podcast, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, podcast, Printmaking
DKW Relief Hand-Printing Demo Series with Chad Cordeiro
Jul. 30, 2020

Join David Krut Workshop Printer Chad Cordeiro in his home studio during lockdown as he provides an introduction to relief...

Tags: Chad Cordeiro, cordeiro&sheppard, covid-19 lockdown, David Krut Print Workshop, Linocut, lockdown sessions, Print demonstration, printmaking south africa, relief hand printing, Sarah Judge, South Africa
Jun. 25, 2020

David Krut Workshop Printer Chad Cordeiro has been working from home on a series of print demos during lockdown. In...

Tags: Chine, Chine Collé, covid, covid-19 lockdown, David Krut Print Workshop, DO-it-at-home, Drypoint, etching, Intaglio, live zoom demos, print demo, registration, technical demonstration, video
Intaglio Printmaking Demo with Chad Cordeiro – DKW
May. 11, 2020

CLICK HERE to view the William Kentridge Why Should I Hesitate Collectible Box Set - Prepublication Offer Join David Krut...

Tags: Chad Cordeiro, cordeiro&sheppard, covid-19 lockdown, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Workshop, Deborah Bell, Intaglio, lockdown sessions, printmakers, printmaking south africa, sketchbook
Cordeiro & Sheppard at 142 Archive
Oct. 25, 2018

Chad Cordeiro and Nathaniel, Otherwise known as Cordeiro&Sheppard; are Johannesburg based artists and printmakers whose practice is largely anchored in...

Tags: archive, cordeiro&sheppard, Printmaking, young artists
conversations with wood grain 18/11/2016
Nov. 18, 2016

Blogger: Chad Cordeiro Over the past two weeks, master printer Jillian Ross, Sbongiseni Khulu, and myself, have begun the testing...
Printer Feature: Chad Cordeiro 2016-09
Sep. 1, 2016

01.09.16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen Chad Cordeiro DKW printer and emerging artist, Chad Cordeiro, first joined David Krut Projects (DKP) on...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects Johannesburg
Artist-printmaker collective, Cordeiro & Sheppard, prepare for first solo show: “Kwaal-ity control”
Aug. 4, 2016

04/08/16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen This August, DKP host a show like no other. Kwaal-ity Control will take a critical look at...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main
DKW – A Week in Pictures
Jul. 22, 2016

22/07/16 David Krut Workshop deals in images. So here is our week in pictures, documenting what we do best ... [caption...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main

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