Long-term Collaborators
David Krut Projects has had the privilege of working with many wonderful artists over the years. Some have been short collaborations, with artist coming in for short intensive sessions with our skilled printers, producing one or two bodies of works. Others have the potential to become longer collaborations still, their relationship with DKW growing year by year. Others still, have been working with DKP since the beginning, producing numerous bodies of work.
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The relationship between William Kentridge (b. 1955) and David Krut began in 1992, when the pair met casually at the opening of an exhibition at The Market Theatre Gallery in Johannesburg. Kentridge was due to visit London for his first exhibition of drawings and prints at the Vanessa Devereaux Gallery in the Portobello Road area of London. Krut, who was based in London at the time, had developed a working relationship with master printer Jack Shirreff dating back to 1981 and he invited Kentridge to visit Shirreff at his 107 Workshop in Wiltshire to explore making very large copper plates, which would allow the artist to create editioned work on a scale that was not available to him in South Africa.
From that point on, Krut became one of Kentridge’s primary publishers, working with him on print editions as well as book and other publications. In total, David Krut has published more than 300 print editions with Kentridge. Kentridge has had more than eight solo exhibitions with DKP and been included in many group exhibitions in Johannesburg, Cape Town and New York over the years.
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In 2000, Deborah Bell began collaborating with David Krut after he introduced her to Jack Shirreff and his 107 Workshop in Wiltshire, the United Kingdom. . The introduction enabled the completion of Bell’s first editions, published by David Krut, of large copper plate etchings that she had begun in Johannesburg.
She went on to publish many editions with David Krut Workshop over the years, working with Master printers Phil Sanders and Jillian Ross to produce a number of series, such as her 2014 Parsifal 2014and her She Wolf Series in 2017 . She has been featured in numerous group and four solo exhibitions at David Krut Projects. She is also one of the artists featured in TAXI Art book series published by David Krut Publishing. In addition, DK Publishing has released two books on Deborah Bell’s print work, Alchemy (2010) and Invocations to the Plate: Notes from the Print Workshop 2014 – 2017 (2017).
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Diane Victor and the David Krut Workshop (DKW) first collaborated in early 2008. She came into the workshop to collaborate on three large etchings and in 2009 Victor returned to the workshop where she originated and editioned a series of drypoints at DKW, titled Birth of a Nation. These works would go on to be exhibited at David Krut Projects New York.In early 2011 a selection from the series were also featured in her show at Grinnell College in Iowa,. She has gone on to create a number of editions with the David Krut Workshop over the years. She has also been shown in three solo exhibitions with David Krut Projects, and several group shows.
Victor was the subject of TAXI-013 (2008) from the David Krut Publishing TAXI Art Book series of artist monographs – the first series of its kind in South Africa. This publication was followed in January 2012 by Burning the Candle at Both Ends, published to coincide with Victor’s two-part exhibition Ashes to Ashes and Smoke to Dust, which was presented at the University of Johannesburg Art Gallery in collaboration with David Krut Projects (DKP).
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Stephen Hobbs (b. 1972) has been collaborating with David Krut Projects and David Krut Workshop since 2009. Hobbs’ relationship with David Krut Projects has broadened his artistic repertoire through printmaking, book making and publishing. In addition, David Krut Projects New York has produced a variety of Hobbs’ talks, presentations and workshops in numerous universities and institutions throughout the USA. He has been shown in five solo exhibitions with David Krut Projects, and he is set to have another solo show at our gallery at 151 Jan Smuts avenue in late 2024.
Hobbs has also been part of various group exhibitions and his work has been displayed at numerous art fairs. The collaborative relationship has also extended beyond publications and exhibitions to include other happenings, such as mural projects, curatorial collaborations and site-specific performances.
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Maja Maljević (b. 1973) first began collaborating with David Krut Workshop (DKW) in 2007. when she began experimenting with printmaking as a way to expand her painting practice. Since then, she has created several bodies of work with Master Printer Jillian Ross and the team at DKW.
Maljević has had ninr solo exhibitions with David Krut Projects, all of which have presented both prints made in collaboration with DKW and paintings in oil and acrylic. Into the Spine (2009), DKP Johannesburg, Bubble and Leak (2011), DKP Johannesburg, Revisited (2012), NIROX project space, Arts on Main, managed by DKP, ExNihilo (2012), DKP Cape Town, Horror Vacui (2014), DKP Johannesburg, Disrupted (2016), DKP Johannesburg, Showtime (2025), DKP Johannesburg.
Maljević has also been part of many group exhibitions at DKP over the years and has conducted numerous workshops with children based on her specific style of work
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Aida Muluneh first began collaborating with David Krut Projects in 2015 when a visitor from Marrakech mentioned her work to David Krut, with her first ever solo show taking place at David Krut Projects New York in 2016. Unlike many of our long-term collaborators, Aida Muluneh only visited the workshop once, in 2016 where she collaborated with master printer Jill Ross and assistant printer at the time Chad Cordeiro. Her work has been shown by David Krut in numerous group exhibitions and art fairs, including FNB Art Joburg, 1:54, the Cape Town Art fair, and more recently the inaugural Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair.
In 2015 a visitor from Marrakech mentioned the work of Aida Muluneh to David Krut and he introduced Muluneh to David Krut shortly thereafter. In 2016 Muluneh and Krut happened to be in New York at the same time, and struck up a very close working relationship to draw attention to Muluneh’s activities of a photo biennale in Addis Abba and also to have Krut promote Muluneh’s work to an international audience. At the 2016 Johannesburg art fair Krut exhibited Muluneh;s work, as well as other artists who have participated in the Addis photo fest. Subsequent to that Krut gave Muluneh her first exhibition in New York which led to the acquisition of five of work by the Museum of Modern art in New york.
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In 2016, Nina Torr worked in collaboration with David Krut Workshop (DKW) to create a number of watercolour monotypes. The ensuing works were featured in the group exhibition A Piece of Work in 2017. In 2018, she produced new etchings with the team at DKW which were subsequently shown at David Krut Project’s (DKP) booth for the RMB Turbine Art Fair 2019. In 2020, Nina Torr had her solo Masters exhibition at the David Krut Gallery in Parkwood in 2020 titled Wayfinding. At the end of 2022 and beginning of 2023, Torr collaborated with DKW to create a brand new series of etchings with hand painting and chine colle. The body of work which was shown at the end of February 2023 at The Blue House in Parkwood in a solo exhibition titled Marginalia. Marginalia was also expanded in 2024 with 9 additional etchings and monotypes, launched with an online exhibition. Torr is one of the artists featured in our ongoing programme South African Artists in New York (SAANY)
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Heidi Fourie has been collaborating with the David Krut Workshop (DKW) since 2017, when she first came in to create a series of watercolour monotypes. She has since created a number of works with DKW, and her work – both prints and paintings – has been presented at art fairs and included in many group exhibitions at David Krut Projects in Johannesburg. In 2021, David Krut Projects presented a solo show of Fourie’s work Grass You Can Swim In. The exhibition included etchings and monotypes made in collaboration with David Krut Workshop, as well as paintings. In 2022, Fourie participated in a three-week residency at the workshop where she explored mark-making in drawing with pastels and began a new series of etchings using soft-ground. During and after this residency, she created a body of work for her solo exhibition that same year titled On Soft Ground. In the beginning of 2023, Fourie once again collaborated with the David Krut Workshop to create a series of monotypes that were shown at the 2023 Latitudes Art fair. Fourie’s work was also shown in the DKP booth at the 2024 Latitudes art fair, she was also one of the featured artists of the fair. Her latest show with DKP, Unfurling, took place from 25 May to July of 2024. Heidi Fourie is one of the artists featured as part of South African Artists in New York, DKP’s ongoing initiative to showcase South African talent at our New York Gallery.
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Pebofatso Mokoena first collaborated with the team at David Krut Workshop (DKW) on the production of a hard-ground etching titled Statistical Weakness and was later shown at the 2019 iterations of Fine Art Print Fair (hosted at Parktown Girls), Turbine Art Fair and the LATITUDES Art Fair. The collaboration built on the relationship Mokoena established as an intern at David Krut Projects (DKP) in 2016. Over 2019-2020 Mokoena worked at DKW towards his first solo show at the David Krut Projects (DKP) Gallery – Internal Probes – which opened in February 2020. Mokoena’s latest body of unique printed work made in collaboration with DKW printer Sbongiseni Khulu opened on the 19th of July 2025 at the David Krut Gallery.
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