Nikodemis van Rensburg is an artist, teacher, and community developer from South Africa. He has over 30 years of experience in visual art, performance art, teaching, journalism, copywriting, and community projects using recycled materials. He is skilled in areas like painting, sculpture, interior design, construction, facilities management, and teaching subjects from art to languages to science.

1. VAN RENSBURG
CV Rap
083 274 3297 cell
086 614 8732 fax
nikodemisvanrensburg@gmail.com
Find Nikodemis on art & green websites, YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Facebook & SoundCloud

2. My name is Nikodemis
a.k.a. Niek Boer.
I tune this like a genius
coz I create me as I say this:
I write when I feel wrong,
I sing to make me strong.
I paint to make me glad
and I sculpt when I am mad.
Use the raw materials of our circumstance to create the life and world that we envisage
Shaka Senghor, American former convicted murderer, college lecturer, author, director’s fellow of MIT Media Lab

3. I am father of three
And a husband, that’s me.
I farm my land
And I play in a band.
My teaching’s rather rad –
it makes any sad heart glad.
Kids dig the presentation
my method’s a sensation.
From junk we make cool books,
from songs we fashion hooks -
like fish my pupils always smile
as magic with waste we do beguile.
Thus learning equals fun,
brain expansion is a song:
making right what’s been so wrong
In our country’s education for so
long.

4. I love junk and hate junk –
it makes art
and breaks my heart
As it tears Earth apart.
Yet from all the dash-it things that be,
best is when tech & nature hits a perfect middle C:
Like machines making waste from energy
and my DIY that creates a synergy
for facilities management
or a trowel-trick with cement:
when I get smart
junk renovations see the light
which dance delightfully bright.
So, you see,
In a nutshell:
This is me.
© Nikodemis van Rensburg

5. • Copywriter / Creative Writer, journalist, editor, sub editing and
promotions & events management/coordinator
• Teacher / Trainer and learning facilitator of skills development
from hands on, science, maths to languages and art / art therapy ages 2yrs - adult
• Interior & Ext. Art Work (painting, sculpture and installation) and Paint finishes
• Community Development projects (especially using waste as art /
craft material to inspire small businesses)
• Manager for construction and refurbishment projects including low cost
sustainable and creative re-building
• Maintenance management, facilities manager and DIY work
The jobs I am qualified for and experienced in, are:
Jobs I am experienced but not qualified in, are:

6. 1985: Matriculate Hoër Seunskool Helpmekaar, Johannesburg,
1986: Wits Technikon: One year Fine Arts foundation course
1987-90: Wits University: BA with English and Afrikaans-Nederlands as majors
1991: Wits University: Higher Diploma for Education with major teaching subjects Afrikaans &
Nederlands and English
1993: SACE registered
1996-97: Rand Afrikaans University: Honours in Creative Writing, Language teaching and the
Teaching of Literature
2001: Diploma in Desktop Music Publishing from Cape Varsity
2002: Diploma in Internet Communication, Communications Dept, Univ of Stellenbosch
2003: Diploma for Arts and Cultural Journalism specialising in Jazz music from Institute for
Advanced Journalism as part of run up to North Sea Jazz Festival in Cape Town
Short stories, poetry, art reviews and children’s books with Taurus’s Stet Little Magazine, Wits
student magazine In Search Of Cyprus, The Mail and Guardian, Die Vrye Weekblad, Dept of Arts
and Culture’s magazine Cultura, Media24’s Die Burger Newspaper and Joernaal Arts Weekly, Die
Huisgenoot, You and TV-Plus, Contentlot.com, IOL, Nasou Via Afrika and www.litnet.co.za
Copywriting for Die Burger newspaper’s Promotions department, Project Shift Community
Development Project & Cultural Bridging Tours, Dept of Arts and Culture, Arts Alive Festival,
Mweb’s Learning Online / e-centre, and freelance copywriting and translation work for various
corporates over the last 20 years.
Online blogging and poetry on art & culture & sustainability websites.
ACADEMIC CAREER:
PUBLISHING CAREER AS CREATIVE WRITER, AUTHOR AND COPYWRITER:

7. 1989-1991: Part of editorial collective at Stet little magazine (Taurus publishers)
1988-1991: Educator & materials developer at Magri’s Language Institute, Braamfontein
1991-1992: English language bridging tutor, Engineering Faculty, Wits University, Jhb
1989-1991: Assistant project coordinator & teacher, Education Information Centre, Jhb
1992-96: Co-founder of Project Shift Community Development, Mpumalanga: Developing functional low cost
dwellings & artefacts with recycled waste materials & facilitating workshops with community arts and cultural
groups and individuals with emphasis on low-cost and found materials towards self-sustainability
1992-1993: Teacher in community school Xanthia Senior Secondary School, Mphumalanga
1992-1993: Art Project Manager, ANC Dept. of Arts & Culture, Bushbuckrdge
1993-1995: Cultural Officer, Regional Council for Cultural Affairs, Dept of Ed & Culture, Jhb
1996-1997: Projects Coordinator with Arts Alive International Festival in Jhb
1998- 2001: Full time journalist & copywriter, Die Burger newspaper, Cape Town
1999-2001: Part time Assistant Arts Editor & copywriter, Independent Online, Cape Town
2001-02: Webmaster and e-learning trainer at Learning Online, MWEB, Cape Town
2003: Voluntary art workshops with Cotlands Orphanage children in Jhb
2003-05: Freelance arts and entertainment journalist for Die Burger, Media 24/Naspers
2006-ongoing: Translation, copywriting and educational materials developer on a freelance basis
2003-2006: Love and Colour art workshops for adults & children in artist’s studio
2003-7: Part time trainer/educator & evaluator at AFDA International Stage & Motion Picture Medium School, Jhb
2004-6: Part time Art and Design teacher & education materials developer, gr 3-6 at Aurora Private School, Jhb
2007-09: Project managing Snugbugs Playschool & Art From The Heart Studio, Jhb
2008-09: Marketing, manufacture, design & installation of dairy machines, Milk-Pro International
2008: Freelance copywriter and journalist for Trinitas Consulting, Jhb
2008-09: Project Manager and freelance artist for Move Interior Architecture
2009-10: Art and Skills Educator & curriculum designer at Walter Sisulu Child and Youth Care Centre, Soweto
2009-10: Part time Tutor at Education Department, Wits University Jhb
2010-15: Franchise co-owner and administrator plus teacher/sensei, Japanese Abacus Maths, Jhb
2015-ongoing: part time owner Green Living For Freedom And Sustainability PTY Ltd
2001-ongoing: Teaching xtra lessons in Afrikaans, English, Maths, Science for all grades
2001-ongoing: Artist & owner of Art From The Heart studios
WORK EXPERIENCE:

8. • Participated in various solo and group art shows all over South Africa since 1986 as visual artist,
performance artist as well as curator and related workshop facilitator. See more on YouTube and
soundcloud about the artist as well as at www.southafricanartists.com/home/nikodemis
https://www.etsy.com/shop/NikodemisArt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDyoPo_5A00
• Look out for his latest performance art project with his band Die Bruise Broers as lead vocalist
and lyric writer performing original “Afro Jazz Vastrap”. See YouTube and soundcloud for lists of
his and the band’s tracks, and live performances with a 6 track recorded album is on the cards
2002-2009: The Human Touch / The Point network
2009-11: Ancestral work via Sangoma Ritual Process Work
2010-11: Boys To Men network
2010-11: The Mankind Project
2015-ongoing: Dance / Movement sessions a la Gabriella Roth at Wirikuta, Alverstone, KZN
Yoga, Mountain Hiking, Mountain Biking, Horse Riding, Dog Training, Colour Therapy and Colour
Meditation, Dancing, Music, Nature Conservation, Health and Well-being, Music Appreciation,
Reading (mostly Sci-Fi and Environmental Literature), Healthy and Natural food, Gardening (food
gardens the organic way), Living Truly, Integrity, Family Time
VISUAL AND PERFORMANCE ART CAREER:
SPIRITUAL & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:
PERSONAL INTERESTS AND HOBBIES:

9. MS Office; Pastel; Excel, Photoshop; basic HTML and web design; Powerpoint, Social Media
networking, SEO and Google Adwords / Keywords, Desktop Music Publishing
English and Afrikaans – excellent spoken and written
Tsonga – basic verbal communication
Xhosa – basic listening comprehension improving gradually
Zulu – basic listening comprehension and learning
Dutch and German – basic listening and reading comprehension
FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILES, VIDEOS AND BLOGGING ON
YOUTUBE, LINKEDIN, GOOGLE+, FACEBOOK, PINTEREST AND
WWW.GREENLIVINGFORFREEDOM.COM
COMPUTER LITERACY:
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: