artist/ SMIT

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Born in 1954 in Boksburg, a mining town in the South African Transvaal, Anton Smit has followed a singular, self-taught and passionate artistic path.

From the age of sixteen, he was fully committed to the practice of sculpture, with a determination that led him to win first prize in Pretoria’s prestigious New Signatures Art Competition a decade later.

His work has since been exhibited at the Pretoria Art Museum and has crossed national borders to reach audiences far beyond South Africa.