Michiel Conrad Botha (born 9 August 1972), better known as Conrad Bo, is a South African artist and the founder of the Superstroke art movement. He was born in

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, South Africa, but grew up in

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, about 100 kilometers from Pretoria, where he attended primary and high school. He studied at the

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, where he obtained a B.Com. degree. After working for several corporate companies. he devoted himself full-time to art in 2002. He has participated in several group and solo exhibitions in various places all over South Africa and is the founding member of the Superstroke art movement, which is still active in South Africa and various other counties. The Superstroke art movement is one of the few art movements that exist in Africa and is only preceded by Fook Island, an art movement founded by the artist

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. The Superstroke art movement is a direct decedent of the concept of generalism, and according to Bo, it is also greatly influenced by the

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, the Japanese art movement founded by

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References

*Culture Magazine First Edition April June 2005 *Blink Magazine Dec Jan 2005, P55 -60. Conrad Botha, Monochrome Painting *Habitat Magazine (South African Edition) July 2007 p67-70. Conrad Bo, Johannesburg in Black and White

External links

Information, Paintings

Information, photographs of paintings and elaboration on the Superstroke Art Movement
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bo, Conrad 1972 births Living people People from Mpumalanga Artists from Pretoria South African painters South African male painters University of Johannesburg alumni