Keith Joubert

Keith Joubert was born in Germiston, east of Johannesburg and studied at the Johannesburg School of Art from 1963 to 1967.

Since 1970 Joubert has painted African subjects and the environment. He travels frequently throughout Southern Africa, but spends most of his time in the Okavango Swamps, Botswana, where he has a houseboat and a studio camp at Linyanti in the northern part.

Joubert's seemingly effortless renditions of Africa with their contemporary vision, impeccable draughtsmanship and tonality gain rapidly increasing acknowledgement internationally. His works play on the subtle inter-relationships between different facets in the ecosystem where the diminutive and seemingly innocuous creatures are as essential as the larger animals evolving within Africa. Joubert has also developed a deep fascination with indigenous human cultures which have successfully co-existed with their natural environment for generations.

Keith lives and paints on the banks of the Linyanti Swamp in Northern Botswana. His studio, like his bedroom, is a tent during winter and a simple tarpaulin during the hot summer months. His closeness with the creatures which inhabit his world comes from hours in their company.

He has been represented by the Tryon Gallery since 1998 and has had a number of solo exhibitions in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004,and 2007.