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BIOGRAPHY

Stefan, also known as "These10Fingers", is a contemporary South African fine artist known for his figurative portraiture most commonly executed through large-scale acrylic mural paintings and oil paintings on archival panel or canvas.

Smit is based in Cape Town, South Africa, and is also represented internationally in the United States. His work has been exhibited at Abend Gallery, Denver, The LA Art Show, and in Cape Town at 99 Loop. Smit has created public art in the form of large-scale murals in various countries such as Denmark, Dubai, and Sri-Lanka, with his most notable street art pieces in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.

Sit has painted portraits of various international public figures that have garnered acclaim for their exceptional likeness, including actor J.K. Simmons and sportsman Virat Kohli, as well as a mural portrait of apartheid hero and former South African president, Nelson Mandela, for the world-renowned luxury safari lodge Londolozi.

Over the course of his career, Stefan has produced several solo exhibitions both independently and with galleries, a well as participated in various group shows internationally. Such galleries and exhibitions include: Abend Gallery (Denver, USA), Gallery One11 (Cape Town), 99 Loop (Cape Town), Art On Avenues (Cape Town), Rust en Vrede Gallery (Cape Town), Lizamore Gallery (Johannesburg), Bruuns Galeri (Aarhus, Denmark), The Gavin Project (Johannesburg), ABSA Gallery (Johannesburg), The Viewing Room Gallery (Pretoria), and, Gallery Momo (Johannesburg).

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