
Jaco Sieberhagen
Jaco is a South African sculptor specializing in creating sculptures of people, animals and scenes from nature using metal, wood and glass.
His signature metal figures are almost always depicted in a silhouette style, using laser-cutting techniques.
Jaco has exhibited extensively in locations around the world, including Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Russia, South Africa, and the USA.
His works form part of an impressive number of public and private collections around the world.
Available Works







Biography
Jaco was born in 1961 in Victoria West, South Africa. He considers the thought-provoking question American writer, James Baldwin asked in his book about American history: “Which of us has overcome his past?”, to have become an important one considering the present realities in South Africa and the world at large.
Jaco usually creates sculptures of people and animals using wood, metal, and glass. His metal figures are almost always depicted in a silhouette style, using laser-cutting techniques. The wood in his sculptures is usually found and collected driftwood.
He describes the scenes he creates as "landscapes of the mind."
Selected Exhibitions
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
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2019 Human&Nature Zhengzhou Sculpture Exhibition, Zhengzhou, China
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2016 Group Exhibition, Imago Mundi, Pratt Institute of Brooklyn (New York), USA
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2015 Group Exhibition, Imago Mundi, Fondazione Isola di San Giorgio Moggiore, Venizia, Italy
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2014 20 Years of Democracy, Turchin Centre for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, North Carolina,
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2014 South African Luciano Benetton canvases at Ca’ dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy
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2012 Tee Party Berlin, The Wye, Berlin, Germany
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2011 In Family Unity – Unity of the world, (Traveling Group Exhibition) Moscow State Institute of International
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2010 In Family Unity – Unity of the world, (Traveling Group Exhibition) Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
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2007 Galerie Art'et Miss, Paris, France (Group Exhibition)
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2006 Salon d'Art Nature-Animaux, Paris, France (Group Exhibition)
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2005 Salon d'Art Nature-Animaux, Espace Champerret, Paris, France (Group Exhibition)
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2005 Galerie Art'et Miss, Paris, France (Group exhibition)
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2004 Africa Heritage 2004, 5th Biennale of PACA in Enugu, Nigeria
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2004 Overcoming Maps 3, Traveling Exhibition, PACA, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana
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2002 Africa Heritage 2002, 4th Biennale of the Pan-Africa Circle of Artist (PACA) in Lagos, Nigeria
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2002 2002 International Art Contest, Australia
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2001 Science Art Society International Sculpture exhibition, Boston, USA
LARGE / PUBLIC SCULPTURES
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2020 Jan Marais Nature Reserve, South Africa
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2019 Linthwaite, England
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2019 Zhengzou, China
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2019 Spica, Milan, Italy
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2019 Leeu Estates, Franschhoek, South Africa
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2019 Max Towers, New Delhi, India
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2018 Quénet Arcade, Worcester, South Africa
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2018 Changchun, China
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2018 Linthwaite, Lake District, England
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2018 Le Quartier Français, Franschhoek, South Africa
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2017 Hacienda Building, Durban, South Africa
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2017 Le Quartier Français, Franschhoek, South Africa
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2017 City of Johannesburg Council Chambers, South Africa
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2017 Indaba, Leeu Estates, Franschhoek, South Africa
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2016 La Petit Dauphiné, Franschhoek, South Africa
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2015 Quénet Arcade, Worcester
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2014 Jan S Marais Park, Stellenbosch
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2011 Ron Kaplan Sculpture Park, Australia
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2011 Dongshih Forest Culture park, Taichung, Taiwan
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2010 Changchun International Automotive Park, China
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2009 Ron Kaplan Sculpture Park, Australia
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2009 Qasr Al Sarab, Abu Dhabi
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2008 Hollard Head Office, Johannesburg, South Africa
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2007 Sculpture Park in Erdaobaihe (Baihe), North Eastern China
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2006 Deneys Reitz Attorneys , Cape Town, South Africa
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2005 Rand Merchant Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa
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2004 Jan Cilliers Primary School, Johannesburg, South Africa
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SIMPOSIUMS
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2019 2019 “Human and Nature” Zhengzhou International Sculpture Exhibition, China
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2018 19th China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, China
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2011 Centennial International Wood Carving Event, Taichung, Taiwan
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2010 11th China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, China
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2007 1st China Erdaobaihe International Sculpture Symposium, China
RESIDENCIES
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December 2004-January 2005 Cité internationale des arts in Paris, France
Selected Public Collections
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Dongshih Forestry Bureau (Taiwan)
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Linthwaite Collection (England)
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Luciano Benetton Collection (Italy)
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Max Towers Collection (India)
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Nando's United Kingdom Collection
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Pan African Circle of Artists Collection Enugu (Nigeria)
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Sanlam Collection (South Africa)
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South African Constitutional Court Collection (South Africa)
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Ellerman House Collection (South Africa)
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Sasol Collection (South Africa)
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Hollard Collection (South Africa)
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Iziko Museums - Slave Lodge Cape Town (South Africa)
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Rand Merchant Bank Collection (South Africa)
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ATKV Collection (South Africa)
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Sasol Gas Collection (South Africa)
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Cell-C Collection (South Africa)
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Hugo Naude Art Gallery Worcester (South Africa)
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Development Bank of South Africa Collection (South Africa)
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University of the Free State Collection (South Africa)
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Spier Arts Trust (South Africa)
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Johannesburg Library (South Africa)
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Quenvest Collection (South Africa)
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St Lorient Collection (South Africa)
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Leeu Collection (South Africa)
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University of Stellenbosch Collection (South Africa)
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Jan Marais Nature Reserve (South Africa)