Artist Biography
Born in 1963, Brincat is an
award winning, international,
multi-disciplinary artist,
based in Cape Town, South Africa.
His first two careers - spanning
25 years and 10 years respectively -
were as a theatre practitioner
and a theatre teacher.
In 2018, Brincat embarked on a third (current)
career as a self taught visual artist,
after having already exhibited
in several solo and group shows
in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe,
England, India, and Sweden.
Solo shows include
The Gallery of the University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa
Lakshmi Nivas Collective, Kerala,
India
The Cape Institute for Architecture, Cape Town,
South Africa
The National Gallery, Gaborone,
Botswana
The Brunei Gallery, (SOAS), University of London,
England
The Gallery of North West University of Potchefstroom,
South Africa
Residencies
(X)Sites LandArt Residency, Uppsala,
Sweden
(Fully funded).
The Lakshmi Nivas Collective Residency, in Parudur,
India
(Self funded).
The Tankwa LandArt Residency, in the Tankwa desert,
South Africa
(Fully funded).
Brincat's oeuvre is marked by an abstract visual
language rooted in a strong conceptual foundation.
Through the mediums of
drawing, photography, performance,
writing, and site specific installations,
Brincat visits and revisits events,
landscapes and memories -
some real, others imagined, as he grapples
with notions of identity, heritage, belonging,
and the passing of time, from a universal,
contemporary, and anthropological point of view.
He is best known for his inflatable large scale
Pop-Up Monument (2021),
made from clear transparent PVC plastic,
which he erected in various sites of
national significance across Cape Town,
South Africa; as well as for his work
Becoming Upon Arriving,
which saw an expanse of transparent plastic
curtaining hung in the Wik forest in Uppsala,
Sweden, as part of the (X)Sites
LandArt Residency (2023).
Brincat has three works in the private collection of
The University of the North West, South Africa.
His exhibition, Foreign Nationals,
was voted among the top 15 on the
African continent for 2015, by OKAYAFRICA.
His pursuit of knowledge and love of visual arts
saw Brincat completing a postgraduate
diploma in Fine Art,
(with Distinction),
at Michaelis School of Fine Art,
at the University of Cape Town, in 2020
and his Master's in Visual Arts,
(Cum Laude),
at Stellenbosch University 2023.
Awards and Nominations
Winner
The Special Jury Award
The Moon Looks Delicious From Here
The Bitesize Theatre Festival,
London,
2024
Nomination
Best Supporting Actor
Feste - Twelfth Night
The Durban Theatre Awards,
2005
Winner
Best Children’s Production
The Boy With The Clown's Heart
The Durban Theatre Awards,
2005
Winner
Best New South African Script
The House Husband,
FNB Vita Awards, Durban,
2001
Born in 1963, Brincat is an
award winning, international,
multi-disciplinary artist,
based in Cape Town, South Africa.
His first two careers - spanning
25 years and 10 years respectively -
were as a theatre practitioner
and a theatre teacher.
In 2018, Brincat embarked on a third (current)
career as a self taught visual artist,
after having already exhibited
in several solo and group shows
in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe,
England, India, and Sweden.
Solo shows include
The Gallery of the University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa
Lakshmi Nivas Collective, Kerala,
India
The Cape Institute for Architecture, Cape Town,
South Africa
The National Gallery, Gaborone,
Botswana
The Brunei Gallery, (SOAS), University of London,
England
The Gallery of North West University of Potchefstroom,
South Africa
Residencies
(X)Sites LandArt Residency, Uppsala,
Sweden
(Fully funded).
The Lakshmi Nivas Collective Residency, in Parudur,
India
(Self funded).
The Tankwa LandArt Residency, in the Tankwa desert,
South Africa
(Fully funded).
Brincat's oeuvre is marked by an abstract visual
language rooted in a strong conceptual foundation.
Through the mediums of
drawing, photography, performance,
writing, and site specific installations,
Brincat visits and revisits events,
landscapes and memories -
some real, others imagined, as he grapples
with notions of identity, heritage, belonging,
and the passing of time, from a universal,
contemporary, and anthropological point of view.
He is best known for his inflatable large scale
Pop-Up Monument (2021),
made from clear transparent PVC plastic,
which he erected in various sites of
national significance across Cape Town,
South Africa; as well as for his work
Becoming Upon Arriving,
which saw an expanse of transparent plastic
curtaining hung in the Wik forest in Uppsala,
Sweden, as part of the (X)Sites
LandArt Residency (2023).
Brincat has three works in the private collection of
The University of the North West, South Africa.
His exhibition, Foreign Nationals,
was voted among the top 15 on the
African continent for 2015, by OKAYAFRICA.
His pursuit of knowledge and love of visual arts
saw Brincat completing a postgraduate
diploma in Fine Art,
(with Distinction),
at Michaelis School of Fine Art,
at the University of Cape Town, in 2020
and his Master's in Visual Arts,
(Cum Laude),
at Stellenbosch University 2023.
Awards and Nominations
Winner
The Special Jury Award
The Moon Looks Delicious From Here
The Bitesize Theatre Festival,
London,
2024
Nomination
Best Supporting Actor
Feste - Twelfth Night
The Durban Theatre Awards,
2005
Winner
Best Children’s Production
The Boy With The Clown's Heart
The Durban Theatre Awards,
2005
Winner
Best New South African Script
The House Husband,
FNB Vita Awards, Durban,
2001