Musa Christo Engelbrecht

Born in South Africa

1968 Graduated from Cape Town Technicon, Diploma in Art & Design

1970 Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Lecturer at M.L.Sultan Technicon and Natal Technicon in Life Drawing, Painting, Illustration, Photography and Printing Processes.
Various group and one-man exhibitions in South Africa.

Arrived in Ireland in 1978

1978 - 83 Textile Design and Printing Studio in West Cork, Ireland

1983 - 84 Denmark working on Audio-visual Projects

1984 - 86 Travel in Turkey and Egypt to study Islamic ceramic processes

1986 - 92 Established Ceramic Studio in Dublin, producing ceramic tile murals to commission

1992 Moved to the Burren, County Clare to return to painting and have the opportunity to perfect lustre glazes

1993 Established limited production workshop, specialising in Lustre Glaze ceramics. Jewellery, Wallpanels and sculpture

1993 Exhibition: Five Artists, Kinvara Courthouse, Kinvara, Co.Galway

1994 Exhibition: Gathering of Artists, Kinvara Courthouse, Kinvara, Co. Galway

1997 December. Group show, Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland.

2000 Group show. Gallery West, Kinvara, Co. Galway, Ireland.

2003 December. Group Show, Russell Gallery, Newquay, Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland.

2005 September. Solo Exhibition, Russell Gallery, Newquay, Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland.