Artist Database

From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, the Strauss & Co artist database includes every modern and contemporary artist sold at auction since 2009. Find an artist by name to explore their full auction history. Every work is listed across painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, with aggregated price data useful to collectors.

Spanning South African and international visual artists, the database features famous artists such as William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern, each with detailed biographies and complete auction records.

Julio Rizhi

Julio Rizhi is a self-taught artist and current resident in sculpture and mixed media at Chinembiri studios, Mbare, Harare. He explores issues of environmental decay, high-density living, and pollution through his found object works that are two and three dimensional.

Biography courtesy of Africa First.