Born in 1956 in Boksburg, South Africa, Barend de Wet completed his education at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 1990. Since his return (to his artistic practice) De Wet has presented three successful solo exhibitions at SMAC Gallery – GREEN (2010) in Stellenbosch; Maximalism (2012) in Cape Town and Black, White & Everything In-Between (2016) also in Cape Town. Notable group exhibitions include Dada South? Exploring Dada legacies in South African Art 1960 to present, at the Iziko South African National Gallery in 2009; Twenty: South African Sculpture of the Last Two Decades at the Nirox Sculpture Park, Johannesburg, in 2010; The Rainbow Nation: Hedendaagse Beeldhouwkunst uit Zuid-Afrika at the Museum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag, Netherlands, in 2012; and After The Rainbow Nation: An Exhibition of Contemporary South African Sculpture, at the NIROX Sculpture Park, Johannesburg, in 2013.