South African artist Ruan Hoffmann ( b.1971) has attended various residencies around the world including the Thami Mnyele Foundation for African artists in Amsterdam and being the first South African /African to be awarded  a residency at the  Zentrum für Keramik in Berlin 2012/13. Hoffmann's psychologically complex work are  intimate expressions of his personal life and experiences that resonates with the viewer on a  deep emotional level.His work is represented in the corporate art collections of Apple ( Johannesburg ) ,The South African National Association for the Arts (Cape Town ),ZAM Africa Magazine ( Amsterdam,) ,The Frans Masereel Centrum,Kasterlee,Belgium and the Spier Contemporary Art Collection ( Stellenbosch ) to name a few.During 2011/12 the artist had solo exhibitions in New York,Cape Town and LondonHe is represented by Deon Viljoen Fine Art in Stellenbosch / Maastricht.