Gideon Nel
Artist, designer and lecturer based in Cape Town, South Africa. Born in 1992 in Pretoria, went to the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool and completed my Honours degree in Information Design at the University of Pretoria in 2015.I have worked as a graphic designer for various companies, including Cavalli Wine Estate (2016 - 2017), and I've lectured in graphic design at Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography (2017 - 2018) and Greenside Design Center in Johannesburg (2021 - 2023). I was a designer, lecturer and youth leader at Stellenbosch Gemeente for three years (2017 - 2019), where I developed visual and interactive ways to communicate the treasures of the Biblical narrative. At Stellenbosch Gemeente I co-facilitated and taught at youth and student gatherings, while also providing art direction for printed and digital media.In 2021, I completed my MA degree in Information Design at the University of Pretoria, under the guidance of Prof. Duncan Reyburn. My MA dissertation offers a philosophical hermeneutic of visual communication by exploring the connections between design and the metaphysics of William Desmond.