He was born in South Africa and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand (BA Fine Art, 1982) and at the Royal College of Art, London (MA Painting 1986). He has lectured at art colleges throughout the UK, including the RCA, and also at the National Gallery, London. In 2016 he was one of the judges for the John Moores Painting Prize. Recent Solo Exhibitions include Cut Flowers, Marlborough Chelsea, New York (2016), Verbatim Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (2014), Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London (2014), Marlborough Chelsea, New York (2013), Kunsthal Amersfoort, The Netherlands (2011), Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London (2010). Recent Group Exhibitions include: Painters’ Painters, Saatchi Gallery, London (2016), The Violet Crab at DRAF, David Roberts Arts Foundation, London (2015), Feels Like Heaven, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (2014), Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London (2010).