Cobus Haupt is a full-time sculptor based in Pretoria. He was born in Witbank, South Africa in 1976 and moved to Pretoria to study Fine Art at the Tshwane University of Technology. He studied sculpture under Ian Redelinghuis, Guy du Toit and others. Egon Tanya first introduced him to the possibilities of figurative sculpture.

Cobus Haupt's bronze sculptures offer a new take on a time-honoured Western sculptural tradition. He works directly from live models, creating forms in clay that he then casts in bronze. By leaving bumps and imperfections unresolved, Haupt highlights the casting process, making his work as much about the transparency of method as it is about the human figure.

He was one of the winners of the PPC Cement Competition in 1999 and again in 2000. In 2001 he won the Kempton Park Tembisa Fine Arts Award and has since lectured at the Tshwane University of Technology as well as Unisa.

He has exhibited his work across the country, including in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town. His work is held in the Webber Wentzel Collection.

Ruhan Janse van Vuuren was born in Amersfoort in 1981. After moving to and growing up in Pretoria, he decided to study Fine Arts (specialising in Sculpture) at the Tshwane University of Technology.

Upon receiving his qualification he worked at Dionysus Sculpture Works for four years before Janse van Vuuren became a full time independent sculptor.

Janse van Vuuren is renowned in the Fine Arts world, both locally and globally, and recently started working public commissions.

He has worked on works such as Nokuthula Simelane, Pixley ka Isaka Seme and the monumental Nelson Mandela.

He continues to leave his sculptural mark on the world.