Rudolf Liebenberg is a Cape Town-based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores memory, journey, and layered perception through painting, drawing, mixed media, and found materials. He is known for blending fine line work with textured, often unconventional surfaces such as discarded wood, old maps, heat-pressed shopping bags and anything really that speaks to him for that project, transforming elements of the everyday into art that aims to connect through quiet dialogue of visual connection.

His visual language draws on both street art and classical mark-making and painting techniques, often merging the personal with the urban and historical. Through recurring motifs like faces on roadmaps, symbolic animals, and mythic figures, Liebenberg investigates themes of transformation, impermanence, and the stories we carry. His recent body of work revolves around fables, folklore, and legends, serving as a platform to explore universal truths, cultural heritage, and introspection.

Liebenberg is also a co-founder of the New Art Collective, a community-driven initiative showcasing contemporary South African artists and fostering engagement through exhibitions and creative events. He has collaborated with local institutions and companies, ranging from veterinary clinics to road marking firms, bringing public art into unexpected spaces.
Ultimately, Rudolf Liebenberg’s practice is about finding meaning in layers, both literal and metaphorical, drawing lines that reveal more than they define. 

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​Rudolf has showcased his work in solo and group exhibitions

at leading galleries, auction houses and hotel groups such

as Art@Africa V&A, Calais Wine Estate, Everard Read, Mount Nelson Hotel, Radisson Red, Strauss & Co., Welgemeend,  Youngblood, New Art Collective and more. His evolving style continues to push boundaries, blending the familiar with the unexpected.