the artist
The Bertrams Synagogue in Johannesburg – also known as the Kimberly Road Shul – closed down in 1982, but is now Nicholas’s private residence and studio. In conversation with Art Joburg Founding Director, Mandla Sibeko, Nicholas elaborates: ‘I heard about this space – the synagogue – while at a dinner with friends in 2008. I told them about my wish to one day work in a space that I owned, and it’s then that they told me about it. My partner and I considered the place and we were keen to explore the
