Niklas Zimmer
- Composer
Niklas Zimmer is a German-South African artist and musician working in
photography, sound and performance. He was born in Bangkok, Thailand in
1975, went to prep school in Maseru, Lesotho, and matriculated in Bad
Honnef, Germany. He lives and works in Cape Town. He holds an Honors
and a Masters degree in Fine Art from University of Cape Town as well as a BA in education from University of Cologne. After three years of being Head of
Department, teaching Visual Arts at the German International School in
Cape Town, he now part-time lectures in theory and discourse of
art, critical studies, as well as giving workshops in video, sound and
photography at tertiary institutions in Cape Town and Stellenbosch. He
also works as an independent photographer and drummer, and is employed
by the University of Cape Town as an (audio) digitisation specialist. As Is, his musical ensemble with Manfred Zylla, Garth Erasmus and an ever growing list of guests performs free-form music in various cultural venues and contexts in Cape Town (Dada South?, Breytenbach Sentrum, Edge of Wrong, Alliance Francaise, Erdmann contemporary, Serialworks, Gradex'10, Edge of Wrong et al).