Johann graduated with a BA Fine Art degree from the University of Pretoria in 1990 with and a MA Fine Art, specialising in Sculpture, from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town in 1994. He worked in computer animation in Johannesburg for a while and then graduated with a MA Fine Art, specialising in new media, at the Frank Mohr Instituut, Groningen, the Netherlands in 1997.
On his return to South Africa he worked as a computer animator and creative director in interactive design, before entering the academic world as senior lecturer in New Media at the University of Johannesburg (1999-2001). He took up a lecturing post at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town in 2001, first lecturing in the field of New Media and then in Sculpture, where he currently holds the position of associate professor. Johann has participated in numerous notable international group exhibitions and projects. Johann’s work deals with questions of power relations in society.
