Rika Venter is a well-known art dealer and consultant, gallery owner, businesswoman and practicing artist.
- Rika has been an art dealer and gallery owner for more than 40 years and amongst her personal friends and acquaintance are highly rated and esteemed old masters and respected South African artists such as Greqoire Boonzaier, Harri (WH) Coetzer, Otto Klar, Alex Rose-Innes, Claerhout, Carlo Sdoya, Titta Fasciotti, Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, Zakkie Eloff, Adriaan Boshoff, Olga Hoffman, Wessel Marais, Chris Nice, Chris Tugwell, Carl Buchner, Hennie Niemann, Errol Boyley, Francois Koch and his brothers, Dino Paravano, Gian-Piero Garizio, Gabriel de Jongh, Tienie Prichard (sculptor) and many others.
- Her gallery was a show-window for many of these artists and many up and coming young artists held their first exhibition at the Rika Venter Art Gallery in Randburg or one of its branches.
- Amongst Rika's clients are some of the foremost companies in South Africa for whom she acts as arts advisor and investment portfolio manager.
- Rika's speciality is acting as advisor and purchaser of investment art on behalf of her clients in markets other than on auctions.
- As a businesswoman, she served on the executive committee of the Afrikaanse Handels Instituut and is presently an honorary member of the Institute.
- In her own right, Rika is an accomplished impressionist and artist.
Rika's passion is art - her forte: her professional knowledge of the art business and doing business within this market. Her special skills are
purchasing for the collectors and investment markets and the management of investment portfolios.
Rika Venter, is 'n bekende kunshandeaar en adviseur, galery eienaar, sakevrou en kunstenaar in eie reg.
- Sy het meer as 40 jaar se ervaring in die kunshandel en onder haar kennisse en persoonlike vriende, het getel van die voorste Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars en Ou Meesters in die land, soos Gregoire Boonzaier, oom Harri (WH) Coetzer, Otto Klar, Alex Rose-Innes, vader Claerhout, Carlo Sdoya, Titta Fasciotti, Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, Zakkie Eloff, Adriaan Boshoff, Olga Hoffman, Wessel Marais, Chris Nice, Chris Tugwell, Carl Buchner, Hennie Niemann, Errol Boyley, Francois Koch en sy broers, Dino Paravano, Gian-Piero Garizio, Gabriel de Jongh, Tienie Prichard (beeldhouer) en vele ander.
- Haar galerye was uitstalvensters vir menige bekende en opkomende jong belowende kunstenaars met uitstallings.
- Onder haar kliënte as kunsadviseur, portefeulje beplanner en voorsiener tel van die voorste instansies en beleggers in die land.
- Rika spesialiseer as adviseur, aankoper en voorsiener van kuns aan beleggers en voornemende beleggers.
- As sakevrou was sy Hoofbestuurslid van die Afrikaanse Handels Instituut en is tans erelid van die Instituut.
- In eie reg, kunstenaar en impressionistiese skilder.
Haar passie is kuns – en haar forte: kennis van die kunsmark, handel in kuns en die plek van Suid-Afrikaanse kuns in die beleggingsportefeulje.
