Education
Sieberhagen received his Bachelor from the University of Portuguese Elizabeth in 1981, a BTh from Stellenbosch University in 1984, his Licentiate in Theology from Stellenbosch University in 1985 and a Diploma in Fundraising Management from University of South Africa in 1994. He also studied sculpture at Rhodes University from 1987 to 1990.
Career
He usually creates sculptures of people and animals using wood, metal, and glass. His metal figures are almost always depicted in a silhouette style, using laser-cutting techniques. The wood in his sculptures is usually found and collected driftwood.
He describes the scenes he creates as "landscapes of the mind." Education Exhibitions 2001 Science Art Society International Sculpture exhibition, Boston United States of America Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town 2002 2002 International Art Contest, Australia Africa Heritage 2002, 4th Biennale of the Pan-Africa Circle of Artist (PACA) in Lagos, Nigeria Solo exhibition - KKNK (Sasol Visual Arts Main Festival), Oudtshoorn Cuyler Street Gallery, Portuguese Elizabeth 2004 Overcoming Maps 3, Traveling exhibition, PACA, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana Africa Heritage 2004, 5th Biennale of PACA in Enugu, Nigeria Sasol New Signature Competition ‘04, Pretoria Brett Kebble Art Awards, Cape Town 2005 Galerie Art’ et Mission, Paris, France (Group exhibition) Salon d’Art Nature-Animaux, Espace Champerret, Paris (Group Exhibition) Sasol New Signature Competition ‘05, Pretoria 2006 Salon d’Art Nature-Animaux, Paris (Group Exhibition) Installation work “Girl in a Blue dress” - finalist for the cancelled 2006 Brett Kebble Art AVA, Cape Town 2007 Galerie Art’et Mission, Paris, France (Group Exhibition) Spier Contemporary 2007, Stellenbosch 2008 art-b, Bellville ‘Trapped in History’, Johans Borman Fine Art Gallery, Cape Town 2009 Woordfees, Stellenbosch, ATKV Project “Skilder met woorde” "Number(n) place like home’, Artspace Gallery, Johannesburg Spier Contemporary, Cape Town Collections.