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JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY
ZWELETHU MTHETHWA
Born in 1960, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
EDUCATION
1989 Master of Fine Arts in Imaging Art, Rochester Institute of Technology
1985 Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
1984 Diploma in Fine Arts, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
SELECTED ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
2013
Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, January 24–February 23, 2013.
Untitled Portraits by Zwelethu Mthethwa, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts, August 30–December 17, 2013.
2012–2013
Zwelethu Mthethwa, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, November 17, 2012–February 10, 2013.
2012
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Sugar Cane (2003–2007), John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, January 17–April 8, 2012. Curated by Diego Cortez.
2011
Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works, iArt Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, May 18–June 29, 2011. (Catalogue)
2010
Zwelethu Mthethwa, iArt Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, May 18–June 29, 2010.
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Zwelethu Mthethwa: Is it our goal…? And Other Related Issues, Circa on Jellicoe, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 3–July 9, 2010.
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Inner Views, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, July 15–October 24, 2010. (Catalogue)
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Brick workers & Contemporary Gladiators, Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid, Spain, September 7–October 14, 2010.
2009
Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, April 23–May 23, 2009.
2008
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Children of a Lesser God, Everard Read, Johannesburg, March 6–30, 2008.
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Contemporary Gladiators, Andréhn Schiptjenko, Stockholm, April 3–May 11, 2008.
2007
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Private-Public Spaces, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, January 26–March 10, 2007.
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Recent Works, Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid, February 3–March 17, 2007.
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Maidens and Dance of Life, Christine König, Vienna, in cooperation with Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, June 1–August 4, 2007.
2006
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Gold Miners, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, May 25–June 24, 2006.
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Maidens, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany, November 8–December 10, 2006.
Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
2005
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Ticket to the Other Side, Gallery Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, October 26– November 30, 2005.
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Women in Private Spaces, Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery, Stockholm, November 3– December 3, 2005.
2004
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Lines of Negotiation, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, March 18–April 17, 2004.
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Harvesting Workers, Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
2003
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Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, February 13–March 15, 2003.
Interior Portraits: Zwelethu Mthethwa Photographs, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, February 15– April 23, 2003.
Hamburg Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
2002
Galerie Hengevoss, Hamburg
Marco Noire Contemporary Art, San Sebastiano, Italy
Museum of Contemporary Art, St Louis, Missouri
2001
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Mother & Child, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, San Sebastiano, Italy
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Private Spaces, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Centre national de la Photoraphie, curated by Regis Durand, Paris
Galerie Jensen, Hamburg
2000
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Recent Photographs, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, May 25–June 24, 2000.
Galerie Hengevos and Jensen, part of the Triennale der Photographie, Hamburg
1999
Paris Pour Escale, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Rebirth, Project Room, FIAC Paris, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, Paris
Sacred Homes – Mother & Child, Palazzo della Esposizioni, Rome
Towards-transit, Zurich
Art Chicago/At Navy Pier, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, Chicago
Art-World dialogue, Ludwig Museum, Koln, Germany
Foto Biennale Rotterdam. Curated by Clive Kellner.
Galerie Hengevoss & Jensen, Triennale der Photographie, Hamburg
Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid
Olivia Aruana Gallery, Madrid
Project Room, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, ARCO, Madrid
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Project Room, Art Koln, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, Koln, Germany
1998
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Marco Noire Contemporary Art, San Sebastiano, Italy
1997
Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
1993
Gallery de Lyons, Cape Town
1992
Gallery de Lyons, Cape Town
1991
African Arts Centre, Durban, South Africa
S.A. Association of Arts, Cape Town
1987
College Union, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
1986
S.A. Association of Arts, Cape Town
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 - 2019
Third Space / Shifting Conversations About Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, January 27, 2017 – January 6, 2019.
2017
Mois de la Photo in Afriques Capitales, Curated by Simon Njami, La Villette in Paris, France, March 28 – May 21, 2017.
Life World: Photography from the CIAC Collection, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy, February 27 – April 30, 2017.
2016 - 2017
Regarding Africa: Contemporary Art and Afro-Futurism, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel, December 9, 2016 – May 27, 2017.
2016
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African Art Against the State, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, January 29 – August 28, 2016.
2015
Still Slave. Periferias 16.0: BLACK. Huesca County Council, Huesca, Spain, October 30 - November 22, 2015.
2014
Private Eye: Allen G. Thomas Jr. Photography Collection, North Carolina Museum of Art, September 13, 2014 – March 22, 2015
2013
Homebodies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, June 2013. Curated by Naomi Beckwith.
Present Tense, Portugal, June 2013. Curated by Antonio Pinto Ribeiro.
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts, August 20–December 12, 2013.
Kochi Biennale 2012, Kochi, Kerala, India, December 12, 2012.
2012–2013
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life, International Center of Photography, New York, September 14, 2012–January 6, 2012. Curated by Okwui Enwezor.
2012
Contemporary African Photography: Zwelethu Mthethwa & Malick Sidibe, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 13–June 16, 2012.
La La La Human Steps: A Selection from the Collection of Museums Boijmans, Van Beuningen, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, February 16–May 6, 2012. Curated by Sjarel Ex.
African Photography, For Whose Eyes?: Constructing and Deconstructing Identities, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, New York, April 12–May 13, 2012.
2011–2012
Environment and Object in Recent African Art, Skidmore College Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York, February 6–July 31, 2011. Traveling to: Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, September 9–December 11, 2011; Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, Vermont, January 27–April 22, 2012.
2011
Building The Contemporary Collection: Five Years of Acquisitions, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, March 10–August 14, 2011. Curated by Trevor Schoonmaker.
Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, The Paul J. Sachs Prints and Illustrated Books Galleries, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 23–August 14, 2011. Curated by Judith B. Hecker. (Catalogue)
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Figures and Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography, Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, April 12–July 17, 2011.
Are You A Hybrid, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, May 3–October 2, 2011.
Beyond Convention: Reimagining Human Rights in a Time of Change, Ford Foundation, New York, September 20–November 1, 2011.
2010–2011
The Global Africa Project, Museum of Art and Design, New York, November 17, 2010–May 15, 2011. Curated by Lowery Sims and Leslie King-Hammond. (Catalogue)
2010
A Collective Diary: An African Contemporary Journey, Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curated by Simon Njami.
Africa: Objects and Subjects, Palacio de Revillagigedo, Gijón, Spain. Traveled to: Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain
Always Moving Forward: Contemporary African Photography from the Wedge Collection, Gallery 44, Houston, Texas
The Walther Collection, Burlafingen, Germany. Curated by Okwui Enwezor.
2009
Beyond The Familiar: Photography And The Construction of Community, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Prospect 1 New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Rethinking Landscape: Photography from the Collection of Allen Thomas Jr., Roanoke Museum, VA Sharing Territories, 5th Soa Tome Biennale, curated by Adelaide Ginga, Soa Tome and Principe
Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings, Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California
2008–2009
Cross-Currents in Recent Video Installation: Water as Metaphor for Identity, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts, Spring 2008. Traveled to: Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, June 17–September 7. 2008; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, August 1– September 13, 2009; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Curated by Amy Ingrid Schlegel.
2008
Between Us – Entre Nous – Phakathi Kwethu, Iart Gallery, Cape Town
Brave New Worlds, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
People, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
World Receiver: 10 Years Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
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New Orleans Biennale
2007–2009
Scratches on the Face, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, December 8, 2007–January 3, 2008. Traveled to: National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, January 10–February 3 2008; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, November 15, 2008–July 31, 2009. (Catalogue)
2007
Apartheid: El Mirall Sud-Africà, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Defining Moments in Photograph from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Existencias, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, MUSAC, León, Spain
Planet Afrika: Carte Blanche, curated by Thomas Mank, Kultursysteme, Berlin
So Close So Far Away, Crac Alsace, France
South African Art: Modern Art and Cultural Development in a Changing Society, Danubiana, Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006–2007
Black Panther Rank and File, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, March 17–June 2, 2006. Traveled to: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, July 21–November 30, 2007.
2006
Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts, Artists’ Week 2006, curated by Julianne Pierce, Adelaide, Australia
Black, Brown & White, Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria
Black Panther Rank and File, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Cross-Currents in Recent Video Installation: Water as a Metaphor for Identity, Tisch Gallery, Boston
The Living is Easy, Flowers East, Hoxton, London
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography, International Center of Photography, New York
The Whole World is Rotten, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Why Pictures Now, MUMOK Lounge, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
2005
Earth and Memory: African and African-American Photograph, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina
Emergencies, at the Museo de Arte Contemporeneo de Castilla y Leon, MUSAC, Spain
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The Experience of Art, The Venice Biennial. Curated by Maria de Corral.
The Forest: Politics, Poetics, and Practice, The Nasher Museum at Duke University, North Carolina
Green to Green and Beyond, Gallery W 52, New York
Imprints: Works on paper, Axis Gallery, New York
New Work / New Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
A Passion for Pictures, North Carolina Museum of Art
Ticket to the Other Side, Hengevoss-Duerkop Gallery, Hamburg
The Whole World is Rotten: Free Radicals and the Gold Coast Slave Castles of Paa Joe, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
2004–2006
Africa Remix, Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinent, July 24–November 7, 2004, Traveled to: Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, July 24–November 7, 2004; Hayward Gallery, London, February 10–April 17, 2005; Pompidou Centre, Paris, May 24–August 15, 2005; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, May–August 2006; Gwangju Biennale, South Korea. Curated by Simon Njami. (Catalogue)
Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, Selections from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 23, 2004–January 31, 2005. Traveled to: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, May 7–June 16, 2006. (Catalogue; texts by Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Paul Roth, Merry A. Foresta, and Julia J. Norrell)
2004–2005
African Art, African Voices, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Common Ground, Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, Selections from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Where?, Clifford Chance Projects, New York
The Prague Biennale
Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil. Curated by Simon Njami.
Tama University Art Gallery, Tokyo
2004
Body and the Archive, Artists Space, New York
Festival della Fotografia, British Academy, Rome
Festival Couleur Café, curated by Hernau Bertiau, Tour et Taxis, Brussels
Grenier a sel, in Honfleur, France
Ipermercati dell’Arte, Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy
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Made in Africa Fotografia, Musei di Porta Romana, Milan
New Identities: Contemporary South Africa Art, Bochum Museum, Germany
Passaporto, Le Meridien Lingotto Art & Tech, Torino, Italy
Postcards from Cuba, a selection from the 8th Havana Biennale, Henie Onstad Kunstenter, Oslo
Vth Bamako Encounters, Afritudine, Musei di Porta Romama / Galleria Arteutopia, Italy
Kornhausforum, Berne, Switzerland
2003
Portraiture: Every Picture Tells A Story, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, Georgia
Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center of Photography, curated by Brian Wallis, New York
8th Havana Biennial, Cuba
Istanbul Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron
Prague Biennial, Czech Republic
Sharjah International Biennale, curated by Hoor Al-Qasimi and Peter Lewis
2002–2003
The Gift: Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality, organized by Independent Curators International, New York. Traveled to: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, February 9–May 5, 2002; Palazzo Delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy, June 2–September 24, 2001; Candiani Centro Culturale, Venice, Italy, October–December 2001; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, November 27, 2002–March 3, 2003; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, April 4–June 15, 2003; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, August 16–October 18, 2003.
Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture, Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, through December 1, 2002. Traveled to: Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, December 20, 2002–March 23, 2003.
2002
Tracing the Rainbow, Kunst Raum Sylt-Quelle, Rantum, Germany, June 7–August 31, 2002. Traveled to: Kulturverein Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg/Nechtar, Germany, September 29–November 2002.
New Acquisitions/ New Works/ New Directions 3: Contemporary Selections, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Cultural Crossing, Numark Gallery, Washington, DC
Dis/location, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
Fuoriuso, curated by Teresa Macri, Ferrotel, Pescara, Italy
In Situ – Portraits of People at Home, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA Overnight to Many Cities: Tourism and Travel at Home and Away, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
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Staging, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO
Sudafrica: la pittura, la fotographia, il cinema, Centro Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
Untitled, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Videoarte Africana, 25° Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Group Exhibition, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, San Sebastiano, Italy
Centro Cultural de Maia, O’Porto, Portugal
2001–2002
The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945–1994, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, February 15–April 22, 2001. Traveled to: Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Martin-Gropius-Bau, Belgium; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, September 8–December 30, 2001; MoMA P.S. 1, New York, February 10–May 5, 2002. Curated by Okwui Enwezor.
2001
Africa Today, curated by Pep Subiros, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain
A Passion for Art: The Disaronno Originale Photography Collection, traveling to: Miami Art Museum, FL
Boomerang: Collector’s Choice, Exit Art, New York
I Love NY, benefit exhibition, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
University of California, Berkeley, Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2000–2002
Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, Austin Museum of Art, Texas, 2000. Traveled to: The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, California, 2001–2002 and the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, 2002.
2000
A3HB, Hans Bogatske Collection of Contemporary African Art, Camouflage, Brussels
Africa 2000: The Artist and the City, Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture, Spain
A.R.E.A. 2000, curated by Gavin Younge, Kjarvaisstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Arts and Human Rights, Kwangju International Biennale, curated by Ichiro Hariu, Seoul, Korea
Dire Aids-Say Aids, Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Torino, Italy Five Artists Having Fun, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
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Home, Perth International Arts Festival, Art Gallery of Perth Cultural Centre, Australia
L’Afrique a jour, in collaboration with Biennale Dakar 2000, AFAA, Lille, France
Il Sentimento del 2000, Arte E Foto: 1960/2000, La Triennale de Milano
Mirades Impudiques, curated by Rosa Olivares and Marta Gili, Fundacio La Caixa Barcelona
Mostra Africana de Arte Conemporanea, Video Brazil, Sao Paulo
Overnight to Many Cities: Travel and Tourism at Home and Away, 303 Gallery, New York
Paris pour escale, Musee d’Art Moderna de la Ville de Paris
Simultaneous, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
South Meets West, Kunsthalle Bern, curated by Bernard Fibicher, Switzerland
Storie Contemporanee, curated by Paola Tognon, Museo Civico di Bergamo, Italy
TRADE: Wares, ways and values in world trade today, Fotomuseum Wintherthur, Germany. Traveled to: Netherlands Foto Institut, Rotterdam and Centro de Belles Artes, Madrid
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Biennale Dakar, curated by Hans Bogatzke, Senegal
Foto Biennale Rotterdam, curated by Clive Kellner
Frankfurtkunstverein, Frankfurt
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival, curated by Rosa Martinez, Pusan, Korea
1999
Camouflage, Hans Bogatzke Collection of Contemporary African Art, Brussels
Fondazione Bevelacqua, curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, Venice, Italy
Images for Dignity, PhotoEspane 99, Barcelona
Photospana 99: images of dignity, curated by Miguel Angel Invarato, Madrid
Project Conflux, Tendaces Mikado, Luxembourg
Rewind fast forward. Za, Van Reekum Museum in Appeldoorn Museum, Holland
Site Santa Fe: Looking for a Place, curated by Rosa Martinez, NM
South Meets West, The National Museum Accra, Ghana, traveling to: Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Staking Claims, The Granary - part of the One City Many Cultures Festival, Cape Town
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Goteborgs Kunstmuseum, curated by Lena Boethues, Goteborg, Sweden
1998
Africa, Africa, Tobu Museum, Tokyo
Africa by Africa, Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, London
Architecture, Apartheid and After, curated by Hilton Judin, Van Reekum Museum, Rotterdam
Awakening, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY
Blank ….. State of Architecture + Urban Planning in South Africa, Netherlands Architecture Institute
Democracy's Images: photographs and visual art after Apartheid, Bild Museum Sweden
Yesterday Begins Tomorrow: Ideals, Dreams, and the Contemporary Awakening,Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY
A History of African Photography”, La Maison Europeenne de la Photo, Paris
Dakar Biennale, Senegal
Houston Photo Festival, Houston, TX
The Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Sasol Art Collection
1997
La Boheme: Noir, Primart Gallery, Cape Town
Lift Off, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Photo Synthesis-Contemporary South African Photography, Grahamstown Art Festival
Trade Routes: History and Geography, curated by Okwui Enwezor and Octavio Zaya, Johannesburg Biennale, Electric Workshop, Gauteng, South Africa
Association for Visual Arts, CRAM, Cape Town
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
1996
Adelson Gallery, New York
Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
1995
Africa 95, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, Great Britain and Dusseldorf, Germany
Artists for Peace '95, Palais des Nations (UN Geneva), travelling to Geneva Switzerland and Dusseldorf, Germany
Crosscurrents, Very Special Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
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Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa
S.A. Association of Arts - 3 Person Show, Cape Town
World Economic Forum Group Show, Davos, Switzerland
1994
Crosscurrents, S.A. artists group show, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
S.A. Artists, Ottobrunn, Germany
1993
Biennale of Illustration, Bratislava, Slovan Republic
Grand Prix International d'Arts Plastiques, International Visual Arts, Nice, France
Abidjan Biennale, Ivory Coast
1992
Singapore Exhibition, Group Show of South African artists
1991
Dalijosafat Arts Centre, Paarl
S.A. Association of Arts, Cape Town
1990
N.S.A Gallery, Durban, South Africa
1989
Memorial Art Museum, Rochester, NY
1988
Bethune Gallery, S.U.N.Y., Buffalo, NY
Rainbow Gallery, S.U.N.Y., Brockport, NY
1986
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
S.A. Association of Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
1985
Michaelis Gallery, University of Cape Town, South Africa
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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ABSA Bank, South Africa Absolut Collection, Sweden Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York Arco Foundation, Madrid Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Boland Bank, South Africa Bouwfonds Art Collection, Netherlands Cape Department of Education Trust, South Africa The Corcoran Museum Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Daimler Chrysler Collection, Germany Deutsche Bank, Group Head Office, Frankfurt, Germany Durban Art Gallery, South Africa Gencor S.A. Ltd, South Africa Gilbey's Ltd. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Herdboys, South Africa Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa JSE – Stock Exchange, South Africa Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Metropolitan Life, South Africa The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Ministere Culture Communication, France MTN Collection, South Africa Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Madrid, Spain The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC The New Museum, New York, NY North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC Old Mutual, South Africa PKS, South Africa Pompidou Centre, France Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa Progressive Corporate Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH Rand Merchant Bank, South Africa S.A. Reserve Bank, South Africa Sanlam, South Africa Sasol, Durban, Cape Town, New York Samuel Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh Siemans Ltd, South Africa Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC, USA South African Breweries, South Africa South African Embassy, Washington, DC South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa Stellenbosch University, South Africa The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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Transnet Ltd, South Africa University of South Africa University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Victoria & Albert Museum,London, UK Vodacom Collection, South Africa Wooltru, Cape Town, South Africa
AWARDS
2005
Commissioned for the International Absolut Collection
2004
Nobel Square – Technical Committee Member
Review Committee Member – Roggebaai Tourism Precinct
1999
Adjudicator, National Panel for the ABSA Atelier Awards. (National)
Jury Member for Damilier Chrysler Award. (National)
Adjudicator, Windsor Newton Millenium Painting Competition. (National)
Adjudicator, Zonnebloem Fine Art Wine Label Competition. (National)
Adjudicator, Truworths Painting Workshop.
Elected on to the Association for Visual Arts Executive Committee.
1998
Panelist, National Arts Council.
Nominated for the Vita Awards.
1996
Vice-Chairman of the Association for Visual Arts and convenor of its Selection Committee
Committee member of the Friends of the S.A. National Gallery
1995
Vice-Chairman of the S.A. Association of Arts (Western Cape)
1994
Invited to judge, select and appraise work for the Volskas Atelier Award Competition
1993
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City of Abijan prize, Biennale (Ivory Coast)
Bertrams V.O. Award Indigenous People.
1987
Fullbright Scholarship to study in the USA, Rochester Institute of Technology
1985
Irma Stern Scholarship
1984
Class Medal for graduation with a distinction in the Fine Arts Department (UCT)
1981
Simon Gerson Prize for the most promising art student (UCT).
TEACHING
2000 Research Associate at Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT
1998 Appointed Senior Lecturer, Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT
1994–1998 Lecturer of Photography and Drawing at Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT
1991–1993 Customer Projects Coordinator for Truworths
1988–1989 Assistant Coordinator Children's Project for Community Arts Project
1986–1987 Cultural Organizer for Department of Education and Training
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