Art for Limpopo started in 2004 when a group of artists organised an exhibition in Polokwane.This was the beginning of many successful exhibitions to follow. The main focus is to introduce art to the residence/general public of Polokwane and to give exposure and support to artists in South Africa.

Previous exhibitions organised by Art For Limpopo:

2010 Super Boring, Wayne Barker Retrospective, Polokwane Art Museum, sponsored by Standard Bank, Limpopo, and Standard Bank , in association with Smac Gallery, supported by BASA. This exhibition travelled to Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg

2009 Mobility -Artists in Residence, Sponsored by Modern Autohaus (BMW) Polokwane, supported by BASA.

2009 Braam Kruger Retrospective curated by Dr. Fred Scott, sponsored by Standard Bank Limpopo, supported by BASA. This exhibition travelled to UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg

2008 Now, Then and Beyond, curated by Wayne Barker and Dr. Fred Scott, Polokwane Art Museum, sponsored by Standard Bank Limpopo, supported by BASA.

2007 Double 07, Polokwane Art Museum, sponsored by Standard Bank Limpopo. Lucas Thobejane

I will probably continue to be a sculptor as long as trees grow and the desire to make things with my hands burns in me. My work talks about issues related to environments and global warming. I use water and a tap in my work as a metaphor for global warming.

Walking stick with shoe Videoman 16 x 13 x 103 cm. Fig a: 48 x 18 x 14 cm Fig b: 35 x 18 x 14 cm. Lucas Thobejane

2012 Association art, ABSA KNNK, Joburg art fair, Fried contemporary, Polokwane art museum. Commissioned by ABSA Gallery for the ABSA L’atelier trophies 2011 Fried contemporary solo exhibition ABSA gallery 2010 Working with Clive van de Berg for public sculpture for Polokwane 2010 Fried contemporary and finalist Spier contemporary 2009 Joint public sculpture for Peter Mokaba stadium with Professor Mike Ed ward, top ten finalist ABSA L’aterier competition, exhibition University of Johannesburg 2008 Exhibited Franco Mozabican museum, Mozambique and Polokwane art museum 2007 Exhibited gordart gallery and finalist Spier Contemporary 2006 Finalist Ekurhuleni art award, Sasol new generation, ABSA L’atelier and gordart gallery project room 2004 Finalist Sasol new signature and ABSA L’atelier competition

Thirsty 56 x 29 x 24 cm. PHILLIP RIKHOTSO

My works draw on the animals, people and hybrid figures that populate Tsonga and Shona legends, myth, tradition and literature.

The world is inaccessible to the blind people- all the other sculptures have big pupils, as if they had a nightmare. They are watching in anticipation what the world has to offer, but the blind people remains in the dark.

Blind man 41 x 11 x11cm wood painted with enamel 2009 Mobility: Artists in Residence Project sponsored by BMW, Polokwane PHILLIP RIKHOTSO 2008 Then, Now and Beyond, Standard Bank Group Exhibition, Polokwane Art Museum, Polokwane 2005 Solo Exhibition, Momo Gallery, Johannesburg 2004 Identity, Group Exhibition, Holland 2004 Joint recipient Brett Kebble Art Award

Blind Couple 19 x 18 x 8cm wood painted with enamel Johannes Segogela

wood painted with enamel Most of my works are inspired by the bible. 28 x 6 x 9cm The couples are smartly dressed. They are on their way to church. There they will find their salvation and protection from the ever present evil spirits surrounding us, waiting to pounce on their next victim.

In my work I speak about all the activities of life, while the angels are praying or record- ing the mere mortal beings going about in their daily tasks. Johannes Segogela

2013 Peekaboo Current South Africa, Helsinki Art Museum, Finland 2013 My Joburg, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France 2003 Co-existence: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass, USA 1995 The Body Politic, Africus Johannesgurg 1st Biennal, South Africa 1995 Big City, Artists from Africa Serpentine Gallery. London, Great Britain 1995-1989-1986 Devils Angels and Other Things, Goodman Galllery 1994 Johannes Segogela, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany 1994 Havana 5th Biennal. Havana, Cuba 1993 Zuiderkruis, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Holland. 1993 Biennale for Visual Arts, Venice, Italy

wood painted with enamel Angel 28 x 6 x 9cm wood painted with enamel 26 x 18 cm Bevan de Wet My artistic practice engages with various symbolic and cultural meanings surrounding the body. I use the skin as a surface/bound- ary for patterning, mapping and fragmenting. Through exploring notions of masquerade I am creating my own mythological language, which I use to deconstruct history and identity. The reconstructed images negotiate the dichotomy between the civilized self and the instinctive, untamed self. I examine notions of displacement and belonging to evoke a sense of unease and disconnectedness.

Homo Oscillum Cutaneous1 Linocut 197cmx97cm Homo Melanoleuca1 Linocut 197cmx97cm Bevan de Wet

2013 Printers Show @ Kalashnikovv Gallery, Braamfontein, JHB 2013 The Garden @ Tokara Wine Farm, Stellenbosch 2013 Bevan de Wet @ Sandra and Philip Gordon Gallery, Boston Arts Academy, Boston USA 2013 Making Connections, Southern Graphics Conference International, Milwaukee, USA 2012 FNB Joburg Art Fair, APS Gallery Stand, Sandton Convention Centre, JHB 2012 David Brown Printmaking Exhibition, Sandton Gallery, JHB 2012 Coming of Age: 21 years of Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg Art Gallery, JHB 2011 Assemblage Group Show @ The Fringe, Braamfontein, JHB 2010 Artist Proof Studio showcasing of prints for the Fifa World Cup at the ABSA Art Gallery, ABSA Towers North, JHB 2010 Bevan de Wet at The Art Room, Melville, JHB 2009 A Sign of the Times – Wayfinding, Impact VI Print Conference, Bristol, UK 2009 6 sides 2 every story, Western Nevada College, Carson City, USA

Homo Connochaetes Taurinus Linocut 197cmx97cm Maria van Rooyen

This work is part of a series I produced with the rubbings of individual coins and assembled into different landscapes. It relates to the history and colonial legacy (and its aftermath) of South Africa.

In this drawing the sky is made up of old South African coins with the head of the queen of England on it. They are hanging upside down, due to the legacy of the Anglo Boer War.

In the sea are the heads of the former government, drowning. It is only there nearest family that will remember them. If only it was possible that the memory and pain of Apartheid can drown with them. Old I cent and ½ cent coins are also used in the waves.

The legacy and pain of the past are taking a different shape in our society. The price is high. Life is cheap. Table Mountain 191 x 108 cm Ink and charcoal on The mountain is made up of R5 coins of Mandela looking Fabriano and Archer’s paper. straight ahead. The symbol of reconciliation give us hope for the future. Maria van Rooyen 2011 Celebrating 20 Artists, curated by Dr. Fred Scott, Johannesburg 2011 Agter die Berge, The Joburg Fringe Video, Berlin, Germany 2010 Passage, Fried Contemporary, Pretoria 2010 The Long way Home, Salon 91, 2009 Coordinator and artist on Residency Project for Modern Autohaus, BMW -Mobility -, Polokwane (recipient BASA Award, first time sponsor, 2010) 2008 Art Exposition, Association D’Arts, Biarritz, France 2006 Why did i die, Alliance Francaise, Gerard Sekoto Gallery, Johannesburg 2006 Why did i die, Polokwane Art Museum 2004 Idioms, Alliance Francaise, Gerard Sekoto Gallery, Johannesburg

There was a goat Vulnerable Charcoal on Paper Charcoal on Paper 29,5 x 42 cm 42 x 29,5 cm Tshepo Mosopa

Untitled Charcoal on canvas 88 × 156 cm 2012

Untitled charcoal on canvas 88 x156 cm

2013 Johannesburg‟s: Entries Absa L‟atelie Competition 2013, Absa Art Gallery, Johannesburg, Tshepo Mosopa South Africa 2012 Traversed and Recorded, Ithuba Arts Gallery, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa 2012 Brainstorm Calendar Competition 2013 top 13 Finalists, The Venue, Green Park, Sandton, South Africa 2012 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa 2012 21BF Retrospective Exhibition, Turbine Wall, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa 2012 Thupelo One Day Exhibiton, Bag Factory Artist‟s Studio, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa 2011 Joburg Art Fringe: Art of Assemblage: Joburg Art Fringe, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa 2011 Move(mo)Ments, Bag Factory Artist‟s Studio, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa 2009 Absa L‟atelie Competition 2009, Absa Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

Untitled_2012_02 Untitled_2012_02 Ink on canvas ink on canvas 96 × 68 cm 96 x 68 cm 2012

Crash ink on canvas 144 x 155 cm

Crash Ink on canvas 144 × 155 cm 2012

Carole Desbois

I have lived, worked and exhibited in France, London, New York and now Johannesburg. These experiences enrich me personally thus translating emotions and experiences, be it longing, desire, disappointment, love, sorrow, through the capturing of images and emotions.

By creating digitally altered photos, snap shots, photo etching, medium format or super 8mm film, I endeavor to recall a sense of universality in the diverse cultures I experience by creating static or moving images .

From microcosm to macrocosm, from the individual to the collec- tive, my work takes the shape of a journal and is about bridging the gaps between my personal journey influenced by the past, yet set in my 21st century.

Here is a Pig 2012 digital print A/P edition 1/3 40 x 50 cm Carole Desbois

2013 Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg. 2012 HATZA, solo show, Bayonne, France 2010 Cuba in Love, solo show, médiathèque de Biarritz, Biarritz, France(photo&video) «Exhibition», solo show, Ecuries de Baroja, Anglet, France (photo&video) 2009 L’art & la Matière, galerie 13 Avril, Biarritz, France (installation) 2008 Alice aux Reflets Arturiens», Pavillon Arturo Lopez, Neuilly, (video) «Cuba in Love», galerie ACe, Biarritz (Photography) 2006 Exquisite, New York Hall of Science, (Photography) 2005 The art of Love, The Barge House; London, (Installation) 2004 Residues, Union Chapel, London (video) Why War? Why W?, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC (photography) 2003 Self-inflicted portraits, Clockwork Apple Gallery, NYC (photography) 2002 Boris Vian’s Temple», Embassy Theatre», London (video performance) 2001 Branded, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (installation)

Self portrait 2010 photopolymer etching on arches paper 1/3 27x37 cm Amos Letsoalo

The work is part of a series of works that speaks about power & corruption.

My work interrogates the concept of power and manipulation. I use symbols as a metaphor for ‘corrupted’ power. My work is mostly influenced by day to day experience of the loss of social values due to the abuse of power in our society.

Power Struggle (series) Charcoal on paper 85CM X 65 CM Amos Letsoalo Letsoalo is a curator and an artist who is now based in Polokwane in Limpopo Province. Letsoalo has exhibited in a number of shows locally and internationally. His works are represented in a number of Public art collections nationally and Internationally i.e. Nandos UK – London, World Bank’s African Art Collection, SA High Commission – London UK, S A Embassy – Berlin – Germany, Nelson Mandela Foundation, SABC Auckland Park, Iziko Museums – Cape Town, Renault SA – Jo’burg and many more. Letsoalo is currently the curator of the Polokwane Art Museum in Polokwane – Limpopo Province

Power Struggle (series) Charcoal on paper 85CM X 65 CM Contact details

Maria van Rooyen 082 853 4450 [email protected]

Elizabeth van Rooyen 082 490 9018 [email protected]