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CV of Kim Lieberman

This CV was last updated March 2007

Education | Solo Exhibitions | Projects | Selected Group Exhibitions | Selected Reviews / Articles
Books, Catalogues and Monographs | Bursaries and Sponsorships
Public Collections | Private Collections | Employment | International Travel
Name Kim Lieberman
Date of Birth 26 July 1969
Place of Birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Contact details See Contact page

Education

2001 MA (Fine Art), Witwatersrand University (Dissertation entitled 'Alighiero e Boetti's Postal Art'; graduated with distinction in the practical component)
1997 B Tech Degree (Fine Art), Witwatersrand Technikon
1995 National Diploma in Fine Art from the Witwatersrand Technikon
1991 National Diploma in Graphic Design from the Witwatersrand Technikon

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Human Currents Esso Gallery, New York
2006 Human Currents Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg
2004 Current Esso Gallery, New York
2003 Every Interaction Interrupts the Future Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2000 Blood Relatives Camouflage Art. Culture. Politics, Johannesburg
1997 Pushing the Envelope The Mark Coetzee Fine Art Cabinet, Cape Town
1996 Notice Absence The Civic Gallery, Johannesburg

Projects

2006 Installation in hotel suite 603 at The Village Hotel Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 Arte Fiera - Bologna, Italy Esso Gallery (List of artists include Alighiero e Boetti, Anselm Kiefer, Giulio Paolini, Carol Rama, Andy Warhol, Stanley Whitney)
2006 Navigating the Bookscape: Artists' Books and the Digital Interface curated by David Paton, Aardklop Arts Festival, Potchefstroom, FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg
2006 Esso Gallery Celebrates its 10th Anniversary Esso Gallery, New York
2005 Alighiero Boetti Shaman/Showman (literary event and exhibition) Esso Gallery, New York
2005 The DAVID Exhibition curated by Lisa Essers, Michelangelo Towers, Johannesburg
2005 Leading Contemporary South African Artists Alliance Francaise, Johannesburg
2003/4 Integrating Cultures curated by Liza Essers, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
2003 Small Things Bright and Beautiful by Artists Short and Tall Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2003 The Ampersand Foundation 1997-2003 Warren Siebrits Gallery, Johannesburg
2002 Landmark: Visions of land in Africa curated by Nessa Leibhammer for the Johannesburg World Summit, MTN Building, Johannesburg
2001 FNB Vita Art Award Market Theatre, Johannesburg
2001 CLEAN curated by Retha Erusmas, Millennium Gallery, Johannesburg
2001 FNB Vita Art Award NSA Gallery, Durban
2001 After the Diagram curated by Lauri Firstenberg and Douglas Cooper, White Box Gallery, New York
2001 switch on/off Oudtshoorn Festival, curated by Marcus Neustetter
2000 Translation/Seduction/Displacement White Box Gallery, New York
1999 Exchange Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg
1997 Taking Stock Johannesburg Stock Exchange
1996/7 Hitch-Hiker, curated by Clive Kellner, Generator Art Space, Johannesburg
1996 Common and Uncommon Ground South African Group Exhibition, Atlanta curated by Steven Sack
1995 Exhibited informally and collaboratively (with Esmarie Meyer) on the Africus Biennale Electric Workshop, Newtown, Johannesburg

Selected Reviews/Articles

2007 As If I Was Your Mother - Awakening to an unconditional love Tricycle The Buddhist Review Spring Sarah Aceto
2006 Kim Lieberman, Robyn Sassen Art South Africa Vol. 5 Issue 2 Summer; pg 72
2006 Stuk vir stuk pas alles in Kim Lieberman se legkaarte Johan Myburg Beeld?, 18 October
2006 Puzzling pieces Mail and Guardian 29 September to 5 October
2005 Audible Currents of Connectivity. Clive Kellner on Kim Lieberman, Art South Africa Vol. 3, Issue 3 Autumn; pgs 15-16
2004 The Threads That Bind Us, Robyn Sassen Embroidery July/August
2003 Kim Lieberman 'Examining Every Interaction', Business Day Tuesday Aug 19, pg 15
2003 Kim Lieberman, Sean O'Toole Artthrob http://www.artthrob.co.za/03may/artbio.html
2003 Kim Lieberman Goodman Gallery - Johannesburg, Kathryn Smith Art South Africa pgs. 53, 67
2003 Return to Sender Artist Kim Lieberman on the colour red, travel and postal bric-a-brac, Sean O'Toole, Deco Art Elle Decoration Spring no.28 pg.43
2003 Kim Lieberman Interrupts the Future, Sean O'Toole Artthrob http://www.artthrob.co.za/03apr/reviews/goodman.html
2003 Exploring identity as a woman, a mother and a Jew, Robyn Sassen SA Jewish Report, 11 April
2001 Clean: An Exhibition of De-saturated Contemporary Art, Brenda Atkinson Artthrob http://www.artthrob.co.za/01nov/reviews/millennium.html Issue #51 November
2001 She's Got Mail, Corinne Lamoral, Elle, August; pg. 153
2001 Postal Art, Tanya Kovarsky, Elle Decoration, Autumn; pg. 44
2000 Kim Lieberman: Combining sensual with conceptual, Robyn Sassen, Jewish Report, 24 November, pg. 8
2000 Translation/Seduction/Displacement Mark D'Amato, African Arts, Autumn, pg. 84-87
2000 Somber Show of Artists After Apartheid, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, 4 September; pg. C1
2000 Translation/Seduction/Displacement, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, 24 March; E31
2000 Translation/Seduction/Displacement, Horace Brockington, New York Arts, January
1999 8 Jong Kunstenaars, Lucia Burger, De Kat, May
1998 Dispatch - Sophisticated fortune cookies, Justine Meagher, Epic - Culture Magazine, May 1998
1997 The epistles of Lieberman, Donald Paul, Cape Times, 19 September
1997 Return to sender, Sue Williamson, Arthrob, September http://artthrob.co.za/september/listings.htm#kim
1996 'Heaven and earth' Hazel Friedman, Mail and Guardian, March 29 - April 3
1996 'A seductive exhibition of aluminium, rubber and pretty little nuts and bolts', Kendell Geers, The Star Tonight, 9 March
1995 The First Johannesburg Biennale: Work in Progress, 'Crop Circle', pirate installation in Electric Workshop, Candice Breitz, Third Text, #31 Summer

Books, Catalogues and Monographs

2006 Human Currents Kim Lieberman text by Alex Dodd
2005 Kim Lieberman by Sarah Weakley, Monograph
2005 The David Exhibition Legacy; pg 16-17
2004 Kim Lieberman - Current Ground Art and Culture, text by Clive Kellner, Kim Lieberman, published by Esso Gallery and Books; issue #10
2003/4 Integrating Cultures LizaNicole Fine Art, text by Liza Essers
2003 The Ampersand Foundation 1997-2003 text by Warren Siebrits, Jack Ginsberg and Emma Bedford
2003 Kim Lieberman Every Interaction Interrupts the Future texts by RoseLee Goldberg and Rory Doepel
2001 CLEAN - Exhibition of Desaturated Contemporary Art (CD and printed catalogue)
2001 FNB Vita Arts Award, NSA Gallery, Durban; 8-9
2001 KKNK 2001, Oudtshoorn Festival catalogue, exhibition 'switch on/off'; 13-14
2000 Kim Lieberman Blood Relatives Camouflage Art. Culture. Politics, Johannesburg
2000 Translation/Seduction/Displacement edited by Lauri Firstenberg and John Peffer, Artist Press
1997 Pushing the Envelope Sponsored by Canon
1996 Uncommon and Common Ground South African Artist to Atlanta

Bursaries and Sponsorships

2002 National Arts Council (NAC), Grant towards solo exhibition
2000 Earnest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Fund, Art Bursary
1999 Wits University, Post Graduate Merit Award/Bursary (Masters)
1999 Earnest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Fund, Art Bursary
1998 National Arts Council (NAC), Bursary
1998 Wits University, Post Graduate Merit Award/Bursary (Masters)
1997 CSD Scholarship
1996 Canon sponsored solo show and catalogue; Mark Coetzee Fine Art Cabinet, Cape Town
1996 Witwatersrand Technikon, Bursary for study
1996 Foundation for the Creative Arts, Bursary for study

Public Collections

2006 Liberty Life 2005 SAB (South African Breweries), Hollard
2004 The Israel Museum 2003 Biliton, Sasol, Johannesburg Art Gallery
2000 MTN Art Institute 1996 Gauteng Legislature

Private Collections

  • Antwerp
  • Brussels
  • Cape Town
  • Connecticut
  • Hong Kong
  • Johannesburg
  • London
  • New York
  • San Diego
  • Sicily
  • Venice

Employment

2002 Lectured part-time at the University of the Witwatersrand, Fine Art Department
1998/99 Lectured part-time, University of the Witwatersrand (Post-graduate students), Fine Art Department
1998 Lectured part-time at Witwatersrand Technikon, Fine Art Department
1997 Assisted with the installation of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
1997 Lectured part-time at Witwatersrand Technikon, Fine Art Department
1996 Lectured part-time at Witwatersrand Technikon, Fine Art Department
1995 Assisted in the assembling of visual (slide) documentation of the AfricusBiennale, Johannesburg, for the Slide Libraries of the Fine Art Departments of both The University of the Witwatersrand and The Witwatersrand Technikon

International Travel

2006 New York
2004 Israel, New York
2003 New York
2002 Israel, Sinai; London, Documenta 11 in Kassel, Germany
2001/02 Maputu, Belin and Tofo, Mozambique
2001 New York, Bali
2000 New York, Thailand
1999 New York, on Ampersand Fellowship, Chicago
1998/99 Jerusalem, Israel
1997 Kassel, Germany - Documenta X, Munster, Germany, Art Project 1997, London
1994/5/6 Travel to African destinations i.e. Malawi, Swaziland, Madagascar, Venda and various other places in South Africa
1993 Extensive travel in Europe including Netherlands, London, Greece, Turkey,May-JanItaly, Spain, Portugal and Austria
1992 Travelled extensively in South America, including Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Jan-Sept Ecuador, exploring the ritual, art and architecture of Ancient Indigenous peoples of the region. Participated in shamanic ritual ceremonies in Brazil and in the Peruvian Jungle region
1988 Travelled in the USA, Israel, Turkey and Greece, June-Nov