Education:
2001 MA(Fine Art) | Wits 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 | Witwatersrand Technikon
1991 National Diploma in Graphic Design | Witwatersrand Technikon
Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 Human Constellations | Gallery AoP | Johannesburg
2006 Human Currents | Esso Gallery | New York
2006 Human Currents | Gallery AoP | 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 | Mark Coetzee Fine Art Cabinet | Cape Town
Public Artworks:
2016 - now Human Intersection | Canal Street Maboneng Precinct | Johannesburg
2016 - now Royal Block | Graaffreniet
Art Fairs:
2013 The Winter Sculpture Fair | Nirox Sculpture Park | Cradle of Humankind
2009 Jo'burg Art Fair | Gallery Aop | Sandton Convention Centre | 3-5 April
2008 Jo'burg Art Fair | Gallery AoP | Sandton Convention Centre | 13-16 March
2007 Arte Fiera Bologna Italy | Esso Galley | list of artists include Alighiero Boetti,
Anselm Kiefer, Giulio Paolini, Carol Rama, Andy Warhol, Stanley Whitney
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 Group Exhibitions:
2019 Finkelstein Gallery Presents | Finkelstein Gallery, Melbourne
2019 The Ampersand Foundation | UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2015 TWENTY: Contemporary Art From South Africa Pretoria Art Museum | UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2015 TWENTY: Contemporary Art From South Africa Appalachian State University, North Carolina USA
2014 Nirox Sculpture | Winter 2014 curated by Mary-Jane Darroll, Cradle of Humankind
2014 Blood, Sweat and Tears ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg
2014 Paperwork SMAC Art Gallery, Stellenbosch
2013 Sculpture at Arts on Main curated by Brendan Copestake
2013 Moving through Mirage City Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
2013 WAM (Wits Art Museum) Exhibition Auction, Wits University, Johannesburg
2013 After the Rainbow Nation 3013 curated by Mary-Jane Darroll, Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind
2012 Pointure Exhibition curated by Ann-Marie Tully UJ, Johannesburg
2011-13 Love Lace Power House Museum, Sydney Australia (www.powerhousemuseum.com/lovelace/)
2011 Celebrating 20 [Women] Artists L’Ancienne, Johannesburg
2010 Studio 19 Kim Lieberman’s Contemporary Lace and Antique European Lace SA Fashion Week Arts On
Main, Johannesburg
2009 Social Pattern AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2009 Swamp Eyes David Krut Gallery, Johannesburg; exhibition of works on paper including Ryan Arenson,
Willem Boshoff, Wim Botha, Gail Behrmann, Willie Cole (US), Claire Gavronsky, William Kentridge, Alice
Maher (UK), Suzanne McClelland (US), Colin Richards, Michelle Segre (US), Rose Shakinovsky, Sean
Slemon, Kiki Smith (US), Nathaniel Stern, Sandile Zulu.
2008 Witwatersrand Embroiderers and Lace Guild Exhibition, Johannesburg
2008 david and GOLIATH Auction, The Bag Factory, Johannesburg; 25 September
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
Lectures | Talks:
2011 Love Lace International Symposium: Not Just a Thread, Sydney 30 July
2008 Lecture: Art and Marketing The Business Place, Johannesburg
2007 Talk: An Audio-visual Exploration of the Cutting Edge of Conceptual Art; presented with: Clive Kellner,
Director of the Johannesburg Art Gallery and Philippa Levitt
Public Collections:
2010 Standard Bank Art Collection
2008 Constitutional Court Collection
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:
1996-2012 Professional artist
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
199 Assisted in the assembling of visual (slide) documentation of the Africus Biennale, Johannesburg,
for the Slide Libraries of the Fine Art Departments of both The University of the Witwatersrand and
The Witwatersrand Technikon
International Travel:
2016 Italy Rome meeting with Fondation Boetti, Venice, Cortina
Mozambique July
Dec 2014/15 Israel
Dec 2013/2014 Thailand
Nov 2013 Italy, Venice (Biennale), Turin (Artissima)
July 2013 Italy, Rome, Santa Mirenella, Spoleto, Gubbio, Ponza, Palmadora, Ventotene
2012 Israel Jerusalem, Mitzpe Ramon, Tel Aviv
Documenta Kassel German, Paris
2011|2012 India Miumbai, Goa
2010|11 India Mumbai, Goa
2011 Sydney Australia
2010 Miami (Miami Basel Art Fair); New York
2008/9 India
2007/8 India
2008 Israel
2007 Italy: Venice Bienalle, Turin, Florence, Milan
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-Jan Italy, 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