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William Kentridge is regarded as one of the most important artists of our day. His animated films, work in
theatre and drawings are breaking new ground in fusing these disciplines in the growing film and media based art field. With wide international acclaim, he is undisputedly one of South Africa's most renowned
artists ever. Born in 1955 in Johannesburg |
| Studies
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1976 - 78 Johannesburg Art Foundation
1976 - BA Political/African Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
1980 - 82 Theatre at Ecole, Paris
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Exhibitions: |
| 2006
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San Francisco Art Institute
Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
San Francisco Art Institute
Guggenheim Museum
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| 2005
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Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Musée d´Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal
( February 10 – April 23, 2005 )
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
(July 1 – October 31, 2005)
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Belgium
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Contemporary South African Art, Pretoria Art Museum
Contemporary South African Art, Johannesburg Art Gallery
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| 2004
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Contemporary South African Art, Museum Bochum, Germany
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Solo - Musée de Valence, Valence, France
Musée-Château, Annecy, France
Moving Pictures - Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Outlook, Athenes, Greece
Cleveland Museum, Ohio
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athnes, Greece Castello di Rivoli Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
K20/K21
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
( September 1 – November 28, 2004 )
Spacex
Gallery, Exeter
Vancover Art Gallery, Canada
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
International Print Centre, New York
' The ID of South African Artists ', Amsterdam, exhibition
accompanying the musical, The Lion King
ABOUT CORPOREALITY in Editions : Galerie Lelong - Zürich
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| 2003
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Kappatos Gallery,
Greece
'Outlook', Athenes, Greece
Drawings and Editions, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
Goodman
Gallery, Johannesburg
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
6th Sharjah International Art Biennial
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| 2002
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Guggenheim
Museum, New York, NY
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
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| 2001
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Yokohama Triennale, Japan
The Short Century, Museum Villa Stuck travelling Exhibition
Berlin, Chicago, New York, Vienna and Cape Town
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
National Museum of African Art's, Washington, DC.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington DC.
Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles
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| 2000
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Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Annandale Galleries, Sydney
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Vertical painting, P.S.1, New York
Civitella Ranieri Center, residency as master artist
Sydney, Australia
7th Havana Biennial, Cuba
Man & Space : Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju - Korea 2000
Third Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
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1999
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
Serpentine Gallery, London
Goodman Gallery, Premiere of Stereoscope, Johannesburg
Carnegie Medal, USA
Museu d'Arte Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona
Museum of Modern Art (Project Room), New York
Projects 68 MIT List, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Centre de la Vielle Charite, Marseille (survey exhibition)
Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria (survey exhibition)
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
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| 1998
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunste Brussels ( Solo )
The Drawing Center, New York, Solo-exhibition
Luna Theatre, Brussels
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| 1997
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Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
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| 1996
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1996 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
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1995
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Praterinsel, Munich, Germany
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1994
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Stephen Friedman Gallery & A22 Gallery, London
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| 1990
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Gallery International, Cape Town
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1989
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Venessa Devessa Gallery, London
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1988
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Johannesburg Art Gallery
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1987
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Standard Bank Young Artist Award
Vita Quarterly Award Winner
Vanessa Devessa Gallery, London
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1986
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Simon Neuman Gallery, New York, Solo-exhibition
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1985
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Cape Town Triennial, Cape Town
Tributaries, touring West Germany and South Africa
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1979
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Market Gallery, Johannesburg first of 11 Solo-exhibitions
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| Theatre
projects : |
| William has directed his own theatre productions in association with the Handspring Puppet Company, with animated film backdrops created by himself. |
| 2005 |
Der
Zauberflote - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels |
| 2004 |
Il
Ritorno dÚllise - John Jay College Theater, Lincoln Centre, New
York |
| 2003 |
Zeno writing
- Singapore Arts Festival
Zeno writing - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Zeno writing - Grande Auditório da Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2002 |
Zeno writing - Marian Goodman NY
Confessions of Zeno - Documenta XI, Kassel, Germany |
| 2001 |
Zeno at 4am - shadow oratorio, Brussels |
| 1998 |
Il Ritorno d'Ulisse - multi-media opera
Performances in Brussels, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Zurich |
| 1997 |
Ubu and the Truth Commission - multi-media theatre production. Performances in Weimar,
Grahamstown, Avignon, Johannesburg, Zurich, Geneva, Basel,
Romainmotier, Hanover, Rungis, Ludwigsberg, Nantes, Kristiansand,
Neuchatel, Dijon, Erlangen, Munich, New York Washington, Los Angeles |
| 1995 |
Faustus in Africa - multi-media theatre production. Performances in Weimar Berlin,
Grahamstown, Johannesburg, Zurich, Ludwigsburger, Munich, Prague, Stuttgart, Hanover, Basel, London,
Remscheid, Gutersloh, Erlangen, Lisbon, Adelaide, Brussels, Bochum, Hanover, Dijon, Jerusalem,
Ellwangen, Hamburg, copenhagen, St Polten, Polverigi, Avignon, Seville, Marseille, Rome,
Tarbes, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Paris, Sochaux, Bourg en Bresse, Chambery |
| 1992 |
Woyzeck on the Highveld - multi-media theatre production. Awards for production, set design and direction Performances in
Grahamstown, Munich, Antwerp, Toronto, Brussels, Stuttgart, Granada, Glasgow,
Bochum, Braunshweig, Berlin, Goteborg, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Adelaide, Wellington,
Bogota, Jerusalem, Avignon, and cities in Scandinavia, France, Belgium, Italy |
| Film
and Animation : |
| 2004 |
9 Films - Spier Estate, Cape Town
9 Films - Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg
Tide Table ( 2003 ) & Learning the Flute ( 2003 ),
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
V I D E O - Die Bildsprache des 21. Jahrhunderts NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
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| 2003 |
Tide
Table & Learning
the Flute |
| 2002 |
Zeno
Writing - Marian
Goodman Gallery, New York, NY Documenta XI, Kassel
(Okwui Enwezor) Confessions of Zeno
Confessions of Zeno - Grahamstown National Arts Festival |
| 2000 |
Drawing the passing - Documentary
Silver Spire, Golden Gate awards, San Francisco 2000 |
| 1999 |
Stereoscope - animated film
Carnegie International 1999/2000 award |
| 1998 |
ECHO: slide scan bottle - a triptych projection using animated and documentary material |
| 1997 |
Ubu Tells the Truth - animated film
WEIGHING and WANTING - 6'20" animated film |
| 1996 |
Retrospective of animated films, Festival des Dessins Animé, Brussels
Retrospective of animated films, Lisbon
History of the Main Complaint - 5'50" animated film |
| 1995 |
Retrospective of animated films, Annecy International Film Festival, Annecy |
| 1994 |
Felix in Exile - 8'43" animated film
Another Country - animated music video for Mango Groove Loerie Award winner, Johannesburg
Memo - collaborative animated film including actors |
| 1993 |
Retrospective of animated films, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Annecy International Film Festival,
MOMA, New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris |
| 1992 |
Easing the Passing of the Hours - 10' computer animated film collaboration with Robert Hodgins and Debora Bell |
| 1991 |
Mine - 3' animated film
Weekly Mail Short Film Competition Award winner
Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old - 9' animated film
Rembrandt Gold Medal, Cape Town Triennal |
| 1990 |
Monument - 3' animated film
Weekly Mail Short Film Competition Award winner, Directs T&I - 12' video fiction, Johannesburg 2nd Greatest City After Paris, London |
| 1989 |
Johannesburg - 2nd Greatest City After Paris, 7' animated film |
| 1988 |
Freedom Square and Back of the Moon - 50' co-directed documentary film |
| 1987 |
Exhibition - 3' animated film |
| 1985 |
Blue Ribbon Award - American Film Festival, New York
1985 Vetkoek/Fete Galante - 2' animated film |
| 1984 |
Salestalk - 30' film fiction using actors |
| 1982 |
Red Ribbon Award - American Film Festival, New York |
| 1981 |
Howl at the Moon - 40' co-directed video fiction |
| Represented: |
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Chicago Institute of Art, Chicago
Carnegie Art Museum, Pittsburgh
Tate Modern, London
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Museum of Modern Art, San Diego
Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Inst., Washington DC.
Rupert Collection, Stellenbosch
Roodepoort Art Gallery
Billiton, Johannesburg & Australia
Nedcor Head-office, Sandton
BOE Collection, Cape Town
Sandton Collection
University of South Africa, Pretoria
Durban Art Gallery
Johannesburg Art Gallery
King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth
Pretoria Art Museum
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Pietersburg Collection
Albert and Victoria Museum, London
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
University of the Orange Free State
University of Stellenbosch
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
William's work is in numerous private and corporate collections in South
Africa and abroad. |
| Publications:
(info. provided by
www.vgallery.co.za) |
'William Kentridge', Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev & Jane Taylor,
2004,
ISBN: 8-8849-1722-0
'William Kentridge', Museum of Contemporary Art, Abrams & Neal
Benezra, 2001, ISBN: 0-8109-4228-3
'William Kentridge', Dan Cameron Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev &
J.M. Coetzee, 1999, ISBN: 0-7148-3829-2
'William Kentridge', Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, 1998,
ISBN: 90-74816-09-6
'William
Kentridge - Weighing and Wanting', Hugh M. Davies, Published
by Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, ISBN:
0-934418-58-6
'William
Kentridge - Animation Flip booklet', Museu d'Art
Contemporian de Barcelona, ISBN:84-89771-87-1
'William Kentridge - Drawings for Projection', Michael Godby,
ISBN: 0-620-16382-8
'William
Kentridge - Ubu
and the Truth Commission', Jane
Taylor, 1998, ISBN:1-919713-16-6
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