Hylton Nel ( 1941 - 

Hylton Nel is regarded as one of South Africa's most important ceramicists. 

Born 1941, Zambia

Studies :
1963 B.A. (FA ) Rhodes University, Grahamstown
1968 Diploma in Ceramics, Koninklik Academie voor Schone Kunsten en de Hogere Instituten, Antwerp, Netherlands
Exhibitions :
2003 Michael Stevenson Contemporary Art, Cape Town
2002 Knysna Fine Art Gallery, Knysna 
South African Art 1850-2002, Johannesburg 
2001 Retrospective Exhibition, Standard Bank National Festival of the Arts, Grahamstown 
Retrospective Exhibition, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg 
Retrospective Exhibition, Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein 
Retrospective Exhibition, Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town 
Retrospective Exhibition, King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth 
Knysna Fine Art Gallery, Knysna 
2000 Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees, Oudtshoorn 
Solo Exhibition, Knysna Fine Art Gallery, Knysna 
King George VI Gallery, Port Elizabeth 
Toronto, Canada 
1998 Long House, East Hampton, New York 
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
1997 Gallery on the Tyrone, Johannesburg 
Solo Exhibition Fine Art Society, London 
1996 Gay Rights Re-Writes, Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 
Fine Art Society, London 
1990 Solo Exhibition, Dominicus, Rosebank, Johannesburg 
1989 Solo Exhibition, Christopher Farr Gallery, London 
1987 South African Association of Arts, Cape Town 
1985  Cape Town Triennial, Cape Town 
1984  APSA Regional Exhibition, King George VI Gallery, Port Elizabeth 
Corobrik APSA National Exhibition, Durban Art Gallery 
1982  Solo Exhibition, Artist's Studio, Port Elizabeth 
1981  APSA National Exhibition 
1968  Dorp Street Gallery, Cape Town 
1965  First Solo Exhibition, Cape Town 
Represented:
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Johannesburg Art Gallery,  Johannesburg
King George VI Gallery, Port Elizabeth
University of the Witwatersrand,  Johannesburg
Corobrik Collection, Johannesburg
Durban Art Gallery, Durban
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley 

Hylton's work is also in numerous private collections in South Africa and abroad.
Publications : (info. provided by www.vgallery.co.za)
HYLTON NEL : A PRAYER FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, Fine Art Society, London 1996

CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS IN SOUTH AFRICA, ( Cruise, W, & Hemp, D, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, 1991 )

POTTERING ABOUT, Friedrich Silke, Sunday Times Magazine, 2 April 1995

HYLTON NEL, Graham Hilary, De Arte No.7, May 1970, UNISA, Pretoria

HYLTON NEL : A RECENT EXHIBITION AT THE KNYSNA FINE ART GALLERY, Richard Ingleby, APSA National Ceramics No. 52, Winter 2000

THE NEW BOY OF BETHULIE, Glenda Nevill and Janice Hillier, The Sunday Times, 6 January 1991, p.16

DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS, Grania Ogilvie, Everard Read, Johannesburg 1988

THE 1985 YEARBOOK OF SOUTH AFRICAN CERAMICS, Maarten Zaalberg, Corobrik/Perskor, Cape Town, 1985

 
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