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Born
on 9th January 1955 in Payneville, Springs, South Africa |
| Studies
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1976-77
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Johannesburg Art Foundation : (part-time)
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1977-78
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Two-year Fine Art Diploma, Rorkes Drift Art Centre, Natal : (full-time)
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| Solo
Exhibitions:
(info. provided by
www.vgallery.co.za) |
| 1990
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Cassirer Fine Art (with guest Daniel Phaladi)
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| 1993
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“Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ” Travelling show:
Market Gallery, JHB; NSA Gallery (Durban);
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1994/5
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“Homage to Jazz ” Standard Bank Young Artist Award travelling show
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1995
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“ Senegalese Images ” Goodman Gallery, Hyde Park, JHB
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1996
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“ Mine Trip ” Goodman Gallery, Hyde Park, JHB
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1998
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“ Interiors ” Goodman Gallery, Hyde Park,
JHB.
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| 2001
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“Jozi People” Goodman Gallery, Hyde Park,
JHB.
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| 2002
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“All that Jazz “ Kubatana Moderne Gallery, Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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| 2004
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“Glimpses of the fifties and sixties” : Florence Lynch Gallery,
Chelsea, New York;
“Glimpses of the fifties and sixties” : Goodman Gallery, JHB
“Glimpses of the fifties and sixties : Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town.
'Africa Remix', Museum Kunst
Palast, Düsseldorf
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| 2005
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'Africa Remix', Centre Pompidou, Paris
'Africa Remix', Mori Art Museum, Tokio
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| Group
Exhibitions: |
| 1981
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Civic centre, Kwa-Thema, Springs
Haengi Gallery, Johannesburg
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1983
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Shell Gallery, Johannesburg
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| 1984
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Fuba Gallery, Johannesburg
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| 1985
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Tributaries, Africana Museum, sponsored by BMW
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1986
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The Thupelo show, Fuba Gallery
Frankfurt, West Germany
Academy Gallery, Paris, France, with Gerard Sekoto, David Koloane, Dumisane Mabaso, Tony Nkotsi and Durant Sihlali
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| 1987
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Two-man show with Madi Phala: Fuba Gallery
Thupelo show in Botswana
The Art Foundation (Thupelo)
Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg
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| 1988
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Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg
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1989
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Two-man show : with GERARD SEKOTO, Cassirer Fine Art,
Johannesburg
Thupelo show, Fuba Gallery
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1990
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Thupelo show, Fuba Gallery
Goodman Gallery, Hyde Park, Johannesburg
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1995
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“ Africa '95 " , White Chapel, London
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1997
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Cross Over Johannesburg to Nantes held in Nantes, France
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1998
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Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
1998 The Art Salon, Bay Hotel, Cape Town
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1999
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“ Fast Forward Rewind ” , Van Reekun Museum, Apeldoorn,
Netherlands
South African Trade Exhibition, Mauritius
“ Artery ” Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
The Art Salon, Bay Hotel, Cape Town
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| 2000
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Two-man show with Zwelethu Mthethwa : Seippel Art Gallery, Cologne,
Germany
The Art Salon, Bay Hotel, Cape Town
Artlook South Africa : Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Chicago
Project Conflux – a touring exhibition started in Cape Town
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| 2001
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“ Lines of Connection “ , Cameroon
Two-man show “Sam meets Zwelethu” a collaboration with Zwelethu Mthethwa : Goodman Gallery,
JHB.
The Art Salon, Bay Hotel, Cape Town
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| 2002
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“ Towards new Cultures “ , Trevi Exhibition Area, Bolzano, Italy.
“ South African Art from 1850 to 2002” , Goodman Gallery, JHB
“African & African American Shared Understanding Project” , Atlanta, Georgia
“Ubuntu” group exhibition, Malaysia
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| 2003
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“Southern African Stories: A Print Collection” , Centre for Contemporary Art in the Fernandes Industrial Centre, Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago.
Group exhibition : Florence Lynch Gallery, Chelsea, NY
8th Havana Biennale, Cuba
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| 2004
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'Africa Remix', Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
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| 2005
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'Africa Remix', Centre Pompidou, Paris
'Africa Remix', Mori Art Museum, Tokio
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| Commissions
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1991 Illustrations for the "Sunday Star" magazine
1991 Cover illustration for Alex Civic association
1993 "Weekly Mail" Artists of South Africa Subscription promotion
1994 Paperback book cover design for "None to accompany me" by
Nadine Gordimer
1995 Pope John Paul II's illustration for the "Sunday Times Inside Magazine"
1996 Gauteng Provincial Legislature
1997 Anglo American Corporation
1997 FEDSURE Life Assurance Ltd.
1998 MTN Building (Sandton, JHB)
2000 Daimler Chrysler Award for South African Jazz 2001 : Illustration for CD cover, posters and invitations
2001 Metallon Mining House
2002 Emoyeni House (Department of Public Transport, Roads and Works) : Parktown
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| Awards: |
| 1988
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A.A Vita awards nominee
(JHB)
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| 1991
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A.A Vita Awards nominee
(JHB)
Triangle International Artists Workshop (New York, USA)
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| 1992
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A.A Vita Awards nominee
(JHB)
Delfina Studio Trust Summer Award (London, UK)
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| 1993
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Betrams VO Art for Africa Award finalist
(JHB)
Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for 1994
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| 1994
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First National Bank Vita Awards nominee
(JHB)
TENQ African Workshop - Senegal (West Africa)
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| 1995
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African Studies Association conference, Florida (USA)
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| 1996
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First National Bank Vita Awards nominee
(JHB)
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| 1999
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Medicins Sans Frontiers project “Art without Frontiers” , Dubai (UAE) where 40 international artists took part in painting the world’s longest painting to raise funds for
MSF.
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| Represented: |
MOBIL Court (Cape Town)
Johannesburg Art Gallery
ANGLO AMERICAN (JHB)
World Bank (USA)
Botswana Art Museum
MTN Art Institute (JHB)
SASOL (Johannesburg)
The German Art Museum (Frankfurt, Germany)
National Gallery (Cape Town)
Durban Art Gallery
Tatham Art Gallery (Pietermaritzburg)
GENCOR, JHB
Standard Bank Head Office, JHB
BMW, Pretoria
Mercedes-Benz, JHB
TELKOM
ABSA
NEDCOR (Jhb)
Mandela Foundation (Parktown)
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (Sandton, JHB)
SABC (SA Broadcasting Corporation, Auckland Park, JHB)
Daimler Chrysler HQ (Pretoria)
Harry Oppenheimer & Sons (JHB)
Millenium Consolidated Investment (Sandton)
Mr Geoff Humber (New York USA)
Mr Robert Loder (London, UK)
Mr Harry Belafonte (USA)
Ms Gay McDougall (USA) (Director: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights)
Ms Delfina for Delfina Studios (London, UK)
Mr Samuel L. Jackson (USA)
Mr Leslie Israele (Director: M & L Distributors (Pty) Ltd. : Cape Town)
Mr Mfundi Vundla (SA)
Johannesburg Consolidated Investments (JCI)
Dr Oupa Morare (SA)
Dr Johnny Msendane (SA)
Numerous works around South Africa and abroad
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| Publications:
(info. provided by
www.vgallery.co.za) |
The 20th Century Artbook (Phaidon Press Limited, 1999) ISBN 0 7148 3850, page 336.
The Money Standard, Vol. 1 No 4 1999. Page 26
FNB Vita Art Now 1995 . ISBN 0 620 20197 5. Page 36
Vuka SA Vol. 2 No. 3 June/July 1997. ISSN 1025-2134. Pages 6-7
Jazz Heritage Vol. 4 1999. ISSN 1560-7720. Pages 16-17
L’ Art Africain Contemporain (Association Dialogue Entre Les Cultures) 1992-4. ISBN 2-909711-005. Page 27
Andries Oliphant, 'A human face: The Death of Biko and South African Art' in
Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa, 1995:258)
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