Johannes Segogela ( 1936 - )

1936 Born in Sekukuniland,   North West Province

A self-taught sculptor of figures and animals. Works in wood which he combines with mixed media. Groups of figures depicting events from the Bible.

Studies :
He became a full time artist in 1980.

Exhibitions :
He has participated in many group exhibitions since 1985

1985 - Tributaries Show,  Johannesburg,  South Africa.
1988 - Goodman Gallery,  Johannesburg
1988 - Basle Art Fair,  Switzerland
1993 -
Biennal for Visual Arts, Venice,  Italy.
1993 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
1994 - Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
1994 - 5th Havana Biennal, Cuba
1995 - Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1995 - Johannesburg 1st Biennal, Johannesburg
Serpentine Gallery, London 
2000 - Nordiyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
2004 - Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

Represented :
Many private collections in South Africa and abroad
Standard Bank CollectionSouth Africa
Durban Art Gallery
University of Fort Hare Collection
South African National GalleryCape Town
University of the Witwatersrand,  Johannesburg

Selected Biographies :
Contemporary Art of Africa. Segogela by Anitra Nettleton, p.96-98.
Edited by André Magnin, Jacques Soulillou, Publisher Harry N. Abraams.

Colours -Kunst aus Sud Afrika,  Haus der Kulturen Der Welt. Herausgeber, Verlag.

African Arts. UCLA (Winter 1995).

Havana 5th Biennal,  Exhibition Catalogue.

Incroci Del Sud. Affinities, Contemporary South African Art.
Exhibition catalogue, Venice Biennal, Italy.

Resistance art in South Africa, By Sue Williamson.

Images of Wood,  By Elizabeth Rankin.
  
The neglected tradition : Towards a New History of South African Art
(1930-1988),  Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa.

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