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William
Kentridge is regarded as one of the most important artists of our
day. His animated films, work in theater 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. |
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Born
in 1955 in Johannesburg
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| 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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| Selected
Exhibitions:
(info. provided by
www.vgallery.co.za) |
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He
has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions since 1974 in South
Africa, and abroad. |
| 1979 |
Market
Gallery, Johannesburg first of 11 Solo-exhibitions |
| 1985 |
Cape
Town Triennial, Cape Town |
| Tributaries,
touring West Germany and South Africa |
| 1986 |
Simon
Neuman Gallery, New York, Solo-exhibition |
| 1987
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Standard
Bank Young Artist Award |
| Vita
Quarterly Award Winner |
| Vanessa
Devessa Gallery, London, |
| 1988 |
Johannesburg
Art Gallery |
| 1989 |
Venessa
Devessa Gallery, London |
| 1990 |
Gallery
International, Cape Town |
| 1994 |
Stephen
Friedman Gallery & A22 Gallery, London |
| 1995 |
Praterinsel,
Munich, Germany |
| 1996 |
Goodman
Gallery, Johannesburg |
| 1997 |
Musee d'Art Moderne de la
Ville de Paris, Paris |
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| 1998 |
Museum
of Contemporary Art, San Diego |
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Palais
des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunste Brussels ( Solo ) |
| The
Drawing Center, New York, Solo-exhibition |
| Luna
Theatre, Brussels |
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| 1999 |
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, |
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| 2000 |
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, April / May 2000 |
| Sydney,
Australia |
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7th
Havana Biennial |
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Man &
Space : Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju - Korea 2000 |
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Third
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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2001
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Yokohama
Triennale, Japan
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The Short
Century, Museum Villa Stuck traveling Exhibition
Berlin, Chicago, New York, Vienna and Cape Town
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2001
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New
Museum of Contemporary Art |
| 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 |
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| 2002 |
Guggenheim in
New York |
| South
African National Gallery, Cape Town (December 1 2002 to March 30 2003) |
| 2002 |
Marian
Goodman Gallery, New York (Nov 8 - Jan 4 2002) |
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| Theater
projects : |
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| William
has directed his own theatre productions in association with the
Handspring Puppet Company, with animated film backdrops created by
himself. |
| 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 |
1995
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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 |
| 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
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1998
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Il
Ritorno d'Ulisse - multi-media opera
Performances in Brussels, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Zurich |
| 2001 |
Zeno
at 4am - shadow oratorio, Brussels |
| 2002 |
Confessions
of Zeno - Documenta XI, Kassel, Germany |
| 2002 |
Zeno
writing - Marian Goodman NY |
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| Films
and Animations : |
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1981
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Howl
at the Moon - 40' co-directed video fiction
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1982
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Red
Ribbon Award - American Film Festival, New York
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1984
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Salestalk
- 30' film fiction using actors
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1985
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Blue
Ribbon Award - American Film Festival, New York
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1985
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Vetkoek/Fete
Galante - 2' animated film
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1987
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Exhibition
- 3' animated film
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1988
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Freedom
Square and Back of the Moon - 50' co-directed documentary
film
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1989
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Johannesburg
- 2nd Greatest City After Paris, 7' animated film
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1990
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Monument
- 3' animated film
Weekly Mail Short Film Competition Award winner, Directs
T&I - 12' video fiction, Johannesburg 2nd Greatest
City After Paris, London
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1991
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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
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1992
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Easing
the Passing of the Hours - 10' computer animated film
collaboration with Robert Hodgins and Debora Bell
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1993
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Retrospective
of animated films, Edinburgh International Film Festival,
Edinburgh, Annecy International Film Festival, MOMA,
New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
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1994
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Felix
in Exile - 8'43" animated film
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1994
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Another
Country - animated music video for Mango Groove Loerie Award
winner, Johannesburg
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1994
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Memo -
collaborative animated film including actors
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1995
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Retrospective
of animated films, Annecy International Film Festival, Annecy
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1996
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Retrospective
of animated films, Festival des Dessins Animé, Brussels
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1996
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Retrospective
of animated films, Lisbon
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1996
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History
of the Main Complaint - 5'50" animated film
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1997
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Ubu
Tells the Truth - animated film
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1997
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WEIGHING and
WANTING - 6'20" animated film
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1998
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ECHO:
slide scan bottle - a triptych projection using animated and
documentary material
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1999
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Stereoscope
- animated film
Carnegie International 1999/2000 award
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2000
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Drawing
the passing - Documentary
Silver Spire, Golden Gate awards, San Francisco 2000
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2002
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Documenta
XI, Kassel (Okwui
Enwezor) Confessions of Zeno
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2002
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Confessions of Zeno -
Grahamstown National Arts Festival
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Represented:
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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
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
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
University of the Orange Free State
University of Stellenbosch
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
His work is represented in numerous private collections locally
and abroad.
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Publications:
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'William
Kentridge', Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev,1998, ISBN 90-74816-09-6
'William Kentridge', Dan Cameron Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev &
J.M. Coetzee, 1999, ISBN 0 7148 38292
'William Kentridge', Museum Catalogue, Abrams, ISBN 0-8109-4228-3
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