Wim Botha
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Born Pretoria, 1974. Lives and works in Johannesburg. 1996 completed BA (Visual Art), University of Pretoria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2008
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Soloshow, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin New Work Brodie/Stevenson, Johannesburg |
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2007
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Apocalagnosia, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
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2005-6
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A Premonition of War, Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art 2005 exhibition. National Arts Festival, Grahamstown; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth; Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg; Durban Art Gallery, Durban; Oliewenhuis Art Gallery, Bloemfontein; South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg
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2005
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Cold Fusion: Gods, heroes and martyrs, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
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2003
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Speculum, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town commune: onomatopoeia, Festival Artist, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
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2001
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commune: suspension of disbelief, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2007
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Summer 2007/8, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town Political Iconography, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg Family Relation, Warren Siebrits Gallery, Johannesburg Afterlife, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town Cape '07, Cape Town |
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2006
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South African art now, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town Dak'Art, 7th Dakar Biennale, Senegal Olvida Quien Soy - Erase me from who I am, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
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2005
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South African art 1848 - now, Michael Stevenson , Cape Town
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2004-7
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Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
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2004-6
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Personal Affects: Power and poetics in contemporary South African art, Museum for African Art and Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Contact Zones: Colonial and contemporary, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
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2002
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Sasol Public Sculpture Commission, exhibition of maquettes, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn Grime, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
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2001
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Clean, Millennium Gallery, Johannesburg
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1999
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Transmigrations, Civic Gallery, Johannesburg Transmigrations: Rituals and Items, Artshare Warehouse, Los Angeles USA, Tijuana Cultural Centre, Tijuana, Mexico
Renaicide/Mortenaissance, Millennium Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pretoria New Signatures Revisited, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
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1998
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Tamed, three-person exhibition, Civic Gallery, Johannesburg
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1997
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Five-ism, The Open Window Contemporary Art Gallery, Pretoria No 4, Project for the Old Fort, Hillbrow, Johannesburg 2nd Johannesburg Biennale Fringe, Carfax, Johannesburg XQCS, Campus Gallery, University of Pretoria
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1996
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Volkskas Atelier Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum Final Year Students' Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum
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1995
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Sasol New Signatures Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum Kempton Park / Tembisa Art Competition
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AWARDS
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2005
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Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art 2005
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2003
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Tollman Award, joint winner (with Churchill Madikida)
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2002
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Ampersand Foundation Fellowship for two-month residency, New York City and Washington DC
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2001
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Kanna Prize for Visual Art, Best Artwork or Exhibition, Klein Karoo National Arts festival, Oudtshoorn
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1998
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First Prize, Kempton Park/ Tembisa Art Competition
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1996
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Volkskas Atelier Merit Award Emil Schweickerdt Award for Most Promising Art Student, University of Pretoria
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1995
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Judges' prize, Sasol New Signatures Competition
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COLLECTIONS
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Absa Bank Standard Bank Rand Afrikaans University BHP Billiton University of Pretoria Johannesburg Art Gallery Sasol Spier Gordon Schachat Collection SABC South African Reserve Bank
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