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Born 1976, Cape Town. Lives and works in Cape Town
Graduated from De Ateliers post-graduate art institute, Amsterdam (MA equivalent), 1999-2001. Currently registered as PhD candidate, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam
| Solo exhibitions |
| 2008 |
The Message, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin |
| 2007 |
Reflexive Indices: A Phenomenological Study, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva The Interview (a transcript) Michael Stevenson, Cape Town |
| 2005 | Accented Living: a rough guide, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town |
| 2002 |
Bad for Your Health/Wrong Colour, Virtual Museum of Contemporary African Art The Realness, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, The Netherlands |
| 2001 | Hard Living (an ethnomethodological approach), De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2000 | Maluka 2000, de Twee Wezen, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands |
| 1998 | The(unstoppable)rapist, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1997 | Melanin Millennium, Mau-Mau Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Selected group exhibitions |
| 2007 |
In Your Face, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva
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| 2006 |
South African art now, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town São Paulo Bienal, São Paulo Artists at Glenfiddich 06, The Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Scotland Nie Meer, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium New Painting, KZNSA Gallery, Durban; Unisa Gallery, Pretoria; Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa De Grote Oversteek, Stedelijk Museum Zwolle, Zwolle, The Netherlands Personal Affects: Power and poetics in contemporary South African art, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Chimaera, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA |
| 2005 |
d'Afrique, d'Asie, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA [R][R][F]2005--->XP, Hilchot Shehenim, Israeli Digital Art Lab, Holon, Israel Images Festival, Toronto, Canada BASICS Festival, Salzburg, Austria |
| 2004 |
Personal Affects: Power and poetics in contemporary South African art, Museum for African Art and the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, USA Invisible Networks, Version'04 Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA [R][R][F] 2005--->XP, National Museum of Contemporary Art/Kalinderu MediaLab, Bucaresti, Romania Bergen Electronic Arts Centre, Bergen, Norway New Media Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand BASICS Festival, Salzburg, Austria Split International Film Festival, Split, Croatia PEAM 2004, Pescara Electronic Art Meeting, Pescara, Italy Now Music Streaming Festival, Berlin, Germany VI Salon Y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital, Havana, Cuba public_media_ space Festival, Yerewan, Armenia West Coast Numusic & Electronic Arts Festival, Stavanger, Norway Biennale of Electronic Art, Perth, Australia International Short Film Festival, Nuremberg, Germany Orilla'04, 1st International Exhibition of Digital Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, Argentina West 404 - Festival of Electronic Art, Rosario, Argentina FILE - Electronic Language Festival, SESI Art Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil Internet Live Streaming "Endlosfilm", University of Bremen, Germany OUTVIDEO, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| 2003 |
Guess Who, Stedelijk Museum Zwolle, Zwolle, The Netherlands Afrika Hier en Nu, Centrum Beeldende Kust, Emmen, The Netherlands |
| 2002 |
The 4th Biennale of the Pan-African Circle of Artists Lagos, Nigeria Crossing Boundaries and Frontiers, Centre Soleil d'Afrique, Bamako, Mali Interactive Arts Festival.01, Kwang Fong Gallery, California Lutheran University, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2000 |
(W)interface, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, The Netherlands Portrait Africa, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany |
| 1999 |
Staking Claims, The Granary, Cape Town, South Africa Project Conflux, Luxembourg/Cape Town/Paris Postcards from South Africa, Axis Gallery, New York, USA Oos Wes Tuis Bes, Oudtshoorn, South Africa |
| 1998 |
Childhood, Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa !Xoe site-specific, Ibis Art Centre, Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa |
| Residencies/awards |
| 2006 | Artists in Residence at Glenfiddich, Dufftown, Scotland |
| 2005 | Art Omi International Artists Residency, New York, USA |
| 2004 | Tollman Award for the Visual Arts |
| 1998 | Thami Mnyele Foundation, residency, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1997 | Robben Island Museum, residency, Cape Town, South Africa |
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