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Born Johannesburg, 1962. Lives and works in Cape Town. Graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town, 1985 Joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers, 1986 to 1990 Worked for Reuters 1986 to 1988, South Africa Freelance photographer for South African and foreign press, 1986 to 1998 Worked for Agence France Presse, South Africa, 1993 to 1994 |
| Selected solo exhibitions: |
| 2008 |
Guy Tillim, Haunch of Venison, Zurich Guy Tillim, Haus Für Kunst, Altdorf, Switzerland |
| 2007 |
Congo Democratic, Extraspazio, Rome
Congo Democratic, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg |
| 2006 |
Petros Village, Museo di Roma in Trastevere
Petros Village, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town |
| 2005 |
Leopold and Mobutu, Photographer's Gallery, London (August)
Jo'burg, Rencontres Photographiques de Bamako, Mali 2005 (November) Jo'burg, Festival Artist, PhotoEspana, Madrid (July) Jo'burg, Johannesburg Art Gallery (June); Durban Art Gallery (April) |
| 2004 |
Jo'burg, South African National Gallery, Cape Town (November)
DaimlerChysler Award exhibition, Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (May); DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin (June) Leopold and Mobutu, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town (May) Kunhinga Portraits, Sala Uno, Rome |
| 2003 |
Kunhinga Portraits, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
Congo, Bell-Roberts Photographic Gallery, Cape Town Congo, Fotofiesta Medellin, Colombia Departure, Higashikawa Photo Festival, Hokkaido, Japan Departure, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town Departure, NSA Galley, Durban Departure, PhotoZA, Johannesburg |
| 2002 |
Kuito, Angola, Societe des Auteurs Multimedia, Paris
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| 2001 |
Kuito, Angola, South African Museum, Cape Town
Kuito, Angola, Gallery Dupon, Paris |
| 1996 |
Kabul, Afghanistan, Durban Centre for Photography
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| Selected group exhibitions: |
| 2008 |
Peripheral Vision and Collective Body, Museion, Bolzano, Italy Home Lands - Land Marks, Haunch of Venison, London Contemporary Photography from South Africa - Part 2, Hereford Photography Festival, UK Cities in Crisis: Photographs of the SA Urban Landscape, FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg Biennale Cuvée, OK Center for Contemporary Art in Linz, Austria Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2007 |
Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany Children in Conflict, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK Ostropicos, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Global Cities, Tate Modern, London Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa Contemporary Art Photography from South Africa 2007: Reality check, Museum Bochum, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz and other venues in Germany Photography, Video, Mixed Media III, DaimlerChrysler Gallery, Berlin Non Tutte Le Strade Portano a Roma, FotoGrafia, International Festival of Rome, Ex Gil |
| 2006 |
Photography, Video, Mixed Media III, DaimlerChrysler Gallery, Berlin
SLUM: Art and life in the here and now of the civil age, Neue Galerie, Graz São Paulo Bienal Thy Brother's Keeper, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography, International Center of Photogaphy, New York (March) |
| 2005 |
Lasting Foundations, Museum for African Art, New York July - January 2006
Unsettled, National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen |
| 2004 |
Africa Remix, museum kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Pompidou Centre,
Paris; and Las Palmas; Tokyo; Stockholm; Johannesburg (2004-7)
A Decade of Democracy: South African art from the permanent collection, South African National Gallery, Cape Town Festival Internazionale di Roma, Rome, Italy |
| 2003 |
Unveiled, OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, Düsseldorf
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| 1998 |
eyeAfrica: African Photography 1840-1998, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
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| 1996 |
Colors: Art from South Africa, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
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| Awards |
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2006 Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography awarded by the Peabody Museum, Harvard University
2005 Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2005 (for the Jo'burg series) 2004 DaimlerChrysler Award for Photography, South Africa 2003 Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Award, Japan 2002 Prix SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia) Roger Pic, France (for Kuito, Angola) 2001 Finalist, Prix Care for Humanitarian Reportage, France 1999 Mondi Award (South Africa) for photojournalism (report on the Himba people of Northern Namibia) 1998 Mondi Award (South Africa) for photojournalism (Congo River: journey from Kisangani to Kinshasa) |
| Publications |
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2006 Petros Village (Punctum, Rome)
2005 Jo'burg (Filigranes Editions, Trézélan, and STE, Johannesburg) 2004 Leopold and Mobutu (Filigranes Editions, Trézélan) 2004 Guy Tillim (DaimlerChrysler, Berlin) 2004 Kunhinga Portraits (Michael Stevenson, Cape Town) 2003 Departure (Michael Stevenson and Bell-Roberts, Cape Town) 2002 Contributor to A Day in the Life of Africa (Tides Foundation, San Francisco) 2002 Contributor to Amulets and Dreams: War Youth and Changing Africa (edited by Omar Badsha, SAHO/ISS/Unisa, Pretoria) 1990 Co-editor of Full Frame, South African magazine of documentary photography |
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