EDUCATION
1990-1993 Johannesburg Art Foundation, Fine Art Major
1985-1989 FUBA, Diploma in Fine Arts

AWARDS
1996 JULIAN KNIGHTS: Study Bursary, Johannesburg Arts Foundation, South Africa

1995 National Arts Council grant to attend Mbile International Artists Workshop Lusaka, Zambia

SOLO EXHIBITION
2009 Queen Shaniqua, Gallary Satori, NYC, USA
2002 Thabiso Phokompe, Axis Gallery, NYC


TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION
1998 Occupying Spaces (with Samson Mnisi) Johannesburg, South Africa
1996 Meeting of North and South (with Liv Heier) Asker Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2010- “Stack Up” NARS Foundation, NYC, USA

2009-“Virtual Pathway” Gallery Satori, NYC, USA

2008- “Summer Mixtape Volume One: the Get Smart Edition,” Exit Art, NYC, USA

2006- Rocksdrift Arts Center, South Africa

2004- Museum for African Art at the UBS Gallery, NYC, USA

2004- Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NYC, USA

2001- “ZULU,” Axis Gallery, NYC, USA

2001- The Roaring 20’s, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, NYC, USA

2001- Printing Exhibition, Dorsey Art Gallery, NYC, USA (with Bob Blackburn, Betye Saar, Michael Kelly Williams)

2001- National Black Fine Arts Show (Kenkeleba Gallery), NYC, USA

2000- One is Not Enough (The Power of Prints in South African Art) Skoto Gallery, NYC, USA

2000- National Black Fine Art Show (Kenkeleba Gallery), NYC, USA

2000- Cross Currents: Contemporary Art Practice in South Africa an Exhibition in Two Parts, Atkinson Gallery, London, UK

1999-2002 Liberated Voices, Touring Show Museum for African Art, NYC, USA Austin Museum of Art, TX, USA Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, CA, USA The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, USA

1998- Amakhono Art show, Melville and Johannesburg, South Africa (with Sandile Zulu, Nhlanhla Mbatha, Vusi Zwane and Samson Mnisi)

1997- Amakhono Art show, Zuurbekom, South Africa

1995- Mbile International Art Exhibition, Meridian Baio Bank Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia

1995- Orchard Studio Exhibition, Johannesburg Art Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa

1995- Thupelo International Art Exhibition, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

1994- Thapong International Art Exhibition, Botswana National Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana


COLLABORATIONS
2003 Visual Designer for dance theater piece entitled Black Burlesque (revisited) with: Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group (U.S.A.), Black Umfolosi (Zimbabwe), and Noble Douglas Dance Company (Trinidad and Tobago)

1997-1999 Soil and Herbs, (with Samson Mnisi) Observatory Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa


ARTS WORKSHOP
2002 Triangle Artists’ Workshop
2000-2001 Bob Blackburn Printing Workshop, USA
2000 The Caversham Press Workshop, South Africa
1995 Orchard Artist Workshop, South Africa
1995 Mbile International Artists Workshop, Zambia
1995 Thupelo International Artists Workshop, South Africa
1994 Thapong International Artists Workshop, Botswana
1994 The Orchard Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa


ARTIST’S PUBLICATIONS
2004 10 Years 100 Artists Art In A Democratic South Africa, Publisher: Bell-Roberts Publishing in association with Struik Publishers
2000 Cross Currents: Contemporary Art Practice in South Africa an Exhibition in Two Parts, Publisher: Atkinson Gallery, John Picton and Jennifer Law
1999 Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, Publisher: Prestel, Edited by Frank Herreman assisted by Mark D’Amato
1995 “Thupelo International Artists Catalog,” Cape Town, South Africa
1994 “Thapong International Artists Catalog, Mahalapye,” Botswana


COLLECTIONS
•Rand Merchant Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa
•uFordham University, NYC, USA
•Museum for African Art, NYC, USA
•Royal Norwegian Embassy, Pretoria, South Africa
•Asker Kommune, Asker, Norway
•Botswana National Museum, Gaborone, Botswana
•ABSA Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa
•Private collections: Africa, Europe, and USA


ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

  • Hedy Weiss, “’Burlesque’ is rich tapestry of artistic expression” Chicago Sun-Times, November 18, 2003

  • Jack Anderson, “International Collaborators Salute a Black Panorama,” The New York Times, October 28, 2003

  • Tresca Weinstein, “’Burlesque’ offers up great dance mix,” Times Union, October 10, 2003

  • Valerie Livingston, “An Artist’s Workshop for the World,” Brooklyn Rail, Autumn 2002

  • Margaret Regan, “Descry the Beloved Country,” Tucson Weekly, Sep. 26, 2002

  • Roberta Smith, “A Profusion of Painting, Very Much Alive,” The New York Times, May 10, 2002

  • Ben Willcott, “Truth and Reconciliation,” The Austin Chronicle, June 2, 2000

  • Sean Denmark, “ ‘Liberated Voices,’ at the Austin Museum of Art,” Austin Arts Downtown, June, 2000

  • Tumelo Mosaka, “ ‘Liberated Voices,’ Contemporary Art from South Africa,” NKA Journal Of Contemporary African Art, Fall/Winter 2000

  • Brenda Atkinson, “Accidental Snapshots,” Daily Mail & Guardian, Nov. 11, 1999

  • Holland Cotter, “South Africans, Isolated No More,” The New York Times, Sep. 24, 1999

  • Mila Andre, “Beyond Black & White: Artists Explore Apartheid,” NY, Daily News, Sep.17, 1999



PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
“Presenter for Liberated Voices Symposium,” (with Gary van Wyk and Paul Stopforth), Stanford University, CA, USA

“Artists Talk About Their Work,” (with Rudzani Nemasetoni), Dartmouth College, NH, USA

“New Printing Techniques,” for Fordham University Art Students, Printing Workshop, NY, USA

“New Voice,” Museum for African Art, NY, USA


  


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