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
2006 Impepho, Rorksdrift Art Center, South Africa
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
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
Fordham 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
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
1998-2000 Sguzu Printmaking Studio Coordinator
1994-1995 Orchard Studio Coordinator
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