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Curriculum Vitae

Exhibitions

2023 - Paintings

 

  • Solo: 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, September 2023

  • Group: Winter Exhibition -  99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, July 2023

  • Residency, Rome - Studio DFB hosted by Alberto de Fabio April - May 2023

  • Solo: Residency exhibition - Carry My Heart, curated by Francesca De' Medici May 2023

 

2022 Paintings and Photographs

 

  • Two Person Time will Tell  with Zanele Muholi July - October 2022

        Ink Paintings and Photographs, Ill Frantoio Gallery, Capalbio, Tuscany 

        Curator: Francesca de' Medici

  • Investec Cape Town Art Fair - With 99 Loop Gallery February

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2021 Ink Paintings

 

  • Solo I Just Told The Stars Who I Am - 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, October 2021

  • Group Three Individuals -  Dawid Ras Gallery, Johannesburg, August 2021

  • Group Winter Exhibition -  99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, July 2021

  • Solo Queer Cartographies - Nel Gallery, Johannesburg, June 2021

 

 

2017 Photography, installation & performance

 

  • Solo interseXion - Lizamore & Associates Johannesburg

  • Solo interseXion - University of Free State Bloemfontein

  • Solo interseXion - Iziko South African National Art Gallery Cape Town

  • Solo The Colony - Art Museum of University of Stellenbosch

     

2011 – 2016 Photography, installation & performance

 

  • Group interseXion - The District Six Museum Homecoming Centre 

  • Group Break the Spell - Gallery University of Stellenbosch Cape Town

  • Group Break the Spell - Oude Libertas Gallery Stellenbosch

  • Group Daughter Language - Investec Cape Town Art Fair Erdmann Contemporary 

  • Solo Daughter Language - Lizamore & Associates Johannesburg 

  • Solo Threshold - International Young Photographers Festival South Korea  

  • Solo The Colony - University of Johannesburg Gallery

  • Group Do It! International Michaelis Galleries Cape Town

  • Group Dreams to Reality - Erdmann Contemporary Cape Town

  • Group Performing Wo/Man - University of Johannesburg Art Gallery

  • Group Beyond the Beach  - Casa Labia Gallery Cape Town

  • Group Nomad Bodies - Belgium, Antwerp University College of Artesis, Royal Academy of Fine Arts

  • Solo “..When You’re Feeling Like a Lady..” - National arts festival Klein Karoo, South Africa

  • Solo “..When You’re Feeling Like a Lady..” - Centre African Studies Gallery, African Gender Institute University of Cape Town

  • Launch “..When You’re Feeling Like a Lady..” SWEAT* Org (*sex worker education advocacy task force)

  • Group Threshold - FNB Johannesburg Art Fair Lizamore & Associates

  • Solo The Colony - Aardklop National arts festival, South Africa

 

1991 – 2010 Photography

 

  • Group Swallow Your Pride - Blank Projects Gallery Cape Town

  • Group Legacy of Men -  National Art Gallery Johannesburg

  • Film Festival  Father - Out in Africa Film Festival

  • Film Festival  Father - Hamburg LGBT Film Festival

  • Solo The Binary Farm - National arts festival Klein Karoo, South Africa

  • Solo The Binary Farm - Aardklop National arts festival, South Africa

  • Group Face to Face, The Binary Farm - University of Johannesburg Art Gallery

  • Solo Fellowship The Inner Room - Houston Centre Photography, Texas USA

  • Solo The Inner Room - University of Johannesburg Art Gallery

  • Group Time Shift - Lizamore & Associates Johannesburg 

  • Solo The Post Xtian - Open Window Art Academy Pretoria, South Africa

  • Solo The Post Xtian - National arts festival Klein Karoo South Africa

  • Solo Millennium Man - Aardklop National arts festival, South Africa

  • Solo Millennium Man - Klein Karoo National Arts Festival

  • In a Different Light - Sandra Prinsloo Studios

Career

 Represented Fine Artist 1998 - 2023

 

 Current Representation - Paintings

  • Francesca de Medici - Europe 2022 - current

  • Various associations - South Africa 2020 - 2023

 

 Former Representation - Photography

 

  • Lizamore and Associates

  • Erdmann Contemporary

  • Photographer's Gallery Za

  • Diedericks Faber 

 

 

Author 2021 - Publication of Robert. Queer & Crooked Memoir

  • NB Publishers - Melinda Ferguson Imprint

 Transgender Advocacy 2016 - 2020

 

      Iranti Org 2016 - 2021

 

  • Chairperson 

  • Deputy Chairperson 

  • Board of Directors 2

 

      Gender Dynamix Org 2007-2010 

 

  • Deputy Director 

  • Advocacy Manager 

  • Media Liaison 

  • Co - Founder 

 

 Commercial photographer 1991 - 2010

 

  • Various magazine and television clientele

 

 Newspaper editorial photographer

 

  • Beeld Newspaper 1987 -1988

  • Transvaler Newspaper 1988 -1989

  • Rapport Newspaper 1989 -1991

 

 Matriculated

  • Hoërskool Alberton 1986

 

 Freelance darkroom assistant and photographer

  • Alberton Record, South Africa 1984 -1986

Awards & Collections

      Awards​

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  • Houston Centre for Photography Fellowship - The Inner Room

  • Kanna Award nomination  SA Klein Karoo National Arts Festival - “when you feeling like a lady

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       Collections

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  • Private Collections Rome

  • Private Collection Turin

  • Private Collection Brussels

  • University of Johannesburg 

  • Rand Merchant Bank,

  • Sasol Corporate Collection 

  • Private Collectors Cape Town

  • Private Collectors Paris

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