Wim Botha
Born 1974 in Pretoria. Lives in Cape Town.
Solo Exhibitions
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2013
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Solipsis V, US Wordfest Artist 2013, Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch |
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2012
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A Thousand Things, Stevenson, Johannesburg |
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2011
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All Around, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin All This, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town |
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2009
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Joburg Altarpiece & Amazing Things from Other Places, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town |
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2008
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Wim Botha, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin New Works, Brodie/Stevenson, Johannesburg |
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2007
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Apocalagnosia, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
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2005-6
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A Premonition of War, Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art 2005 exhibition. National Arts Festival, Grahamstown; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth; Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg; Durban Art Gallery, Durban; Oliewenhuis Art Gallery, Bloemfontein; South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg
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2005
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Cold Fusion: Gods, heroes and martyrs, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
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2003
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Speculum, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town Commune: onomatopoeia, Festival Artist, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
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2001
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Commune: suspension of disbelief, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2013
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The Loom of the Land, Stevenson, Johannesburg |
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2012
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The Rainbow Nation, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands Coming of Age: 21 Years of the Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg |
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2011
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What we talk about when we talk about love, Stevenson, Cape Town Memories of the Future: The Olbricht Collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris Pandemonium - Art in a Time of Creativity Fever, Göteborg Biennial, Sweden Contemporary South African Artists, Turner Galleries, Perth, Australia Alptraum, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin; The Company, Los Angeles |
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2010
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11th Triennale für Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany PEEKABOO - Current South Africa, Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki |
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2009
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Self/Not-self, Brodie/Stevenson, Johannesburg |
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2008
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Disguise: The art of attracting and deflecting attention, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town |
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2007
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Summer 2007/8, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town Political Iconography, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg Family Relation, Warren Siebrits Gallery, Johannesburg Afterlife, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town Cape '07, Cape Town |
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2006
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South African art now, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town Dak'Art, 7th Dakar Biennale, Senegal Olvida Quien Soy - Erase me from who I am, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
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2005
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South African art 1848 - now, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
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2004-7
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Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
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2004-6
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Personal Affects: Power and poetics in contemporary South African art, Museum for African Art and Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Contact Zones: Colonial and contemporary, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
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2002
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Sasol Public Sculpture Commission, exhibition of maquettes, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn Grime, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
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2001
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Clean, Millennium Gallery, Johannesburg
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1999
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Transmigrations, Civic Gallery, Johannesburg Transmigrations: Rituals and Items, Artshare Warehouse, Los Angeles USA, Tijuana Cultural Centre, Tijuana, Mexico Renaicide/Mortenaissance, Millennium Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pretoria The Paper Show, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg New Signatures Revisited, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
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1998
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Tamed, three-person exhibition, Civic Gallery, Johannesburg
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1997
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Five-ism, The Open Window Contemporary Art Gallery, Pretoria No 4, Project for the Old Fort, Hillbrow, Johannesburg 2nd Johannesburg Biennale Fringe, Carfax, Johannesburg XQCS, Campus Gallery, University of Pretoria
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1996
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Volkskas Atelier Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum Final Year Students' Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum
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1995
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Sasol New Signatures Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum Kempton Park / Tembisa Art Competition
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Awards & Residencies
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2005
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Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art 2005
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2003
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Tollman Award, joint winner (with Churchill Madikida)
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2002
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Ampersand Foundation Fellowship for two-month residency, New York City and Washington DC
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2001
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Kanna Prize for Visual Art, Best Artwork or Exhibition, Klein Karoo National Arts festival, Oudtshoorn
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1998
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First Prize, Kempton Park / Tembisa Art Competition
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1996
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Volkskas Atelier Merit Award Emil Schweickerdt Award for Most Promising Art Student, University of Pretoria
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1995
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Judges' prize, Sasol New Signatures Competition
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Collections
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Absa Bank, South Africa BHP Billiton, Australia Gordon Schachat Collection Johannesburg Art Gallery Nedbank, Johannesburg Rand Afrikaans University Spier Collection, South Africa Sasol Art Collection, South Africa South African Broadcasting Corporation South African Reserve Bank Standard Bank, South Africa University of Pretoria
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