Sonya Rademeyer

b. 1964, Zimbabwe; Lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Sonya Rademeyer explores the relationship between bodily empathy and vision through her use of non-traditional materials and video.

Arts Education

1996: Bachelor of Art (BA), Fine Art, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam.

Solo Exhibitions (SouthAfrica)

2019: All we need is a Conductor, North-West University Aardklop National Festival, North-West Province.
2019: The In-Between, Association of Visual Arts (AVA0 Gallery, Cape Town.
2011: Looking to See, Association of Visual Arts (AVA0 Gallery, Cape Town.
2009: not in a body of words, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch.
2008: I am an African, Blank Projects, Cape Town.
2007: Babble, Association of Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, Cape Town.
2005: Origin, Art-B Gallery, Cape Town.

Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2020: Art in Isolation, Imibala Gallery, Graaff-Reinet; Imibala Gallery, Somerset West.
2020: Virtual National Arts Festival, curated show and Fringe, Makhanda.
2019: Miss/Seen, Vrystaat Arts Festival, Bloemfontein.
2019: Dwell in Possibility, Centenary Art Gallery University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.
2019: Memory & Mapping FreeSpace, Zeitz Mocca, Cape Town.
2019: Admin, UNTITLED, Cape Town.
2019: #unfinished Vol 7, Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town.
2018: Forward? Forward! Forward… Stellenbosch University Museum, Stellenbosch.
2018: Humanity: Friend or Foe, Youngblood Africa Gallery, Cape Town.
2018: OPENLab 2018, University of the Free State, Richmond.
2018: Tankwa Artscape, Northern Cape.
2016: Stories of Rain, AVA Gallery, Cape Town.
2015: Workshops’ Showcase, Warren Editions, Cape Town.
2015: SILENCE: Artworks on Paper, Cape Town.
2014: Joburg Fringe, Aerial Empire, Johannesburg.
2012: Appeal, Guerilla Gallery, Johannesburg.
2010: Mother Nature: Art and Psychology in Conversation, Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch.
2009: Ceramics Exhibition, William Humphrey Art Gallery, Kimberley.
2007: Flesh, Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefes, Oudtshoorn; X-Cape 07, Cape Town; National Arts Festival, Grahamstown;Cultivaria Festival, Paarl.
2006: Dept of Science & Technology National Art Competition, Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Cape Town.
2005: Vuleka, Art-B Gallery, Cape Town.
2005: Brett Kebble Art Awards, Cape Town.
2004: Exfoliate, Art-B Gallery, Cape Town.
2004: Vuleka, Art-B Gallery, Cape Town
2003: AVA Members' Exhibition, Asoociation for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery.
2003: Brett Kebble Art Awards, Cape Town.
2003: Vuleka, Art-B Gallery, Cape Town.
2003: PPC Young Sculptors Awards, Pretoria, South Africa.
2001: Women's Work, Cape Town.
1998: Unity in Diversity Arts Festival, Good Hope Gallery, Cape Town.

Group Exhibitions (international)

2020: hello world, TransCulturalExchange (online), Boston.
2019: Contemporary Nature, Tankwa Artscape Residency Exhibition, Sfintu Gheorghe.
2019: Live drawing performance, Stroud Green Festival, London.
2018: OtherLands. OtherSounds, Raizvanguarda, Bordeiro.
2016: 15th Lessandra World Art Print Annual, Sophia.
2013: Happening Now, Mojo Gallery, Dubai.
2009: Tape exhibition, Arnhem, Netherlands
2009: 1st International Art & Science Festival, Patra.
2009: International Incheon Women Artistsâ Biennale, Korea.
2009: One World, Many Papers, Distillery Gallery, Boston.
2008: Dwayer, L'Atelier Dâ Alexandrie, Alexandria.
2008: Dak'Art, Dakar.
2007: Cent livre Objects pour Senghor, Maison de la Culture Douta Seck, Dakar.
2006 - 2007: Self Portrait - A Show for Bethlehem, Al Kahf Gallery, Palestine; Oficyna Art Space, Szezecin; International Contemporary Art Center, Naples; Museum of Contemporary Art Rosario, Rosario; Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe.
2007: Fleiss East West Artists, Muzeul de Art, Satu Mare.
2006: The Abstract Mind Mural of Science & Industry, Chicago.
2006: Too much Freedom? Freewaves, 10th Biennale Festival of Film, Video and Experimental Media, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
2006: Ecartista 1st Annual Exhibition (online), Egypt.
2005: Imagining the Book, International Biennale, Alexandria.
2005: New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, New York.
2005: A Cross Cultural View of Women in the Arts, Also Castillo Gallery, Chicago.
2005: Art at War Exhibition, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago.

Collections

Private collections:
South Africa, United Kingdom, Egypt

Public collections:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria.
Department of Science & Technology, South Africa.
International Contemporary Art Centre, Naples.

Awards

2007: Distinction, 3rd Edition International Artistic Documentaries.
2004: Winner, New Media, Vuleka, Art-B Gallery, Cape Town.
2003: Merit Award, PPC Young Sculptor Award.

Richard Bollers

b. 1959, Georgetown, Guyana; Lives in Thaba Nchu, Motheo, South Africa.

Richard Bollers’ paintings vividly address everyday issues affecting poor people living in urban areas.

Arts Education

1979 - 1983: Escuela Nacional De Artes Plasticas, Havana, Cuba.
1975 - 1979: Diploma, Fine Art, E. R. Burrowes School of Art, Georgetown, Guyana.
1975 - 1976: El Dorado Academy, Georgetown.
1970 - 1975: Tucville Government School, Georgetown.

Solo Exhibitions (Guyana)

1986: A Symphony of Colours, Georgetown.
1984: The Observer, Georgetown.

Solo Exhibitions (International)

1989: From my Pallet, Gaborone.

Group Exhibitions (Guyana)

1979: Diploma exhibition, E.R. Burrowes School of Art, Georgetown.

Group Exhibitions (International)

2010: Spier Contemporary 2010, City Hall, Cape Town.
2008: A Journey to Art, Glenwood, Durban.
2001: Sasol New Signatures 2000, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria.
1983: National School of Art Graduation Exhibition, Havana, Cuba.
1981: Young Artists’ Exhibition, Havana.

Collections

Telkom
Presidents’ Collection
African Bank
University of Free State

Awards

2000: Jugdes Award, Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria.
1998: Kempton Fine Art Competition, Top 12 Award.

Employment and Involvement

2008: Mosaic Mural, Selosesha Public Library, Thaba Nchu, Free State.
2004 - 2010: Advisory Committee, Oliewenhius Art Museum, Bloemfontein.
2004 - 2010: Organiser, Macufe Visual Arts Competition; Curator, Macufe Visual Arts Exhibition.
2003 - 2010: Advisory Committee for Fine Art, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein.
2004 - 2005: Acting Head of Mmabana, Thabone and Zamdela Cultural Centres.
2002 - 2004: Head of Visual Arts and Crafts, Mmabana, Thabone and Zamdela Cultural Centres, Welkom.
1995 - 1998: Lecturer, Mmabana Cultural Centre, Mafikeng.
1994: Art Educator, Welkom High School, Welkom.
1993: Part-time Lecturer, Welkom Technical College, Welkom.
1989 - 1992: Graphic Designer, Gaborone Printing Works, Gaborone.
1987 - 1989 Graphic Designer, L. M. Publications, Botswana.
1983 - 1986 Lecturer, E. R. Burrowes School of Art, Georgetown.

Shepherd Mbanya

b. 1965, Bishop Lavis, Cape Town, South Africa; lives in Khayelitsha.

Shepherd Mbanya was born in Bishop Lavis on the northern outskirts of Cape Town, but was raised in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. Mentored by Isaac Makeleni, Mbanya’s evocative sculptures and paintings use narrative forms to communicate his often critical views on contemporary issues.

Education

Sivuyile College of Education.
Mbanya is a largely self-taught artist.

Artist Statement

From the Against the Grain catalogue:

"Mbanya applies a range of visual idioms, often within the same work, ranging from the lifelike to the abstract, the literal to the conceptual... Mbanya is strongly invested in narrative as a means of articulating and communicating his views on contemporary issues. His position is often boldly critical of power and politics, giving voice to dispossessed communities whose visions of a brighter future remain clouded by unfulfilled promises."

- Mario Pissarra

Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2013 - 2014: Against the Grain: Sculptors from the Cape, Iziko South African National Gallery and Sanlam Art Gallery, Cape Town.
2013: Invocation, The Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
2012: Siyakubona. The Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
2012: Turn Around Time: Annual Winter Solstice Exhibition, The Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
2011: 20 Years: Thami Mnyele Foundation, Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam.
2011: Continuum: Annual Winter Solstice Exhibition, The Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
2007: africa south, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
2005: Encompass, Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
1996: Sculptors in Wood, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
1992: Unidentified gallery, Stellenbosch.
1992 - 1993: Made in Wood: Work from the Western Cape, South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
1991: Visual Arts Group travelling exhibition, Zolani Centre, Nyanga East; Manenberg Peoples Centre and Uluntu Centre, Guguletu; Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town.
1991: South African Association of Arts, Cape Town.

Collections

Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town.
Thami Mnyele Foundation, Netherlands.
Sanlam Art Collection, Cape Town.

Publications

2013: Mario Pissarra, Against the Grain, Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI), Cape Town.
2003: Chris Ledochowski, Cape Flats Details, South African History Online, Cape Town.
1992: Made in Wood: Work from the Western Cape, South Africa National Gallery, Cape Town.

Residencies

1996: Residency, Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam.

Randolph Hartzenberg

b. 1948, Cape Town, South Africa; lives in Cape Town.

In painting, installation and performance, Randolph Hartzenberg produces quiet, seemingly un-obtrusive works that gradually reveal a great depth of symbolic content. Hartzenberg’s deliberate use of normal objects acts as the surface of his practice of thoughtful political and conceptual engagement, exploring questions of power, labour and race within South African society.

 

Burr, 2016
Kwere Kwere, 2003
Kwere Kwere, 2003
Untitled, 1984
Randy photographing at IZIKO
Sketch

[Show slideshow]
Art in South Africa, The Future Present

 

Staking Claims catalogue

 

One and another – Art South Africa, Volume 8, Issue 3, Autumn 2010 –  article by Randolph Hartzenberg

 

 

Grahamstown National Arts Festival Performance, 2012

Randolph Hartzenberg, created “Three Days” for the Making Way exhibition curated by Ruth Simbao at the 2012 National Arts Festival. The performance took place at Fort Selwyn in Grahamstown.

Art Education

1994: Master of Art, Fine Art, University of Cape Town.
1989: Bachelor of Art (BA), Fine Art, University of Cape Town.
1982: Higher Diploma in Education, Drama, University of Cape Town.
1968: Certificate Art Teaching, Hewat Training College.

Solo Exhibitions (South Africa)

2008: Prints, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
1996: Map of the Neighbourhood, Metropolitan Life Gallery, Cape Town.
1994: Domestic Baggage, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.

Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2016: Burr, the AVA/Strauss & Co. print portfolio, Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, Cape Town.
2015: In Print/ In Focus, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town.
2012 - 2013: Making Way,  Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg; Grahamstown Art Festival, Grahamstown.
2009: Dada South, Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG), Cape Town.
2007: africa south, Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, Cape Town.
2007: ReCenter, Look-out Hill, Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
2006: Facing the Past: Seeking the Future — Reflections on a Decade of Truth and Reconciliations Commission, Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG), Cape Town.
2006: Amajita in Conversation, Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, Cape Town.
2005: Botaki 3, Old Mutual Asset Management, Cape Town.
2004: Botaki, Old Mutual Asset Management, Cape Town.
2002: Outdoor Sculpture Biennial, Spier Farms, Stellenbosch.
2001: Telling Tales, 3rd I Gallery, Cape Town.
2001: Homeport, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town.
2000: Kwere Kwere: Journeys into Strangeness, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town.
1999: Staking Claims, The Granary, Cape Town.
1998: !Xoe Site Specific, organised by Ibis Art Centre, Nieu Bethesda.
1998: 30 Minutes, Robben Island Prison Complex, Robben Island.
1997: Hong Kong, etc., 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg.
1997: District Six Sculpture Project, Cape Town.
1997: Cyst: Works in Paint, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town; Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg.
1996: Hardground Printmakers in collaboration with Stellenbosch University Gallery, Stellenbosch University Gallery, Stellencosch.
1996: Faultlines, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town.
1978 - 1979: Response To The Detentions, Space Theatre Gallery, Cape Town
1968: Artcom, Argus Gallery, Cape Town.

Group exhibitions (International)

2003: Kwere Kwere: Journeys into Strangeness, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1999: Dialogue, Arhus, Denmark.
1995: Transitions, Bath Festival, UK and Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1995: Siyawela: Love, Loss and Liberation in South African Art, Curated by Colin Richards, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, UK.
1995: Venice Biennale (participant in work by Malcolm Payne), Venice, Italy.
1994: Displacements, Curated by Jane Taylor and David Bunn, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.

Performances

2013: Three Days, Making Way, Curated by Ruth Simbao, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg.
2012: Three Days, Making Way, Curated by Ruth Simbao, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.
2000: I Want To Hear My Brother, The Granary, Cape Town.
1996: The Ninth Haptic String, Faultlines, The Castle, Cape Town.
1991: Eight Haptic Strings, Michaelis Gallery, University of Cape Town.
1982: Member of the Community Arts Workshop, (CAP) Mime Group, Culture and Resistance Festival, Gaborone, Botswana
1977: Hand Signals, Space Theatre Gallery, Cape Town.
1976: The Zoo has Nothing to Hide, Space Theatre Gallery.

Collections

Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
The Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town.
The University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg.
Vodacom, Cape Town.
The Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Norad, Oslo.

Commissions

2003: Breadline/Waterline, Amsterdam.
2000: Breadline/Waterline, Cape Town and Johannesburg.
1995: Commissioned participation in Malcolm Payne’s installation for the Venice Biennale, Italy.

Residencies

1996: Artist in Residence, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa.

Publications

2014: Mario Pissarra, Quiet Provocations: thoughts on two sculptures by Randolph Hartzenberg, https://asai.co.za/artist/randolph-hartzenberg/
2011: Thembinkosi Goniwe, Mario Pissarra and Mandisi Majavu (eds), Visual Century Vol.4, Wits University Press, Johannesburg.
2010: Randolph Hartzenberg, One and Another, Art South Africa 8(3): 12.
2008: Deela Khan, Salt on my breath. https://asai.co.za/artist/randolph-hartzenberg/
2007: Thembinkosi Goniwe, Mario Pissarra and Mandisi Majavu (eds), Visual Century Vol.4, Wits University Press: Johannesburg.
2005: Mario Pissarra (ed), Botaki Exhibition 3: Conversations with Donovan Ward, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Cape Town.
2004: Mario Pissarra (ed), Botaki: Conversations with South African artists, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Cape Town.
1999: Emma Bedford, Staking Claims: Confronting Cape Town, South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
1997: Clare Menck and Johann Louw in collaboration with the William Fehr Collection and the Sandton Civic Gallery, Cyst: Works in paint, The Artists' Press, White River.
1997: Emma Bedford, Contemporary South African Art, South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
1997: Sue Williamson, Thirty Minutes: Installation by nine artists, Robben Island Museum, Cape Town.
1997: Philippa Hobbs and Elizabeth Rankin, Printmaking in a Transforming South Africa, David Philip, Cape Town and Johannesburg.
1996: Sue Williamson and Ashraf Jamal, Art in South Africa: The future present, David Phillip Publishers, Cape Town.
1995: Clive van den Berg, Panoramas of Passage: Changing landscapes of South Africa, University of Witwatersrand Art Galleries, Johannesburg and Meridian International Centre, Washington DC.
1992: Joe Dolby and Deon Viljoen,  Friends’ Choice 1975-1991 / Vriende Se Keuse 1975-1991, Friends of the South African National Gallery sponsored by Creda Press, Cape Town.
1988: Gavin Younge, Art of the South African Townships, Thames and Hudson, London.

Links

<div>A study of protest art under an apartheid regime Crossing Project article by Poppy Morris</div>

Deela Khan, Salt on My Breath, (ASAI, 2008).
Mario Pissarra, Quiet Provocations: Thoughts on two works by Randolph Hartzenberg, (ASAI, 2014).

Peter Clarke

Peter E Clarke

b. 1929 Simon’s Town, d. 2014, Ocean View, South Africa.
Peter Clarke was, indeed is, a giant. Evidence of his achievements are narrated in numerous tributes, obituaries and testimonies. Clarke’s graphic works and paintings affirm the dignity of everyday Black life. Exploring flattened, angular forms, and working with highly deliberate palettes, Clarke’s images reflect a spirit of experimentation, digging beyond the typical conventions of landscape and portrait work that defined his times.

 

Karibuna Festival – 1989

 

    Natale Labia Exhibition – 1992

 

 

Snailpress Letter and Book jacket – 1997

 

  Carapace 64 Poetry Selection – 2007

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Impressions Catalogue – 2009

 

 

Ashbey’s Catalogue – 2010

 

    Cavershams Catalogue – June 2010

 

    Portrait of The Artist – Wanted Magazine article by Sean ‘O Toole

 

 

Listening to Distant Thunder,The Art of Peter Clarke Catalogue – May 2011

 

  Listening to Distant Thunder,The Art of Peter Clarke Pamphlet – May 2011

 

 

Art times – May 2011

 

  Report of The Chairperson of The Friends of The South African National Gallery – December 2011

 

 

Standard Bank Learning Resource Brochure

 

 

Dak’Art – 2012

 

    Stephen Welz – February 2013

 

  Mine is the Silent Face (French and English magazine clipping) – 2013

 

 

Weekend Argus, newspaper clipping – November 2013

 

  Lize Van Robbroekc – Listening to Distant Thunder – The Art of Peter Clarke (review)

 

 

Peter Clarke – Just Paper and Glue

 

Art Education

1962 - 1963: Royal Academy for Graphic Art, Amsterdam.
1961: Michaelis School of Fine Art (mentored by Katherine Harries), University of Cape Town, Cape Town.

Solo Exhibitions (South Africa)

2013: Peter Clarke - Just Paper And Glue, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town.
2011: Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Standard Bank Gallery, Johanneburg.
2009: Woorde en Beelde, Breytenbach Sentrum, Wellington.
2009: A Hot and Quiet Evening, Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town.
2008: Second Childhood, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
2006: Menu, Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town.
2004 - 2005: Fanfare, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town.
1998 - 1999: Vital Expressions, Association of Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, Cape Town; Technikon Natal Art Gallery, Durban.
1999: A Personal View, Lipschitz Gallery, Cape Town.
1999: Drawings of Tesselaardsal, Caledon Museum, Caledon.
1995: Small World, Full Stop Coffee Shop, Cape Town.
1992: The hand is the tool of the soul, Natale Labia Museum, Cape Town.
1981: Illusions and Others' Realities, Atlantic Gallery, Cape Town.
1977 - 1978: Exhibition, Grassy Park Public Library, Cape Town.
1977: Our World is a Ghetto, Association of of Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, Cape Town.
1970: Exhibition, Edrich Gallery, Stellenbosch.
1957: Exhibition, Golden City Post, Cape Town.

Solo Exhibitions (international)

2013: Peter Clarke: Wind Blowing on the Cape Flats, Retrospective, Institute of International Visual Artists (INIVA), London.
2012: Dak'Art 2012, (Honourary Gues Artist), Dakar.
2009: A Hot Quiet Evening, University of West Indies, Barbados
2000: Exhibition, Bertold Brecht House, Berlin; Media Centre, Exeter, Devon.
1984: Exhibition, Jerusalem Artist's House, Palestine.
1978 - 1979: Exhibition, Sandvika Kino Vestibyle, Sandvika.
1973-1974: Exhibition, Fisk University, Nashville.
1965: Exhibition, Mbari Cultural Centre, Ibadan.
1965: Exhibition, Chemi-Chemi Cultural Centre, Nairobi.

Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2011: Collection 13, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town.
2010: Hats off: 25 Years, Linocuts from Caversham, Tokara, Stellenbosch.
2010: Artists of the South, Old Library Hall, Simonstown, Cape Town.
2010: Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg.
2010: Divisions: Aspect of South Africa Art 1948 - 2010, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch.
2010: 1910-2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective, Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG), Cape Town.
2010: Homage, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town.
2009: Strengths and Convictions, Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG), Cape Town.
2009: The Art of the Relief Print, Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG), Cape Town.
2008: Collection 10, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch.
2008: Revisions: Expanding the Narrative of South African Art, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch.
2007: Africa South, AVA, Cape Town.
2006: Botaki 4, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Cape Town.
2005: Botaki 3, OMAM, Cape Town.
2002: Exhibition, Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary, Johannesburg.
2001: MICROMACRO, South African National Library, Cape Town.
1993: I wish you well on your way (Tribute to John Muafangejo), Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town.
1991: Gallery International (with Willie Bester, Isaac Makeleni and Ishmael Thyssen), Cape Town.
1983: Minor Events and Situations, Bellville Art Gallery, Cape Town.

Group Exhibitions (international)

2009: Strengths and Convictions, Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo.
2007: Apartheid - The South African Mirror, Centro Cultural Bacanja of Valencia, Barcelona.
1995: 18th International Independent Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa.
1994: 3rd World Triennale of Small Format Prints, Chamalières-Auvergne.
1992: Zeitzeichen - Art from Contemporary Africa, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt; St Virgil Bildungshaus, Satzburg.
1990: Freedom Now: Nambian Independence Exhibition, Windhoek.
1989: Exhibition, Rahmen Gallerie (with Tyrone Appollis and Ishmael Thyssen), Langei.
1986: Botschaften aus Sudafrika, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt.
1985: 10th International Triennale fur originale grafik, Grenchen.
1984: Norwergian International Print Bienniale, Frederikstad.
1983 - 1984: 9th International Independent Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa.
1982: Culture and Resistance Conference, Gaborone.
1979 - 1982: Norway Series of Graphic Art, Aterlier Nord, Oslo.
1973: Benefit Exhibition of Graphics, Pratt Graphics Centre, New York.
1972: Tercera Bienniale Internacionale del Grabado de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires.
1971: South African Graphics, Netherlands; Belgium; then West Germany.
1969: 2nd Exhibition of International Graphics, Palazzo Strozzo, Florence.
1968: 1st Exhibition of International Graphics, Palazzo Strozzo, Florence.
1965: 6th International Graphic Art Biennale, Ljubljana.
1964: XXXII Bienale de Venezia, Venice.
1963: 5th International Graphic Art Biennale, Ljubljana; Albertine Museum, Vienna.
1960 - 1961: South African Graphic Art, Ljubljana; Gallery Schononger, Munich; Sao Paulo.

Workshops & residencies

2005: Caversham Press, KZN, South Africa.
1983: United States -South Africa Leadership Exchange Programme, Rustenberg, South Africa.
1976: Kuumbe Workshop, Southside, Chicago. 1975: University of Iowa, USA.

Collections

Public collections in South Africa, Norway, Australia, USA, Germany, Yugoslavia, Botswana, Netherlands.

Publications

(Books, magazines, newspapers and catalogues)

2014: Philippa Hobbs, Elizabeth Rankin, Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke, Struik Nature/ Penguin Random House: South Africa.
2011: Sean O'Toole, Portrait of the artist as a spry old man, Business Day Magazine Supplement, March, pp. 20-22.
2009: Darren Newbury, Defiant Images: Photography and Anti-Apartheid South Africa, UNISA Press, Pretoria.
2009: Alex Dodd, Frederico Freschi, Imaging and Imagining : South African art c. 1896-2008, Grahams Fine Art Gallery: Johannesburg.
2008: Catalogue no 6. Annual Report, William Humphreys Art Gallery, Swiftprint: Kimberley.
2008: Gavin Jantjes, Strengths and Convictions, Press Publishing, Cape Town.
2008: Prestige Magazine, Neo Publishing, Johannesburg.
2008: Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Art and Justice: The Art of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, David Krut Publishing, Johannesburg.
2008: Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg: Artlogic.
2007: Kim Gurney, Dignity and Quiet Fanfare, Art South Africa, vol. 05 issue 03 Autumn.
2006: Donvé Lee, Peter Clarke: Following Dreams and Finding Fame, Awareness Publishing Group, Gallo Manor, Johannesburg.
2006: Hayden Proud, ReVisions+: Expanding the narrative of South African Art, Unisa Press, Pretoria.
2006: George Hallett, Portraits of African Writers, Wits University Press, Johannesburg.
2005: Kim Gurney, Clarke, Pinker and Nel, Art South Africa vol. 03 issue 03 Autumn, p71.
2005: Mario Pissarra, Botaki 3: Conversations with Donovan Ward, Old Mutual Asset Management, Cape Town.
2004: Sophie Perryer (ed.) 10 years 100 artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa, Bell Roberts Publishing, Cape Town.
2004: M Stevenson Fanfare: Peter Clarke in conversation with Michael Stevenson, David Krut Publishing, Johannesburg.
2002: Oprah Magazine, April - May issue.
2000: Hein Willemse (ed.) More than brothers: Peter Clarke and James Matthews at seventy, Kwela Books, Cape Town.
1997: Elza Miles, Land and lives: a story of early black artists, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg.
1992: Patricia Hardy, Peter E Clarke: the hand is the tool of the soul, South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
1988: Gavin Younge, Art of the South African Townships, Thames and Hudson, London.
1988: Grania Ogilvie, The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors, Everard Read, Johannesburg.

Awards

2010: Arts and Culture Trust Lifetime Achievement Award.
2005: Order of Ikhamanga, silver class, for excellence in Art and Literature.
1984: Honorary Doctor of Literature, World Academy of Arts and Culture, Taipei.
1984: Honorary Life Member, Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles.
1982: Book illustration award for A message in the wind by Chris Van Wyk.
1982: Diploma of Merit, Art, Universita delle Arti, Salso Maggiore Terme Pr., Italy.
1975: Honorary Fellow in Writing, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
1965: C.P. Hoogenhout Book-illustration Award for Snoet-alleen by Frida Linder.
1965: Avvademico Onorario, Accademia Florentina delle Arti del Disegno, Florence.
1955: Drum International Short-story Award.

Other Involvement

Numerous poems and short stories published in South Africa, USA, Sweden and Norway.
Taught art in Ocean View.
Founder member of Vakalisa.

Links

Just Paper and Glue: review by Olga Speakes

Wind Blowing on the Cape Flats: review by Amy Halliday

"Interview with Peter Clarke"

"A portrait of South Africa"

'Correspondence with Langston Hughes'

Nic Maritz Interview (pdf 3.98MB)

Candice Allison, Peter Clarke: There was always tomorrow, (ASAI, 2021)
Mario Pissarra, Some thoughts on Peter Clarke, (ASAI, 2014)