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David Koloane was born on June 5, 1938 in Alexandra, Johannesburg. South Africa’s socio-political conditions and apartheid’s implications have, to a large extent, transformed the human condition as the axis around which his work revolves. The human figure has become an icon of creative precision. |
| ARTISTIC TRAINING | |
| 1974 - 1977 | Bill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg |
| 1983 | Birmingham Polytechnic, England |
| 1983 | Triangle Workshop, New York, USA. |
| 1984 - 1985 | University of London, Diploma in Museum Studies |
| ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT | |
| 1977 - 1979 | Co-Founder of Johannesburg’s first black-owned art gallery. |
| 1982 | Visual Arts Co-coordinator for Culture and Resistance Festival, Gaborone. |
| 1985 | Co-founder of Thupelo Art Workshop Project. |
| 1986 - 1988 | Curator Fuba Art Gallery, Johannesburg. |
| 1990 | Co-curator for Art from South Africa, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. The exhibition toured the British Isles. |
| 1993 | Selected for the South African entry to the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. |
| EXPERIENCE | |
| 1982 | Coordinator: Art toward Social Development: Gaborone, Botswana. |
| 1983 - 1985 | Coordinator: Botswana Arts Festival, 1985 |
| 1985 | Co-founder, Thupelo Art Project Judges Panel, African Arts Festival, University of Zululand, Kwazulu-Natal. |
| 1985 - 1990 | Co-curator: Federated Union Black Arts (FUBA) Gallery |
| 1990 | Coordinator: Art from South Africa, Oxford Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K. Curator: 'Dialogue', Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town |
| 1995 | Curator: 'Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa', Whitechapel Gallery, London. Curator: 'Women’s voice', Daimler-Chrysler museums, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1993 - to present | Co-founder and Director: Fordsburg Artists’ Studios (The Bag Factory) |
| 1997 - to present | Board Member: National Arts Council, South Africa |
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1977 | Nedbank Gallery, Killarney, Johannesburg |
| 1990 | Gallery on the Market, Newtown, Johannesburg |
| 1993 | 'Made in South Africa 1', Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg |
| 1994 | 'Made in South Africa 2', Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg |
| 1997 | 'New Work', NSA Gallery, Durban |
| 1999 | 'Cityscapes and City Dwellers', Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg |
| 2002 | 'City Beat', Seippel Gallery, Germany |
| 1993 | Solo Exhibition, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1975 | Nedbank Gallery, Johannesburg |
| 1976 | with Michael Zondi, Nedbank Gallery, Killarney, Johannesburg |
| 1978 | 'Black Expo '78', Johannesburg |
| 1979 | Bill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg |
| 1982 | "Art Towards Social Development", National Gallery and Museum, Gaborone,Botswana |
| 1983 | 'Triangle International Artists' Workshop Exhibition' |
| 1983 - 84 | Triangle Artists' Workshop Exhibition, New York |
| 1984 | Stickwell Studio Exhibition, London, England. |
| 1984/5 | Stockwell Open Studios, London, England. |
| 1985 | 'USSALEP/Fuba Workshop Exhibition', Fuba Gallery, Johannesburg Touring Exhibition, South Africa and Germany With Ben Ntsusha, Fuba Gallery, Johannesburg |
| 1986 | Academy Art Gallery, Paris, France. University of South Africa, Pretoria Alliance Francaise, Pretoria Historical Perspective of Black South African Artists Exhibition, Alliance Francaise, Johannesburg |
| 1987 | South Africa Tour Johannesburg Art Gallery Natal Society of Arts, Durban Contemporary Black Artists Exhibition, Academy Art Gallery, Paris France 'Vita Art Now', Johannesburg Art Gallery |
| 1988 | 'Pachipamwe International Artists Workshop', Zimbabwe National Gallery, Harare with Dumile Feni and Louis Maqhubela, Gallery 198, London England |
| 1989 - 90 | Touring Exhibition, Nordic Countries |
| 1989 | 'African Encounter', Dome Gallery, New York, USA 'The Neglected Tradition', Johannesburg Art Gallery |
| 1990 | 'Vita Art Now', Johannesburg Art Gallery 'South African Murals', ICA Gallery, London, UK 'Art from South Africa', Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK. |
| 1995 | Zora Neal Hurston National Museum of Fine Art Hurstonville, Florida, USA Meridian International Center, Washington DC, USA |
| 1996 | Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Bomani Gallery, San Francisco |
| 1996- 97 | South Africa National Gallery, Cape Town |
| 1999 | 'Liberated Voices', National Museum of African Art, Washington DC |
| 2000 | 'South African Artists', Seippel Gallery, Germany |
| 2002 | 'Ubuntu', Malaysia Art Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| SELECTED COLLECTIONS | |
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Larry Poons, New York Robert Loder, London Sir Anthony Caro, London South African National Gallery, Cape Town Botswana National Museum and Gallery, Gaborone South African Higher Education Trust, Johannesburg BMW Collection, Germany Mobil Oil South Africa Department of Education and Training, Pretoria | |
| AWARDS | |
| 1983 | British Council Scholarship |
| 1993 | Vita Quarterly Award |
| 1998 | Prince Klauss Fund Award |
| ADDITIONAL ROLES | |
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2001 - External Examiner, University of Cape Town Curator, Writer, Art Awards Panelist | |
| LITERATURE | |
| 1981 | Margaret Makhoana, Bonanza Magazine A Profile: Dan Rakhoathe Mofolo Art Centre |
| 1982 | A Profile: Lucas Seage: A Konrad Aadenauer Prize Winner. Staff Rider Magazine |
| 1984 | A dissertation on the establishment of printmaking workshops employing alternative methods in the urban areas of South Africa, U.K. |
| 1990 | Art from South Africa: Catalogue, Thames, and Hudson A question of identity: Third Text magazine, London, UK A report on the Johannesburg Africa’s Biennale catalogue text |
| 1997 | Walking the Tight Rope: Trade Routes, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale catalogue text |
| 1999 | Liberated Voices: Catalogue text |