Mbongeni Buthelezi
gallery
Biography

1953

born in Cape Town

1978-81

Studies at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University Cape Town Graduating with Diploma Fine Art, Sculpture Exhibitions

Exhibitions

2010

NIROX Foundation, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa, Twenty - South African Sculpture of the Last Two Decades - group
Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, Halakasha - group
Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Germany, Gegenwartskunst aus Südarfika - group

2009

Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Germany - solo

2008

Daimler Contemporary, Haus Huth Berlin, Germany - solo
Sasol Art Museum, University of Stellenbosch, Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Art Projects in Public Space
Pretoria Art Museum, Mercedes-Benz Award Award for South African Art Projects in Public Space
Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, Set the World on Fire

2007

Paarl, Festival Artist, Cultivaria
Potchefstroom, Festival Artist, Aardklop 10
AVA Gallery, Cape Town, Arcadia
Spier Contemporary, Stellenbosch

2005

Artspace, Johannesburg, Piece of Eight

2004

Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, Plus 50
Michael Stevenson Gallery, CapeTown, Eleven-A-Side
Fortis Circus Theatre, Netherlands, Identity

2003

AVA Gallery, Cape Town, Territory
Bell-Roberts Art Gallery, Cape Town, 4 × 4

2002

Spier Outdoor Sculpture Festival, Stellenbosch – Initiator
Watertoren, Vlissingen, Netherlands, Blanco
Potchefstroom, Festival Artist, Aardklop

2001

Bell-Roberts Art Gallery, Cape Town, Balm Of Banal
Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town, Retrospective
Bronze Age Gallery, Simonstown, Cast
Klein Karoo Festival, Oudsthoorn, Bodyrest and Motion
AVA Gallery, Cape Town, Something Old, Something New

2000

7th Cuban Biennial, Havana
HSAL, Amsterdam, Holland & Cape Town, South Africa
South African National Gallery, CapeTown, Weather Report
Dorp St Gallery, Stellenbosch, Late Afternoon
AVA, Cape Town, Late Afternoon
Millennium Gallery, Pretoria, Late Afternoon

1999

PTO, Cape Town
Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Emergence
NSA Gallery, Durban, VISIT - two man show with Brett Murray
Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, «Rewind», Fast Forward, ZA
Castle of Good Hope, B Block, CapeTown, Art Dialogue South Africa-Germany, curated by Ralf Seippel
Gothenberg, Sweden, Dreams And Clouds
Rembrandt Gallery, Johannesburg, Unplugged III

1998

Stockholm, Sweden, Dreams And Clouds
Dakar Biennial, Senegal, DAK'ARTI dasa Gallery, Cape Town, 12 Contemporary Artists

1997

District Six Sculpture Festival -Initiator/participant
Johannesburg Biennial, Smokkel
Rembrandt Gallery, Johannesburg, Unplugged II
Robben Island, 30 Minutes University of Stellenbosch Gallery

1996

Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, Faultlines
Johannesburg Art Gallery, FNB Vita Art Now (joint winner)

1995

Gallery Hänel, Cape Town
Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, Scurvy
Rembrandt Gallery, Johannesburg, solo
Newtown Galleries, Johannesburg, Scurvy

1994

SA Association of Arts, Pretoria, Cape Artists
SA Association of Arts, Cape Town,Cape Artists

1993

Michaelis Gallery, UCT (installation), Make Mark Here, solo
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Vita Show

1992

University of Stellenbosch Gallery, Sculptors of the Western Cape

1991

Michaelis Gallery, UCT, Sculpture Symposium Exhibition, Cape Town
Triennal
Sculpture Symposium Exhibition

1990

Daljosafat, Paarl
Michaelis Gallery, UCT, FIG Exhibition
Cornucopia Gallery, Cape Town, Force Feed

1989

US Gallery, Cape Technikon, Staff Exhibition
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Vita Art Now Exhibition, AA Mutual Life

1988

Michaelis Gallery, UCT, Nineteen Boys Running (installation)
Market Gallery, Johannesburg, Nineteen Boys Running (installation)

Collections

South African National Gallery, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Sanlam, Sasol, MTN, Vodacom, Didata, Arabella Sheraton, Daimler AG