Andrew Tshabangu
gallery
Biography

1966

born in Soweto (South Africa/Südafrika)

1991

Alexandra Community Art Center, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika)

1998

Training the trainer, Institute of Advancement Journalism

1998

Scholarship Gasworks Art Studios, London (UK)

Lives and works in Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika)

Bibliography

 

Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Südafrika, NBK, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, 2007

Metropolis, Private, International Review of Black and White Photographs and Texts. Nr. 35, Winter 06-07, Italia

Tracing the Rainbow - Kunst und Literatur aus dem neuen Südafrika. published by Seippel Verlag Cologne

Spuren des Regenbogens - Kunst und Leben im südlichen Afrika. Tracing the rainbow - Art and Life in Southern Africa. published by Landesmuseum Linz, Austria, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart

A world of Christians: Christian art from South Africa. pulished by Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

Portrait Afrika, Fotografische Positionen eines Jahrhunderts. published by Seippel Verlag Cologne

Art dialogue, South Africa - Germany. published by Seippel Verlag Cologne

A bigger picture - A manual of photojournalism in Southern Africa. published by Jutas, Cape Town

Premiere Histoire de la photographie Africaine. published by Revue Noire, Paris

With our own hands. published by South African History on line

Projects

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Documenting the lives of Bavenda tribe in the Northern Province and Himba (Namibia)

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Urban Peasants of Orlando East in Soweto (South Africa/Südafrika)

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Brides of the cloth in Kwa-Zulu/Natal (South Africa/Südafrika)

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Zionists in various townships

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workshops around Soweto (South Africa/Südafrika)

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workshop La Reunion (France/Frankreich)

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workshop Arles (France/Frankreich)

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workshop Maputo (Mozambique/Mosambik)

Exhibitions

2004

Kunstraum Hamburg, Public Transport

2003

Galerie Seippel, Cologne/Köln

Bond Kunsthalle, Africalia, 2003, Brugge/Brügge (Belgium/Belgien), curated by Michel Dewilde in co-operation with Galerie Seippel, Cologne/Köln

2002

Kunst:Raum Sylt-Quelle, Rantum/Sylt

Kulturverein Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg

2001

Guyana National Museum of African Art, George Town (Guyana), Connecting Africa Schloßmuseum Linz, Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz (Austria/Österreich), Spuren des Regenbogens-Kunst und Leben im südlichen Afrika (Catalogue)

Alliance Francaise, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika), Portrait of the spirit

2000

African Art Window Museum, Pretoria (South Africa/Südafrika), Every child is my child Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg (Denmark/Dänemark), A world of Christians: Christian art from South Africa (Catalogue)

White Box Gallery, New York (USA), Translation/Seduction/Displacement - "White diaspora" Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Portrait Afrika (Catalogue)

1999

Galerie Seippel, Cologne/Köln, Global Art - South African Contemporary Art

Dorsey Gallery, New York (USA), An evening of photography

Castle of Good Hope, B Block, Cape Town/Kapstadt (South Africa/Südafrika), Art dialogue, South Africa -Germany

Barbican Center, London (UK), Africa by Africa

1998

Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (France/Frankreich), Anthologie de la photographie Africaine

William Fehr Collection, Cape Town/Kapstadt (South Africa/Südafrika)

European Commission in South Africa UNESCO, Paris (France/Frankreich), Peace in everyday life

Travelling exhibition in South Africa/Südafrika; Paris (France/Frankreich); Sao Paulo (Brazil/Brasilien), Photographie l'Africain. Speak out on Poverty

1997

Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika), Photosynthesis Fnac.

City 2, Brussels/Brüssel (Belgium/Belgien), Exchange and Energy

Galerie La Bas, Marseille (France/Frankreich),

Cross Cultural Festival La Reunion (France/Frankreich), In my Father's house

1996

II. Biennale Bamako (Mali), Seconde Rencontre de la photographie Africaine

Memorial Square, Soweto (South Africa/Südafrika), 20th anniversary of Soweto students uprising Hector Peterson

1995

Museum Africa, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika), Moments without Proper Name

Group Exhibitions

2008

Espace 1789, Paris: South African Show

2007

7. Fototriennale Esslingen, Heimat und Identität; Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; KunstSammlung Chemnitz; Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen; Museum Bochum; Wanderausstellung: Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Südafrika (Catalogue)

2005

Pretoria Art Museum (South Africa/Südafrika), New Identities (Catalogue)

Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco (USA), South Africa: Past and Present

National Gallery Prague/Prag (Czech Republic/Tschechien), International Biennale of Contemporary Art 2005: Second Sight

Kunsthalle Exnergasse-Wien, Vienna /Wien (Austria/Österreich), MOOIMARKSHOW Wien - Johannesburg Galerie Seippel, Cologne/Köln, Glaubens-Bilder

2004

Museum Bochum, New Identities (Catalogue)

Kunst:Raum Sylt-Quelle, Rantum/Sylt, Public Transport

2002

Kunst:Raum Sylt-Quelle, Rantum/Sylt; Kulturverein Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg/Neckar, Tracing the Rainbow - Kunst und Literatur aus dem neuen Südafrika (Catalogue)

2000

Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika), Unplugged V Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika), Vita Awards 2000

1999

The Museum for African Art, New York (USA), Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa

Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown (South Africa/Südafrika), Emergence

1998

Arts Festival Grahamstown, The Castle, Cape Town/Kapstadt (South Africa/Südafrika), Bringing up Baby: Artist Survey the Reproductive Body

Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika)

The Open Window Art Gallery, Pretoria (South Africa/Südafrika), The Art of Describing National Museum, Nairobi (Kenya/Kenia), Nairobi Lake Naivasha International Artists

1997

Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika), Unplugged II Munich/München, Lifetimes: An Exhibition of Southern African Art

Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town/Kapstadt (South Africa/Südafrika), Michaelis Final Year Exhibition

1996

Arnolfini, Bristol; C.C.A., Glasgow; Firstside, Colchester Essex; Wrexham Arts Centre, Wales (UK), Earth and Everything - Recent Art from South Africa

1995

Newtown Artspace, Biennale Fringe, Johannesburg (South Africa/Südafrika)

Kaping Hiroshima (Japan), International Student Exhibition

1994

Gallery, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa/Südafrika), Graduandi Exhibition

1993

Gallery, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa/Südafrika), South African Enviroments