Andries J. Botha
www.andriesbotha.net
Contact Administration Office: janinezagel7@gmail.com
ABRIDGED CURRICULUM VITAE
Exhibitions
2014
“100”, Centenary Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, South Africa, 14 November 2013-31 January 2014. Artwork: “Afrikaner circa 2014”, Acrylic on canvas, landscape in the manner of Pierneef; Material One; mild steel; 3D printed figure in Supawood; artificial landscape turf
2012
Museum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag, Netherlands, “The Rainbow Nation”, From 29
May to 9 September 2012 on the Lange Voorhout and from 8 June to 30 September
2012 in Beelden aan Zee Museum.
2011
Circa on Jellicoe, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa, one-man exhibition,
“(IN)SOMNIUM)”
Group Exhibition: “The Horse”, Everard Reed Gallery, Johannesburg
“2011 Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale” – South Korea, Amazwi Abesifazane project
2010
Woordfees Artist, One man exhibition, Stellenbosch, South Africa
North American tour of Nomkhubulwane (elephant sculpture) including Chicago, F
Fayetteville, Bozeman, El Paso, Detroit – USA and Juarez and Cuernavaca in
Mexico.
2009
La Papalote Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
Wild9 – 9th World Wilderness Congress, Merida, Mexico
Animal-Anima, Provence, France
South Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
KZNSA Gallery, Durban South Africa
Strydom Gallery, George, South Africa
Beauty and Pleasure, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
2008
Faculty Exhibition, KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Workshop/Exhibition, Samata Lok Santhan, Gwalior, India
Travesia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
l’Homme est un Mystère #3, St. Brieuc, Côtes d’Armor, France
2007/9
You can buy my heart and my soul, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren,
Belgium, October 2007 to June 2009
2007
You can buy my heart and my soul, Antwerp, Belgium.
2006
2006 Beaufort, Sculpture Triennale, De Panne and Ostend, Belgium
2005
Amazwi Abesifazane, William Benton Gallery, University of Connecticut, USA
2004
Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Amazwi Abesifazane, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Amazwi Abesifazane, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
2003
Attese: Biennale of Ceramics in Contemporary Art, Albisola, Italy
Amazwi Abesifazane, Africa Studie Sentrum, Leiden, The Netherlands
Amazwi Abesifazane, Imagine IC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Vidarte 2002, Mexico City, Mexico
Global Priorities, New York, USA
Outpost II, US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Amazwi Abesifazane, Prince Claus Fund, The Hague, The Netherlands,
2001
Freehouse Project, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nature, Utopia and Realities: Orsorio, Grand Canarias
Memorias: Santander, Spain
Amazwi Abesifazane, World Conference Against Racism, South Africa
Amazwi Abesifazane, Durban Art Gallery, South Africa
2000
Area 2000: Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
L’Afrique a Jour: Lille, France
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Holland
Dakart 2000 Biennale, Senegal, Africa
Amazwi Abesifazane – Voices of Women, African Art Center, South Africa
1999
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
1998
Kasselkunstverrein: Kassel, Germany
Kulturtogbet Solvberget,Stavanger, Norway
Four Seasons – National Architectural Institute, Rotterdam
1997
Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa
Samtidskunst: Fra Sor Afrika, Oslo, Norway
1996
The Other Journey: Africa and the Diaspora, Kunsthalle Krems, Vienna
Containers Across the Ocean, Copenhagen
Cris Fertiles Unesco, Abidjan
1995
Cris Fertiles Unesco, Cotonou
Transitions: Bath Festival – United Kingdom
1994
South African Contemporary Art, Paris, France
Southern Cross – Stedelijke Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993
Venice Biennale, Italy
Honours
2003/4
Consultant to the Department of Arts of Culture, Nkosi Luthuli Memorial, Kwa-
Dukuza.
2000
Playground and Toys, United Nations, New York
1998
One of 12 International artists invited by Holland Foundation to work on Ujama iv
project in Maputo, Mozambique
Civitella Raneiri Fellowship, Italy
1994
U.S. Information Service Fellowship – University of Indiana, USA
1992
National Vita Art Award, South Africa
Public Commissions
2013/14
State Commission for six 2m tall bronze figures.
2012
Elephant, South African Reserve Bank
2011
Sculptural installation of Rev John Dube for Dube Tradeport in Durban, South
Africa
2009
Three elephant sculptural installation, City of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa
King Shaka Sculptural Installation, King Shaka Airport, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa.
2008
“Lux Themba”, Family Memorial, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006
Award design and manufacture: 27th Durban International Film Festival
2004/6
Ohlange Memorial Park – ANC Memorial, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa – 5 larger-than-life bronze figures
2004/9
Gandhi Foundation Awards
2003
Shembe Memorial, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2001
Sculpture Commission, Vodacom, Cape Town, South Africa
2000
Rijksakedemie Voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Holland
1999
Sculpture Commission, M.T.N., Johannesburg, South Africa
1997
Sculpture Commission, Hilton Hotel, Durban, South Africa
1996
Sculpture Commission, Durban Girl’s College, South Africa
1993
Sculpture Commission, Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South
Africa
1992
Sculpture Commission, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
Teaching Experience
1982-present
Senior Lecturer, Sculpture, Durban University of Technology,
Durban, South Africa