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About The Artist
Artist CV
Born in Pretoria, 1982. Lives and works in Cape Town.
Selected exhibitions:
2018
Obscura, solo exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
2017
Emerge, solo exhibition, .M Contemporary, Sydney
State, solo exhibition, Everard Read, Johannesburg
Exposed, public sculpture installation, Helen Day Art Center, Vermont
Influx, public sculpture installation, Cynthia Reeves, Rhodes Island
Premise, solo exhibition, Circa, Cape Town
Art Central, featured artist, M. Contemporary, Hong Kong
Faces of Identity, solo exhibition, Everard Read, London
2016
Faces, solo exhibition, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki
New Release, solo exhibition, Everard Read, Johannesburg
Morphous, public installation, Union Square, New York
Cape Town Art Fair, featured artist, Everard Read, Cape Town
Trace, solo exhibition, Rook & Raven, New York
Obscura 2, solo exhibition, Rook & Raven, London
Echo, solo exhibition, Cynthia Reeves Gallery, Massachusetts
2015
Recurrence solo exhibition, .M Contemporary, Sydney
JHB Art Fair, featured artist, Everard Read, Johannesburg
Close / Perspective solo exhibition, Everard Read, Johannesburg
Origins, solo exhibition, Rook & Raven, London
Obscura, solo exhibition, Everard Read, Cape Town
Art Central Art Fair, featured artist, Rook & Raven Gallery, Hong Kong
Accumulation of Disorder, installation, Independent Art Projects, MASS MoCA Campus, USA
2014
Art Taipei, The Cat Street Gallery, Taiwan
Contronym, solo exhibition, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Morphous, solo exhibition and installation, Circa, Johannesburg
Cumulus, solo exhibition, Rook & Raven, London
Fugitive Identity, group exhibition, Cynthia Reeves, USA
2013
100 Accumulation, solo exhibition, Everard Read, Johannesburg
BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
Wonder Works Exhibition, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2012
Compendium, solo exhibition, 34FineArt, Cape Town
Accumulation of Disorder, installation, University of Stellenbosch Gallery, Stellenbosch
Strata, solo exhibition, Rook and Raven, London
Winter Exhibition, Everard Read, Johannesburg
Robert Bowman Gallery, India Art Fair, India
Jhb Art Fair, Everard Read
2011
Surface, solo exhibition, Artspace, Johannesburg
34FineArt, ArtMonaco ‘11, Monaco
MOMAC, group exhibition, Roberta Moore Fine Art, England
2010
Out of the Office, group exhibition, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
Cynthia Reeves Projects, Art Miami, USA
We are not Witches, Saatchi Gallery, London
Submerge, solo exhibition, 34FineArt, Cape Town
2009
F.A.C.E.T., Charity Auction, Christie’s, London
Relate, solo exhibition, Grande Provence, Franschhoek
Qualifications and awards:
2013 Visitor’s Choice Award, BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
2013 Ministerial Award from Department of Culture for Visual Art, Western Cape Government
2009 Merit Award, Vuleka, Sanlam Art Competition, Cape Town
2008 Achievement Award, Pro Arte School of Arts
2000 First prize in the MTN Art Colours Awards of Gauteng
1999/2000 Best painting student Pro Arte School of Arts
Catalogues:
Cumulus LIONEL SMIT, Rook & Raven, London 2014
Formulation LIONEL SMIT, Tokara, Stellenbosch 2013
Accumulation LIONEL SMIT, Everard Read, Johannesburg 2013
Strata LIONEL SMIT, Rook & Raven, London, 2012
Surface LIONEL SMIT, Artspace, Johannesburg 2011
We are not Witches, Saatchi Gallery, London
Submerge LIONEL SMIT, 34FineArt, October 2010
Christie’s, F.A.C.E.T (catalogue cover), October 2009
Residue, Grande Provence Gallery, October 2009
Group therapy, Sandton Civic Gallery, 2005
Pretoria, Everard Read Gallery, November 2004
Selected Collections:
Ellerman Contemporary
Standard Chartered Bank
Laurence Graff
Rand Merchant Bank
European Investment Bank
Johannesburg City Council
Saronsberg Wine Estate
Grainvest Futures
Delaire Graff Wine Estate
South African Embassy, Nigeria
Parkdev
Johann Jacobs Museum
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