Dathini Mzayiya |
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b.
Queenstown, 1979 |
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Gallery
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Curriculum Vitae
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Art Education
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2001: Community Arts Project, Woodstock, Cape Town.
2000: Graphic design and advertising, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town.
1999: Advertising and Marketing, Advertising College of South Africa.
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Workshops & residencies
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2009: Glenfiddich Artist in Residence, Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Scotland.
2006: National Heritage Council, African Art Museum, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia.
2005: Mural Global Agenda 21 under UNESCO, Inda Gymnasium, Aachen, Germany; Mural Global Agenda 21, Khayelitsha (Aachen-Cape Town Partnership).
2002: Thupelo Artists Workshop, Annexe, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town. Ukuzoba: From Representational Painting to Abstraction, Community Arts Project, Woodstock, Cape Town.
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Exhibitions (solo)
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2005: BBK Gallery, Aachen, Germany. Atelier Haus Aachen Gallery, Aachen, Germany (two person show). Also in Austria and Switzerland. 3 two-person shows, Cape Town & Austria.
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2011: Kadafi, The Bag Factory, Johannesburg
2010: The Glenffidich Artist in Residence, The Rainbow Experience Gallery, Mandela Rhodes Place, Cape Town. Nothing is Everything, Word of Art, Woodstock Industrial Centre, Cape Town. 1910-2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town. Ityala aliboli/Debt don't rot, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg. Milestones, Greatmore Studios, Salt River, Cape Town. 30 x 30 artists, Gill Allderman Gallery, Kenilworth, Cape Town. Bataki Contemporary African Art, Albany Museum, Grahamstown; Mecufe Festival, Bloemfontein.
2009: Umahluko, Cape '09, LookOut Hill, Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Dada South, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
2008: Milk Can Art Project, 34 Long Street Art Gallery, Cape Town. Winter Open Studio, Greatmore Studios, Salt River, Cape Town. Performance South Africa, HAU, Berlin, Germany.
2007: africa south, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town. Akuchanywa apha, Gugulective, Mlamli's Place, Guguletu; Blank Projects, Cape Town.
2006: Umsi/Smoke, AVA, Cape Town.
2004: Artwork Project, Chat Room Communication and Marketing, Cape Town.
2003: Art Angels, Gardens Presbyterian Church, Gardens, Cape Town. Angels without Wings, Cape Of Good Hope Castle, Cape Town.
2002: Absolut Secret 7: Absolut Voyeur, AVA, Cape Town. Galerie Halde 14, Balden, Switzerland. Why Cry? Greatmore Studios, Woodstock, Cape Town.
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Collections
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Chris Barnard Heart Centre, UCT; and Villach Town Hall, Austria. Private collections in South Africa and Europe.
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Commissions
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2007: Mural painting with City Skin, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company.
Human Rights Media Centre for the Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg.
Hands Off Our Children, a community initiative, commissioned murals in Khayelitsha and New Crossroads.
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Publications
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2010: M. Minnaar, Glenffidich invests in local artists, Business Art, April 1, p.8.
2009: M. Minnaar, Heading for the Highlands: Mzayiya's spirited highland residency, South African Art Times, September 13, p. 4. Lucinda Jolly, Working in foreign climes, Cape Times, June 4.
2007: Niemah Davids, 'Fresh' artist chosen to paint mountain mural, Cape Argus, September 10.
2005: Arts Media Access Centre Calendar.
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Awards
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Youth Veteran Award from Khayelitsha Youth Development Forum
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Other
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2004: Business diploma, Scalabrini Centre, Cape Town. Moderation of students’ works at the College of Cape Town.
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Current
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Full time artist since 2002. Lives in Mowbray.
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