Donovan Ward |
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b.
Cape Town, 1962 |
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Gallery
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Curriculum Vitae
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Art Education
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1991: Part-time (sculpture), Community Arts Project, Woodstock.
1982-1985: Ruth Prowse School of Art, Salt River, Cape Town.
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Workshops & Residencies
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2004: 10, Castle of Goodhope, Cape Town.
2002: Spirit of the Place, Bangor, Wales.
1995: Thupelo Workshop, Cape Town.
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Solo exhibitions
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2005: Barbie Bartmann: Homecoming Queen, AVA, Cape Town.
2002: Ash, Dust and Trade Marks, Bell Roberts Gallery, Cape Town.
1998: Residues and Emergences, Mau Mau Gallery, Cape Town.
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| Group exhibitions |
2010: View from the South, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town.
2009: In Black and White, Bell Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town. Sex Power Money, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town. Wood, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
2007: ReCenter, Look Out Hill, Khayelitsha, Cape Town. africa south, AVA, Cape Town. Greenhouse: From Painting to Plastic, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Somerset West, South Africa.
2006: Anthology: A Collection of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town. 20 artists 06, Bell Roberts Gallery, Cape Town; Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg.
2005: Botaki Exhibition 3, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Cape Town. Man, Rust-En-Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Cape Town.
2004: Upfront and Personal, South African National Gallery, Cape Town. Botaki, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Cape Town. Art Cool, Bell Roberts Gallery. Gender and Visuality, University of the Western Cape, Bellville. 10, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town.
2003: Supermarket, Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees.
2001: Telling Tales, 3rd I Gallery, Cape Town.
2000: Allsorts, Bell Roberts Gallery. Praat, Thetha, Talk, Idasa Gallery, Cape Town. One City Festival, Returning the Gaze, Public Art Project, Cape Town.
1999: Prophecy 2000, 3rd I Gallery, Cape Town. New Beginnings, Battswood Art Centre, Grassy Park, Cape Town.
1998: Dis Nag, Iziko South African Cultural History Museum, Cape Town. Urban Objects of Desire, Mau Mau Gallery, Cape Town. Ekhaya, Tsoga Environmental Resource Centre, Langa, Cape Town.
1997: District Six Public Sculpture Project, District Six, Cape Town. The Legacy of Steve Biko, District Six Museum, Cape Town. Committees Choice, AVA, Cape Town.
1996: Barricaded Rainbow... Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, Cape Town. 5 Cape Artists, South African Cultural History Museum. Beyond the Rainbow, Athlone Civic Centre, Cape Town.
1995: Outsider Art, Market Gallery, Johannesburg. Volkskas Atelier Award National Exhibition, University of Stellenbosch. Volkskas Atelier Award Regional Exhibition, South African Association of Arts, Cape Town.
1994: Man on Woman, Seeff Trust Art Gallery, Cape Town.
1993: The Art of Peace, Seeff Trust Art Gallery, Cape Town.
1991: Community Arts Project Exhibition, Woodstock, Cape Town.
1990: Pieces of Africa, Athlone Technical College, Cape Town.
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| Group exhibitions (international) |
2007: Apartheid/ the South african Mirror, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain. Uniform: South Africa's New Clothes, Spanierman Modern, New York. Arts of Revolution, Saba Cultural and artistic Institute, Tehran.
2002: DAK'ART 2002 Biennale, Dakar, Senegal.
2001-2003: Spirit of the Place, travelling exhibition, Wales/ South Africa.
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| Other projects |
1999: Anti Racism mural (in collaboration with artists and learners), Landsdowne Public Library, Cape Town. |
| Public collections |
2005: University of South Africa, Pretoria. |
| Private collections |
South Africa, Holland, Germany, Italy, Australia. |
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Commissions
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2006: Basil D'Olivera Memorial, Sunday Times Heritage Project, Newlands Stadium, Cape Town.
2005: 20 Artists 06, digital print, Bell Roberts Gallery. Gugulethu 7 Memorial, in collaboration with Paul Hendricks, public sculpture, a joint Provincial Government & City Council project.
2004: Art Cool, LG electronics.
2002: Book cover, International Labour Resource & Information Group.
2001: Book cover, Gender Education & Training Network. Mural/ large canvas painting, in collaboration with Selvin November, Workers World Radio Productions. Returning the Gaze, billboard, BLAC.
1995: Right to Work, mural/ large painting on board, WLP, with Paul Hendricks.
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Publications (catalogues)
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2007: Pep Subiros, Apartheid: The South African Mirror, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Barcelona. Jon Bernt, From Weapon to Ornament: the CAP Media Project posters (1982 to 1994), Arts and Media Access Centre Heritage Series, Cape Town.
2005: Mario Pissarra, Botaki Exhibition 3, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Cape Town.
2004: Mario Pissarra, Botaki, Omam, Cape Town. 10, Everard Read. Art Cool. Upfront and Personal.
2002: Dak' art: Biennale de l' Art Africain Contemporain, Dakar.
2001: Spirit of the Place. Returning the Gaze Public Arts Project.
1997: The McCabe Gallery. District Six Public Sculpture Project.
1995: Volkskas Atelier Award.
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| Publications (reviews) |
2005: M. Pissarra, Donovan Ward, Art South Africa Vol. 4 Issue 1, p. 83.
2004: M. Pro Sobopha, 10, Art South Africa Vol. 2 Issue 4, p. 72.
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| Publications (other) |
2003: Africa e Mediterraneo, Issue 41.
2001: M. Pro Sobopha, Returning the Gaze, NKA Journal of Contemporary Art, 13/14, pp. 56-61.
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Awards/ Prizes
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1993: First prize, The Art of Peace, Seef Trust Art Gallery, Cape Town.
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| Awards/ Grants |
2002: Cape Tercentenary Foundation
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Current
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Full-time artist since 1994. Lives in Woodstock, Cape Town.
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