Maurice Mbikayi 
Curriculum Vitae
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Art/ Education
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2009: Photography, Vega Photography School, Cape Town. 2000: Graphic Design and Visual Communication, Institut des Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 1994: Diploma in Fine Art, Institut des Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Exhibitions (solo) |
2011: Notre Peau, Association for Visual Arts; Centre for African Studies Gallery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town; Villa Arcadia, Hollard Campus, Parktown, Johannesburg.
2010: Echoes, Alliance Francaise, Cape Town.
2007: Maurice Mbikayi, The Framery Gallery, Sea Point, Cape Town.
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Exhibitions (group)
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2010: Amani Festival, LookOut Hill, Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
2009: Artreach in progress, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
2008: Soul of Africa, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Johannesburg. The art of determination, Harare International Festival of Arts (HIFA), National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
2007: Human Rights Day, Iziko Slave Lodge, Cape Town. Reconcilliation Day, Iziko Slave Lodge, Cape Town. Blank Projects, Woodstock, Cape Town. Sanlam Gallery, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town. X-Cape Circuit, Scalabrini Centre, Cape Town.
2006: A Response to Picasso and Africa, Alliance Francaise, Cape Town. A journey together, voyage ensemble, Scalabrini Centre, Cape Town. Portrait, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town. The Framery Gallery, Sea Point.
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| Performances |
2010: Voices (performance), Spier Contemporary 2010, City Hall, Cape Town. Distant relationships (performance), Mullineux Wine Cellar, Riebeek Kasteel, Cape Town. Healing (performance), Festival of cultural diversity, Khayelitsha, Cape Town. 2008: Talking Heads, video performance with Magdelena Kunz and Daniel Glaser, Pro Helvetia Swizz Council, Cape Town. |
| Awards |
2010-2011: The Hollard Creative Exchange Programme, Cape Town and Johannesburg. 2007: Best group proposal, Table Mountain Cable Way Station Award. |
| Collections | The Development Bank of South Africa, Midrand. Hollard Corporate, Johannesburg. |
| Publications |
2011: Business Art South Africa, July 27, p. 6. SA Art Times, February, p. 28. What's on in Cape Town, Mail and Guardian, January 28 to February 3, p. 3. Cape Times, January 21. 2010: Ruth Simbao, Cosmolocalism: The audacity of place, CCA Lagos Newsletter, no. 10, September-December. Jay Pather (ed.), Spier Contemporary 2010, Africa Center, Cape Town. Sean O'Toole, Parting shot, Sunday Times, March 28. Art South Africa, Winter, vol. 8, issue 4. 2007: Andrew Mulenga, Artistically brushing out xenophobia in SA, Weekend Post, November 30. |
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Other
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2010: Up and Down (with Steve Bandoma), research project from 2010 Reasons to live in small town, VANSA, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Performance Arts Workshop - Spier Contemporary, Hidding Hall, University of Cape Town. Portrait, a film documentary for Red Cross Exchange programme, Cape Town. Stroke of genius, workshop facilitator, Bien Donnee Mannor farm, Department of Sport and Cultural Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry, Cape Town. 2009: Art therapy workshop for adolecents and elderly, CWD Trauma and Healing Project, Delft, Cape Town. Art therapy workshop for women with HIV/AIDS, CWD Trauma and Healing Project, Delft, Cape Town. Art therapy workshop for children, Lawrence House Shelter, Woodstock, Cape Town. 2007: Educational youth programmes (with Kathy Coates), a series of mixed media installations, Iziko South African National Gallery, Annexe, Cape Town. The art of dessent, a film documentary with Lionel Davis, Jonathan Zapiro, Ruth Carneson, Cape Town. 2006-2007: Multimediations, Cape Africa Platform (with City Varsity), Cape Town. 2006: Facilitator, Art therapy workshop for refugee women and children, Scalabrini Centre, Cape Town. |
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Links |
http://www.mauricembikayi.com/ |
Reviews
A Creative Exchange
Getting under our skin Suzy Bell, Cape Times January 21, 2011
Maurice Mbikayi Art South Africa 2011
