
Isaac Nkululeko Makeleni |
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b.
10 April 1950, Vasco, Cape Town, d. 30 May 2008, Nyanga East, Cape Town. |
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• Bio & Texts:
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Curriculum Vitae
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Art Education
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Self taught.
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Residencies
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Robben Island (1997)
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Exhibitions
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Many group exhibitions since 1980, mostly in Cape Town. These include exhibitions at Primart (1986, 1995); Gallery International (three man show with Willie Bester and Ismael Thyssen, 1991); Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Western Cape (1991, 1992, 1994); South African Association of Arts (1992, 1996); South African National Gallery (1993); Irma Stern Museum (1993); Baxter Theatre (1993), Cape Town Arts Festival (1998, 2000); Castle of Good Hope (2001); Old Mutual Asset Managers (2005), Cape Gallery (2007), Cape Town International Conference Centre (2007), AVA (2007); and not least several community centres in the townships of Nyanga East, Guguletu, and Manenberg (1987, 1991-92, 1998).
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Collections
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Public collections include South African National Gallery; University of the Western Cape; Robben Island Museum; Safmarine House, Cape Town; and Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. Private collections include Professor Sandra Klopper.
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Commissions
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Mosaic, Zolani Centre, Nyanga East. Nobel Square, 2004 [one of seven sculptors nationally who were invited to submit maquettes for a public sculpture competition to commemorate SA Nobel Peace Prize laureates]
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Publications
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Martin, Proud et al Made in Wood (1993), Pissarra Botaki (2005)
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Other
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Active member, Visual Arts Group. Long history of teaching art to children in his community. Full time artist since 1981.
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