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Randolph Hartzenberg

Randolph Hartzenberg
b. Cape Town, 1948
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Curriculum Vitae
Art Education

1994: MA Fine Arts, University of Cape Town.

1982: Higher Diploma Drama in Education, University of Cape Town.

Solo Exhibitions

1996: Map of the Neighbourhood, Metropolitan Life Gallery, Cape Town. Artist in Residence, Grahamstown Festival, Grahamstown.

1994: Domestic Baggage, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.

Selected Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2007: africa south, Association for Visual Art, Cape Town. ReCenter, Look Out Hill, Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

2006: Facing the Past: Seeking the Future: Reflections on a Decade of Truth and Reconciliations Commission, Iziko SANG, Cape Town. Amajita in Conversation, AVA, Cape Town.

2005: Botaki Exhibition 3, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Pinelands, Cape Town.

2004: Botaki, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Pinelands, Cape Town.

2002: Outdoor Sculpture Biennial, Spier, Stellenbosch.

2001: Telling Tales, 3rd I Gallery, Cape Town. Homeport, Waterfront, Cape Town.

2000: Kwere Kwere/Journeys into Strangeness, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town.

1999: Staking Claims, The Granary, Cape Town.

1998: Site Specific Exhibition, Nieu Bethesda.

1997: Johannesburg Biennale. District Six Sculpture Exhibition, Cape Town. Cyst: Works in Paint, Good Hope Gallery, Castle, Cape Town & Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg. 30 Minutes, Visitors Block, Robben Island.

1996: Faultlines, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town.

Group exhibitions (international)

2003: Kwere-Kwere, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1999: Dialogue, Arhus, Denmark.

1995: Transitions, Bath Festival, UK; and Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1995: Siyawela: Love, Loss and Liberation in South African Art, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, UK. 

1995: Venice Biennale (participant in work by Malcolm Payne).

Performances

2000: I Want To Hear My Brother, The Granary, Cape Town.

1996: The Ninth Haptic String, Faultlines, The Castle, Cape Town.

1991: Eight Haptic Strings, Michaelis Gallery, University of Cape Town.

1977: Hand Signals, Space Theatre Gallery, Cape Town.

1976: The Zoo has Nothing to Hide, Space Theatre Gallery.

Collections (Public and Corporate)
South African National Gallery, Cape Town. The Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town. The University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg. Vodacom, Cape Town. The Block Gallery, North Western University, Chicago.  Norad, Oslo, Norway.
Commissions

2003: Breadline/Waterline, Amsterdam. 

2000: Breadline/Waterline (video for Kwere Kwere exhibition). Cape Town & Johannesburg.

1995: Commisioned participation in Malcolm Payne's installation for the Venice Biennale, Italy.

Residencies
1996: Artist in Residence, Grahamstown Festival.
Publications (books)

1997: P Hobbs & E Rankin,  Printmaking in a Transforming South Africa, David Phillip Publishers, Cape Town.

1996: Sue Williamson & A Jamal, Art in South Africa: The Future Present, David Phillip Publishers Cape Town.

1988: Gavin Younge, Art of the South African Townships, Thames & Hudson, London.

Publications (catalogues)

NB For publication details see the
South African Artists Index Bibliography

2005: Maro Pissarra, Botaki Exhibition 3: Conversations with Donovan Ward, OMAM, Caep Town.

2004: Sophie Perryer (ed.), 10 Years 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa. Mario Pissarra, Bell Roberts Publishing, Cape Town. Botaki: Conversations with South African artists, OMAM, Cape Town.

1997: Clare Menck & Johann Louw, Cyst. Emma Bedford, Contemporart South African Art, South African National Gallery, Cape Town. Sue Williamson, Thirty Minutes: Installation by nine artists, Paperback, Cape Town. Philipa Hobbs & Elizabeth Rankin, Printmaking in a transforming South Africa, David Philip, Cape Town and Johannesburg.   

1995: C van den Berg, Panoramas of Passage: Changing Landscapes of South Africa, University of Witwatersrand Art Galleries, Johannesburg & Meridian International Centre, Washington DC.

1992: J Dolby & D Viljoen, Friends' Choice, South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
Employment

1996 - Present: Lecturer, Faculty of Design and Informatics, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (formerly School of Design, Cape Technikon).

1969 - 1985: Art Teacher, Alexander Sinton, Athlone, Cape Town.

Current
Artist and art educator. Lives in Crawford, Cape Town.
Last Updated: 25 March 2011
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