biography of Santu MOFOKENG (1956-2020)
Personal data
Birth : 1956 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Death : 01/27/2020
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : South Africa
Address
Kensington, Johannesburg, South AfricaEducation
ICP International Center of Photography – Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street – New York NY, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1985 – 1987:Member of the Afrapix Collective.
Grants
1992
1992 : Ernest Cole Scholarship – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Black & white photograph Subject
documentationlandscape
Works
| Afoor Family Bedroom | |
| Date of creation : 1988 Medium : Black & white photograph | |
| Chasing Shadows | |
| Medium : Black & white photograph Size : 100 x 150 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
Rethinking Landscape
CPIF – Centre Photographique d’Ile de France – Pontault-Combault, France
01/16/2004 – 03/21/2004
1999
The Black Photo Album/Look At Me
FNAC Montparnasse – Paris, France
1999
Chasing Shadows
Nederlands Foto Instituut – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1999
The black photo album – Johannesburg, 1890-1950
L’Atelier de Visu – Marseille, France
1999
1994
Rumours/The Bloemhof Portfolio
The Market Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa
1994
1993
Like Shifting Sand
The Market Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa
1993
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Carlier / Gebauer – Holzmarkstrasse 15-18 – Berlin, Germany
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Markus Richter – Schröderstrasse 13 – Berlin, Germany
2002
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Markus Richter – Schröderstrasse 13 – Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions
2007
Uniform: South Africa’s New Clothes
Spanierman Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/03/2007 – 06/30/2007
2003
6th Sharjah Arts International Biennal
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
04/08/2003 – 05/08/2003
2002
Dislocación: Imagen & Identidad. Sudáfrica
Sala Rekalde – Bilbao, Spain
04/2002 – 05/2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
2000
Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000
Translation/Seduction/Displacement
White Box – New York NY, United States
2000
1998
Africa by Africa : A Photographic View
Barbican Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1998
1997
Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997
1996
In/Sight – African Photographers 1940 – Present
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1996
1994
Ières Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine
Bamako, Mali
1994
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Blink, 100 photographers, 010 curators, 010 writers
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 0714841994
Exhibition catalogues
2000
Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049
Periodicals
2002
MÜLLER Silke – Documenta 11
in: Art das Kunstmagazin p. 14
Hamburg, Germany
06/2002
BOUTOUX Thomas – Aperto South Africa
in: Flash Art n° 225 p. 69 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
07/2002-09/2002
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