Simon Gush (b.1981) Education: Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, University of Witwatersrand, 2003
Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions : 2007 - Salute, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, (cat) - There is a Man Going Around Taking Names, (in
collaboration with Dorothee Kreutzfeldt), - 3 Point Turn, in collaboration with Dorothee
Kreutzfeldt, Point Blank
Gallery / Twist Street, 2006- She Loves Me, She Love Me Not, Outlet; Pretoria, South Africa 2005 - Thank You Johannesburg, Outlet; Pretoria, South Africa 2003 - Déjà vu , Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Selected Group Exhibitions : 2008 - Disguise, The Art of Attracting and Deflecting Attention, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (cat) (curator Joost Bosland) - Open Studios , Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Gent, Belgium (cat) - 2video , http://undo.net/2video - .za giovane arte dal Sudafrica, Palazzo delle Papesse-Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Itlay (cat) - Perfect Lovers, Art Extra, Johannesburg, South Africa - Bad Moon Rising, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA, (curator Jan Van Woensel) 2007 - El Manifiesto De Santiago / Das-Santiago Manifest, Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile - Out of Place, Open Archive # 1, Argos, Brussels, Belgium (curator Vincent Meesen) (cat) - Making Waves, The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa (cat) - HISK at ArtCinema OFFOFF , ArtCinema OFFOFF, Gent, Belgium - Temporary Behaviour, Marker IV Devine In.Tent, Unternehmenspark, Kassel, Germany and Chiostro di S. Giobbe, Venice, Italy, (curator Jan Van Woensel) - Pulse , Posi+ive Event, Sun City International, South Africa (cat) - 51% / 49%, Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Gent, Belgium - Open Studios , Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Gent, Belgium (cat) - Follow the Arrows, World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya 2006 - Kazoo, The Premises Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa - Khoj Kolkata, Chaudhuri Bari, Kolkata, India - saartsemerging.org, The Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa (cat) - Parking Gallery Cape Town 2006, Cape Platform Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa - Making Waves, Albany Museum, Grahamstown National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa (cat) - Edit online Film Festival, http://www.mnet.co.za/edit2006/Default.asp 2005 - Red Eye: Intersection , Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa - Outlet ; Aardklop Arts Festival, Potchestroem, South Africa - Preview, Point Blank, Drill Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa
Workshops / Panel Discussions: Take Care Panel Discusion, Turin, 2007 Khoj Kolkata, Kolkatta, 2006
Selected articles: - O'Toole, Sean, December 2007. Cutting-Edge Humour, in Business Day Art Supliment. - Van Cauteren, Phileppe and Caron, Thomas, November 2007. Uncommon Ground, in Art South Africa. Vol 6.2
Selected Curating / Projects: 2006 - Founder and Curator of the Parking Gallery - Co- Founder of SaArtsEmerging with Nathaniel Stern and Bronwyn Lace 2004 - Co- founder aThirdparty with Hanli Becker, Hannes Olivier, Rat Western and Lester Adams, in order to curate Negotiate, A series of four exhibitions in celebration of Ten years of Democracy , Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa 2003- Curator: 20:20 Mapping Trajectories, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of the new School of the Arts
Public Collections: South African Broadcasting Corporation Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa KwaZuluNatal Law Society Art Collection, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Harry Siertsema Art Collection, Pretoria, South Africa
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