William Kentridge

Johannesburg, South Africa, 1955 -

BiographyEducation: University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1973-76
Johannesburg Art Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1976-78
École Jacques LeCoq, Paris, France, 1981-82

Awards:
Sharjah Biennial 6 Prize, United Arab Emirates, April 2003
Kaiserring Prize, Moenchehaus-Museum fuer Moderne Kunst, Goslar, Germany, 2003
Residency as Master Artist, Civitella Ranieri Center, Italy, 2000
Carnegie Prize, Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2000
Hugo Boss Prize (nomination), SoHo Guggenheim, New York, New York, 1998
Standard Bank Young Artist Award, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1987
Weekly Mail Short Film Competition Award, Johannesburg, South Africa for "Mine,"1991
Weekly Mail Short Film Competition Award, Johannesburg, South Africa for "Monument," 1990
Blue Ribbon Award, "American Film Festival," New York, New York for "Salestalk," 1985
Olive Schreiner Prize for Drama, Cape Town, South Africa for "Randlords and Rotgut," (collaboration with Junction Avenue Theatre Company), 1984
Red Ribbon Award for Short Fiction, "American Film Festival," New York, New York for "Howl at the Moon," 1982

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003
Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden

2003-02
"William Kentridge," South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2002
"William Kentridge," Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy

2002-01
"William Kentridge," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

2001-98
"WEIGHING...and WANTING," The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California; North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri; Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine

2000
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Retrospective of animated films, "Internales Trickfilm-Festival," Stuttgart, Germany
Retrospective of animated films, "New Zealand Film Festival," Wellington, New Zealand

1999
"Stereoscope, Projects 68," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
"Sleeping on Glass," Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France

1999-98
"William Kentridge," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium; Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany; Neue Galerie Graz, Austria; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Serpentine Gallery, London, England; Centre de la Vieille Charité (Musées de Marseille), Marseilles, France; Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria

1998
"William Kentridge," The Drawing Center, New York, New York

1997
"Applied Drawings," Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1990
"William Kentridge: drawings and graphics," Cassirer Fine Art and Gallery on the Market, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Monument" (film screening), Planet Cinema, Johannesburg, South Africa
"T & I" (film screening), FIG Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1987
"Standard Bank Young Artist Award," "Grahmstown Festival," Grahamstwon, South Africa; Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; University Art Galleries, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; University Art Gallery Unisa, Pretoria, South Africa; Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003
-"Trauer," Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
-"Universes in Universe: Caravan," Sharjah International Biennial 6, United Arab Emirates
-"Banquet: Metabolism and Communication," Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain,
Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
and Museum for Contemporary Art/ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
-"Coexistence: Contemporary Cultural Production in South Africa,
" South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
-"Transferts," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
-"Drawing the World," Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2002
"The Divine Comedy: Francisco Goya, Buster Keaton, William Kentridge," Art
Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia

2001-00
Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
"Beyond Borders," Coninx Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
"Das Gedächtnis der Kunst: Geschichte und Errinerung in der Kunst der Gegenwart," Historisches Museum in collaboration with Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
"Animations," PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York

2000
"Illuminations: Contemporary Film and Video Art," Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
"Insistent Memory: The Architecture of Time in Video," Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
"The self is something else. Art at the end of the 20th Century," Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Shanghai Biennial (Shimizu-Toshio), New Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
"Outbound: Passages from the 90's," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
"Duration, 5 x Donnerstagabend," BüroFriedrich, Berlin, Germany
"La Beauté, Beauty in Fabula," Papal Palace, Avignon, France
"Umedalen Skulptur," Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
"Das Lied von der Erde," Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Kassel, Germany
"Videobrasil," São Paulo, Brazil
"A Double View: Three Exhibitions," Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea

1999
"Unfinished History," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"A Sangre y Fuego (No Quarter Given)," Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castello, Vaencia, Spain
"La Ville, le Jardin, la Memoire," Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
"Kunstwelten im dialog," Museum Ludwig Koln, Cologne, Germany
"dAPERTutto," Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
"'Rewind' Fast Forward.ZA," Van Reekum Museum of Modern Art, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
6th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

1998
"Breaking Ground," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
"Hugo Boss Prize," SoHo Guggenheim, New York, New York
24th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
"Unfinished History," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1997
"Contemporary Art from South Africa" (organized by Riksutstillinger, Oslo), Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway
"Città/Natura: Mostra Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Villa Mazzanti, Rome, Italy
"El individuo y su memoria," 6th Havana Biennial, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Documenta 10, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
"Ubu: ± 101," Observatory Museum, Standard Bank National Festival for the Arts, Grahamstown, South Africa; Gertrude Posel Gallery, Senate House, South Africa; University Art Galleries, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Truce: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions," Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"New Art from South Africa," Talbot-Rice Gallery at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
"Trade Routes: History and Geography," 2nd Johannesburg Biennial, AICA-Africus Institute for Contemporary Art, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Lifetimes: Art from Southern Africa," Aktionsforum, Paterinsel, Munich, Germany
"Delta," ARC/Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

1996
"Common and Uncommon Ground, South African Art to Atlanta," City Gallery East, Atlanta, Georgia
"Colours, Art from South Africa," Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
"Faultlines: Inquiries into Truth & Reconciliation," The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa
10th Sydney Biennial, "Jurassic Technologies Revenant," Sydney, Australia
"Inklusion-Exklusion: Versuch einer neuen Kartografie der Kunst im Zetailter von Postkolonialism und Globaler Migration," Reininhaus, Graz, Austria
"Don't Mess with Mr. In-between: 15 South African Artists," Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
"Campo 6, The Spiral Village," Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy; Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
"Festival des Dessins Animés" (retrospective of artist's animated films), Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium

1995
1st Johannesburg Biennial," "Africus," Africus Institute for Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Panoramas of Passage: Changing Landscapes of South Africa," Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa; Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C.
"Mayibuye I Africa: 8 South African Artists," Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, England
"On the Road — Works by 10 South African Artists," The Delfina Studio Trust, London, England
4th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
"Annecy International Film Festival" (retrospective of artist's animated films), Annecy, France

1994
"Trackings: History as Memory, Document & Object. New Works by four South African Artists," Art First, London, England
"Goodman in Grahamstown," Victoria Primary School, Grahamstown, South Africa
"Displacements," Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

1993
45th Venice Biennial, "Incroci del Sud: Affinities-Contemporary South African Art," Fondazione Levi Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Edinburgh International Film Festival" (retrospective of artist's films), Edinburgh, Scotland
"Annecy International Festival of Animated Film," Annecy, France
"Best of Annecy," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

1992
"The Art Fair" (premiere screening of "Easing of the Passing (of the Hours)"), Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa

1991
"Gala," The Arts Association of Bellville, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
"Weekly Mail Short Film Festival," Johannesburg, South Africa

1990
"Art from South Africa," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
"Zabalaza Festival," Institute for Contemporary Art, London, England
"Weekly Mail Short Film Festival," Johannesburg, South Africa

1989
"Weekly Mail Film Festival," Johannesburg, South Africa

1987
"Three Hogarth Satires," University Art Galleries, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

1986
"Visions," The Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Durban Film Festival," Durban, South Africa
"Cape Town Film Festival," Cape Town, South Africa

1985
"Cape Town Triennial", South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
"American Film Festival," New York, New York
"London Film Festival," London, England.

1982
"American Film Festival," New York, New York

1981
"National Graphic Show," South African Association of Art, Belville, Cape Town, South Africa

FILM/VIDEOGRAPHY

"Overvloed," 1999, 35 mm and digital video transferred to video, animated paper cut-out figures, drawing, and photography, 6 minutes

"Shadow Procession," 1999, 35 mm transferred to video and DVD, animated paper cut-out figures and three dimensional objects, drawing, and photography, 7 minutes

"Sleeping on Glass," 1999, 35 mm film transferred to video, laser disc, DVD, animated three-dimensional objects, drawing, and photography, 8 minutes and 11 seconds

"Stereoscope," 1999, 35 mm transferred to video, laser disc, DVD, animation, drawing, and photography, 8 minutes and 22 seconds

"Ulisse: ECHO scan slide bottle," 1998, 35 mm transferred to video and laser disc, animation, drawing, and photography, continuous loop of three 3-7 minute films

"Hotel," 1998, 35mm transferred to video, animation and drawing, 4 minutes

"WEIGHING...and WANTING," 1998, 35 mm transferred to video, laser disc, DVD, animation, drawing, and photography, 6 minutes and 20 seconds

"Ubu Tells the Truth," 1997, 35 mm transferred to video, laser disc, DVD, animation, drawing, photography, and documentary film, 8 minutes

"History of the Main Complaint" ("Drawings for Projection" series), 1996, 35 mm transferred to video, laser disc, DVD, animation, drawing, and photography, 5 minutes and 50 seconds

"Felix in Exile" ("Drawings for Projection" series), 1994, 35 mm transferred to video and laser disc, animation, drawing, and photography, 8 minutes and 43 seconds

"Memo" (with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins), 1994, 35mm transferred to video, animation, drawings, actors, and stage set, 3 minutes

"Easing of the Passing (of the Hours)" (with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins), 1992, video, computer animation, 10 minutes

"Mine" ("Drawings for Projection" series), 1991, 16 mm transferred to video and laser disc, animation, drawing, and photography, 5 minutes and 50 seconds

"Sobriety, Obesity & Growing Old" ("Drawings for Projection" series), 1991, 35 mm film transferred to video, laser disc, DVD, animation, drawing, and photography, 8 minutes and 22 seconds

"Monument" ("Drawings for Projection" series), 1990, 35 mm transferred to video, laser disc, DVD, animation, drawing, and photography, 8 minutes and 22 seconds

"Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris" ("Drawings for Projection" series), 1989, 35 mm transferred to video, laser disc, DVD, animation, drawing, and photography, 8 minutes and 22 seconds

"T & I," 1990, video, 12 minutes

"Freedom Square and Back of the Moon" (collaboration with Angus Gibson), 1988, documentary on Sophiatown for Channel 4 Television, England, video, 50 minutes

"Exhibition," 1987, 16 mm transferred to video, animation, 3 minutes

"David Goldblatt," 1985, documentary for Channel 4 Television, England, black and white, 50 minutes

"Vetkoek/Fête Galante," 1985, 16 mm, animation with actors and drawings, 2 minutes and 41 seconds

"Salestalk," 1984, 16 mm, 30 minutes

"Howl at the Moon" (with Hugo Cassirer and Malcolm Purkey), 1981, video, 40 minutes

"Untitled," 1979, 8mm flip-book, 2 minutes, flip-book animation (never publicly screened)

"Title/Tale" (with Stephen Sack and Jemima Hunt), 1978, 8mm, animation, 2 minutes

THEATER/PERFORMANCE WORKS

Directed Claudio Monteverdi's "Il Ritorno di Ulisse" (musical director, Philippe Pierlot), 1998, Handspring Puppet Company. Presented at "Kunsten FESTIVAL des Arts," La Monnaie, France; "Standard Bank National Arts Festival," Grahamstown, South Africa; "Vienna Festwochen," Vienna, Austria; and Luna Theater, Brussels, Belgium.

Conceived and directed Jane Taylor's "Ubu and the Truth Commission," 1996, in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company (a Mannie Manim production), Johannesburg, South Africa, and Art Bureau, Munich, Germany. Presented at "Kunstfest," Weimar, Germany; "Standard Bank National Arts Festival," Grahamstown, South Africa; "Festival d'Avignon," Avignon, France; and "International Festival of Puppet Theater," New York, New York.

Conceived and directed "Faustus in Africa!," 1995, in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company (a Mannie Manim production), Johannesburg, South Africa. Presented at "Kunstfest," Weimer, Germany; "Kunsten FESTIVAL des Arts," Brussels, Belgium; "Adelaide Festival"; and "Festival d'Avignon," Avignon, France.

Conceived and directed "Woyzeck on the Highveld," 1992, in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company. Presented at "Standard Bank National Festival of the Arts," Graeme College, Grahamstown, South Africa.

Co-designed and co-devised "Sophiatown"(director, Malcolm Purkey), 1987, Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Presented at Market Theater, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Directed Samuel Beckett's "Catastrophe," 1984, Wits Theatre Company. Presented at Wits Theater, Johannesburg, South Africa; Market Theater, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Designed sets for Euripedes' "The Bacchae" (director, Malcolm Purkey), 1983, Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Presented at Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Wrote "Emily's Wheelbarrow Show and the Infamous Mr. Sterntrap" (director, Malcolm Purkey), 1983. Presented at Wits Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Wrote and directed "Dikhitsheneng," 1980, Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Presented at community centers in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Acted and participated in A. von Kotze's "Security," 1979, Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Presented at community centers in Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa.

Directed Ari Sitas and Haunchen Koorhof's "Will of a Rebel," Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Presented at Nunnery Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Acted in and co-authored "Randlords and Rotgut" (based on an essay by Charles Van Onselen) (director, Malcolm Purkey), 1979, Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Presented at Nunnery Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Acted in and designed Tom Stoppard's "Travesties" (director, Malcolm Purkey), 1978. Presented at Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Designed "Play it Again, Sam" (director, Barney Simon), 1978. Presented at Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Co-designed the set, poster, and program for Pippa Stein and Malcolm Purkey's "Wooze Bear" (director, Malcolm Purkey), 1977. Presented at Nunnery Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Designed, co-devised, and acted in "Fantastical History of a Useless Man," 1976, Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Presented at Nunnery Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa; The Space, Cape Town, South Africa.

Acted in Pippa Stein's "The Goat that Sneezed," 1975, Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Presented at Nunnery Theater, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Acted in "Ubu Rex" (based on Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi"), 1975, Junction Avenue Theatre Company, A Box and University Players. Presented at Nunnery Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC PROJECTS

2001
"The 59th Minute: Video Art on the Times Square Astrovision, New York, New York (installment of Shadow Procession by Creative Time and Panasonic)

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