Art Amsterdam
11.05.2011 — 15.05.2011
Simon Gush
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Project(s) at West
2014.02
This is not Africa III
2014.02
This is not Africa II
2014.02
This is not Africa I
2013.02
Art Rotterdam
2011.05
Roma
2011.05
Art Amsterdam
2011.02
Moving Image
2010.04
Simon Gush
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*1981 South Africa — works and lives in Johannesburg
 

Education
2008
Laureate Hoger Instituut van Schone Kunsten (HISK)
2003
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, University of Witwatersrand
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Work, Stevenson, Johannesburg, South Africa
2011
Representation, Stevenson, Johannesburg, South Africa
2010
4 For Four, SMAK, Gent, Bruxelles
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1ST AND 3RD, West Den Haag
2009
Sidestep, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town and Brodie/Stevenson, Johannesburg,
2007
Salute, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
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3 Point Turn (in collaboration with Dorothee Kreutzfeldt), Point Blank Gallery/ Twist Street, Drill Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa
2006
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not, Outlet, Pretoria, South Africa
2005
Thank You Johannesburg, Outlet, Pretoria, South Africa
2003
Deja Vu, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
This is not Africa, this is Us, West Den Haag
2013
Plus Jamais Seul (Never more alone), STANDARDS, Rennes, France
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A Sculptural Premise, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
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A note to a stranger, Public Exhibition, Dias Bar, Cape Town, South Africa, (curator Kabelo Malatsie)
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My Joburg, La Maison Rouge, Paris and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany
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Rencontres Internationales Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2012
Rencontres Internationales Paris, Palais De Tokyo, Paris
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Present Unlimited, Sofia Contemporary, Fabrica 126, Sofia, Bulgaria (curator Iara BoubnovA)
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The Loitering Presence of a Rational Actor, Universal Studio, New York, USA
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Mind the System, Find the Gap, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, (curator Karen Verschooren)
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If a Tree..., Stevenson, Johannesburg, South Africa (curator Clare Butcher)
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Evolution de l’Art, Kunstverain (Milano), Milan, Italy
2011
Connections, Kunsthalle Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland (curator Beate Engel)
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what we talk about when we talk about love, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa (curator Federica Angelucci)
2010
This is Our Time, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa (curator Joost Bosland)
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Halakasha, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (curator Fiona Rankin-Smith)
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From Pierneef to Gugulective – A fresh look at a century of South African art, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (curator Riassn Naidoo)
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Culture Shock: video interventionsn at the Q.E.T., Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada (curator Stephanie Rebick)
2009
If Only I Was More Like You, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ename Actueel: Hoofdstuk V, Ename, Belgium, (cat) (curator Thomas Caron)
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Lab09, Lulea Art Biennial, Lulea, Sweden, (cat) (curator Jan-Erik Lundström)
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Korte Meten, Vooruit, Gent, Belgium (curator Eva De Grote)
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De Keuze Van Koen Van Den Broek, Indian Caps Antwerpen
2008
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Perfect Lovers, Art Extra, Johannesburg, South Africa
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.za giovane arte dal Sudafrica, Palazzo delle Papesse-Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Itlay
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Bad Moon Rising, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2007
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HISK at Artcinema OffOff, Art Cinema OffOff, Begijnhof Ter Hoye, Lange Violettestraat 237, 9000 Gent
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Follow the Arrows, World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya