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Wim Botha (born 1974) is a South African contemporary artist.
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Wim Botha | |
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| Born | 1974 |
Wim Botha (born 1974) is a South African contemporary artist.
Botha was born in Pretoria in 1974 and currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa. He grew up in a suburban town on the eastern side of Pretoria. [1] In 1996, Botha graduated from the University of Pretoria with a Bachelors in Visual Art. He has received the Helgaard Steyn Prize for sculpture in 2013, Standard Bank Young Artist Award 2005, and the Tollman Award 2003. [2]
Botha has found inspiration for his work in government texts and religious icons, objects that show belief, faith, observation, transgression and forgiveness. [3] Among the mediums he uses are treated wood, books, acrylic enamel paint, oil paint, steel, Indian ink, bronze, paper, and marble. [4]
The artist explains; “My works are a process of distillations...They attempt to reduce all-encompassing ideas and universal factors down to their core idea.” Exploring along the way “intercepting variables” and “patterns” [5]
2014 Linear Perspectives - Stevenson, Cape Town
2013 PREDICATES - Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin
2012 Wim Botha - Stevenson, Johannesburg
2011 All Around - Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin Wim Botha - Stevenson, Cape Town
2009 Wim Botha: Joburg Altarpiece & Amazing Things from Other Places - Stevenson, Cape Town
2008 Wim Botha - Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin Wim Botha - Stevenson, Johannesburg
2007 Wim Botha: Apocalagnosia - Stevenson, Cape Town
2006 Wim Botha: Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art 2005 - Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg
2005
2003 Speculum - Stevenson, Cape Town
Group shows
2014
2013 A Sculptural Premise - Stevenson, Cape Town Pophits & Alptraum - Artspace RheinMain, Offenbach The Loom of the Land - Stevenson, Johannesburg
2012
2011
2010
2009 Self/Not-self - Stevenson, Johannesburg
2008 Disguise: The art of attracting and deflecting attention - Stevenson, Cape Town
2007
* Politische Ikonografie - Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin * Summer 2007/8 - Stevenson, Cape Town * Africa Remix - Contemporary art of a continent - Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg * TRANS CAPE - contemporary African art on the move - Trans Cape Africa, Cape Town * Afterlife - Stevenson, Cape Town
2006
2005
2004
2003
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