Paul Stopforth
Curriculum Vitae
57 Cornwall Street, Unit 2
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
paulstopforth@comcast.net
Tel/Fax: 617 524-5979
| EDUCATION | |
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1984-1985 |
SCC (one year post graduate), Royal College of Art, London |
1964-1968 |
NATD (four year course), Johannesburg College of Art |
| SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
2007 |
"Gate" The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
2006 |
'Being here and Not There: Fragments and Reliquaries From Robben Island' |
2004 |
The Island, David Krut Projects, New York, NY |
2002 |
"Slip Slide, "Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA |
2001 |
"Crossing", Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA |
2000 |
"Fragments", Groton School, Groton, MA |
"Scatterlings", Hampden Gallery, U. Mass, Amherst |
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1999 |
"Figuring" Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA |
1998 |
"Essential Gestures" Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA |
1996 |
"Love’s Body", Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA |
1995 |
"Alchemist", Holzwasser Gallery, New Art Center, Newton, MA |
1993 |
"Offerings", Akin Gallery, Boston, MA |
1992 |
"African Herbs", McQuade Library Art Gallery, Merrimack College, Andover, MA |
1988 |
Gallery II, Tufts University, Medford, MA |
New Art Center, Newton, MA |
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Gallerie Sandoz, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
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1987 |
Association of Arts Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa |
1986 |
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
1983 |
Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
1981 |
Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
1980 |
Guest Artist, Johannesburg Art Gallery |
1979 |
Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
1978 |
Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
1976 |
Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban, South Africa |
1974 |
Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban, South Africa |
1971 |
Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban, South Africa |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
2007/8 |
Apartheid. The South African Mirror. Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona. |
2007 |
Art Now Fair. Miami. Florida |
2005 |
"Four Person Exhibition", Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
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"Rust-en-Vrede Gallery", Cape Town, South Africa |
2004 |
"Excavation and Reconstruction in Contemporary African
Art" |
2003 |
Four Person Exhibition, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
2002 |
"Faculty Exhibition", Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
"A Continent Away: Multiple Identities in Contemporary African Art", Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA |
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"Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa", University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon, AZ |
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2001 |
"Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from
South Africa", Iris and B. Gerald |
"Faculty Choice", Victoria H. Myhren
Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, |
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2000 |
"Drawings & Photographs", Matthew
Marks Gallery, New York, NY |
1999 |
"Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa", The Museum for African Art, New York, NY |
"Postcards from South Africa", Axis Gallery, New York, NY |
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"Destination/Place", Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA |
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1998 |
Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA |
"The Contemporary Artist as Observer and Observed", The Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Market Mills, Lowell, MA |
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1988 |
"Recent American Portraits", George Sherman Union Gallery, Boston University, MA |
1996-97 |
"Eighth Triennial", Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA |
1996 |
"Visiting Faculty Exhibition", Carpenter Center, Harvard University,Cambridge, MA |
"Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa", Malmo Kunsthall, Malmo, Sweden |
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1995 |
"Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa", Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England |
"Siyawela", Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England |
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"Taking Liberties: The Body Politic", Africus Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg |
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"Something Human", Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA |
1994 |
"BOSTON (in dialogue) NOW", Institute for Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA |
"Visual Arts Showcase", Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA |
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"Faculty Exhibition", New Art Center, Newton, MA |
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"Faculty Exhibition", Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA |
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1993 |
"Anything but Paper Prayers" (by invitation), Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA |
"Christmas Exhibition", New Art Center, Newton, MA |
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"Faculty Exhibition", School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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1992 |
"Symphony of Prosperity", Akin Gallery, Boston, MA |
"Faculty Exhibition", New Art Center, Newton, MA |
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"Salon", Akin Gallery, Boston, MA |
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"Autopia", Akin Gallery, Boston, MA |
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1991 |
"Faculty Biennial", Starr Gallery, Grossman Campus, Newton, MA |
"Confronting Political and Social Evil", Tufts University, Medford, MA |
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1990 |
"The Body Politic": Three Figurative Artists, McQuade Library Art Gallery, Merrimack College, Andover |
"Let the Voices be Heard", Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA |
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"Faculty Exhibition", New Art Center, Newton, MA |
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"Voices from South Africa", Stuart Levy Gallery, New York, NY |
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1989 |
"Three Person Exhibition", Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA |
"Faculty Exhibition", School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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1988 |
"Culture in Another South Africa", Amsterdam, Holland |
"Detention Without Trial: 100 Artists Protest", Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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1987 |
"Five South African Artists", Boston, MA |
"P.O.W"., Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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"Vita Awards Exhibition", Johannesburg Art Gallery |
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"Director’s Exhibition", Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| HONORS AND AWARDS | |
2004 |
Residency, The Robben Island Museum, South Africa |
2003 |
Delivered the Ruth First Memorial Lecture at Brandies University |
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Ohio Arts Council Jury for OHC Fellowship Awards |
2000 |
Residency, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT |
1998 |
Juror, The Copley Society of Boston |
1987 |
Judge for the Federated Union of Black Artists, National Student Exhibition |
1995 |
Juror, Worcester Art Association, Worcester, MA |
1994 |
Curator, The Copley Society of Boston, Holiday Invitational Exhibition |
Juror, New Hampshire Individual artist Fellowship: Visual Art Panel |
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1993 |
Engelhard Fellowship at Bequia, West Indies |
1987 |
Judge for the Federated Union of Black Artists, National Student Exhibition |
1986 |
The Ian Haggie Award for best Artist, "Visions", Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
1985 |
The Rodney Burn Award for Figurative Drawing, Royal College of Art, London, England |
1984 |
British Council Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom |
1977-84 |
Director, Market Theatre Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
1980 |
External Examiner for Drawing, UNISA, Department of Fine Arts, Pretoria, South Africa |
1972 |
Member, Editorial Board of “Reality” (Current Affairs Journal, Editor, Alan Paton) |
1971 |
Institute of Race Relations Award, South Africa |
1970 |
Member, Theatre Council of Natal (TECON), Non-Racial Theatre Group |
1967 |
Student Representative Council Award for Best Student, Johannesburg School of Art, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
2007 |
"Paintings With a Silvery Mood". Cate McQuaid. Boston Globe (August 23) |
2006 |
"Paul Stopforth: PORTRAIT" The Harvard Crimson, April 20, 2006 By Zoe M. Savitsky |
2005 |
"First Word: Excavation and Reconstruction in Contemporary African Art", Mark Auslander, African Arts, Spring 2005 |
2004 |
"Sacred fragments: Looking Back at the Art of Paul Stopforth",
Sandra Klopper, |
2002 |
"Experiments with Truth: Transitional Justice and the Processes of Truth and Reconcilliation", Trauma and Truth, Rory Bester, Edited by Okwui Enwezor Carlos Basualdo, Ute Meta Bauer, Susanne Ghez, Sarat Maharaj, Mark Nash, Octavio Zaya, DOCUMENTA11_ PLATFORM2 |
"An Anthology of African Art: The Twentieth Century,"Edited by N’Gone Fall & Jean Loup Pivin, Revue Noir Editions: African Contemporary Art: Paris |
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“This New Body of Work is Beautifully Abstract,”
Christine Temin, |
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“arts MEDIA,” April 15—May 15, 2002 |
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“African art brings themes from ‘A Continent
Away,’” Cate McQuaid, |
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2001 |
“Stopforth Expands,” Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, August 15 |
"BAD BEHAVIOR", Bill Haywood, Rizzoli Publishing |
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1999 |
“Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from
South Africa,” Christine Temin, |
“South Africans, Isolated No More,” Holland Cotter, NEW YORK TIMES, September 24 |
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"Postcards from South Africa," Holland Cotter, NEW YORK TIMES, September 10 |
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“Truth and the Art of Healing,” Christine Temin, BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, January 3 |
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“Destination/? Place,” Michael Carroll and Jim Cory, SCHOOLHOUSE CENTER PUBLICATION |
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Free Show, Sal Randolph, SCHOOLHOUSE CENTER PUBLICATION |
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1998 |
“The Superb and the Shoddy: Best Art 1988, Christine Temin, BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE |
“Paul Stopforth’s Eloquent Mimes,” Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, October 7 |
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1997 |
“Contemporary South African Art 1985-1995 from the South African National Gallery Permanent Collection,” SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL GALLERY |
1996 |
Returning the Curve: Africa 95, Teng, and “Seven Stories,” AFRICANARTS, Summer 96 |
”Profile: Paul Stopforth,” Lois Tarlow, ART NEW ENGLAND, April/May |
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”Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa,” Jean Fisher, ARTFORUM, January |
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“Stopforth’s Bodies Bear Their Souls,” Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, September 10 |
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1995 |
“Star Attraction,” Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, November 15 |
”Always Something New Out of Africa,” Richard Cork, TIMES, London, October 24 |
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”Africa Now,” Margaret Garlake, ART MONTHLY, November |
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”Die Veelheid van Een Verhaal,” Peter Vantyghen, DE STANDAARD, Belgium, October 13 |
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”Africa Today,” Judith Bumpus, ROYAL ACADEMY MAGAZINE, Autumn 1995 |
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"Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa,"
CATALOGUE WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY, London, England, September
to December: |
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Moving from Clenched Fists to Open Arms," Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, May 12 |
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1994 |
"EducaArtist," Frederick H. Kalil, TUFTS JOURNAL, Novemberting the |
"Strong Art, Weak Premise in ICA Show," Nancy Stapen, BOSTON GLOBE, August 5 |
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"Market Gallery," Ivor Powell, THE WEEKLY MAIL AND GUARDIAN, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 10-16 |
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1993 |
"Paul Stopforth," Nancy Stapen, ARTNEWS, Summer 1993 |
"Paul Stopforth: Offerings," Meredith Fife Day, ART NEW ENGLAND, June/July |
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"In '93 Galleries Put Ingenuity on Display," Nancy Stapen, BOSTON GLOBE, December 30 |
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1992 |
"Autopia," Nancy Stapen, BOSTON GLOBE, February 27 |
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"Paul Stopforth," Cathy Crossman, PRISMA: A MULTICULTURAL FORUM, Winter |
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1989 RESISTANCE ART IN SOUTH AFRICA, Sue Williamson, St. Martin's Press, NY |
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"Confronting the Anguish: Paul Stopforth Shines a Harsh Light on South Africa's Oppression," Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, October 3 |
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150 MASTERPIECES OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTING, Barbara Clarke, Struik Publisher, Cape Town, South Africa |
1986 |
"A Subtle New Stopforth Moves Beyond the Literal," Ivor Powell, THE WEEKLY MAIL, October 9 |
1981 |
1981 "Enigmatic Comment on Society's Harshness: Paul Stopforth and Michael Goldberg at the Market Theatre Gallery," Anne Pogrund, RAND DAILY MAIL, November |
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"No Show as Govt. Bars Biko Art," Bev Mortimer, RAND DAILY MAIL, October |
1980 |
"A Response to Violence: Paul Stopforth
Exhibition of Drawings," Anne Sassoon, |
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"Local Artist Paul Leaves Sentiment Way Behind," Joyce Ozynski, SUNDAY EXPRESS, September 17 |
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"CONVERSATIONS", Avril Herber, Bateleur Press |
1979 |
ART AND ARTISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA, Esme Berman,
Revised edition, |
1978 |
"Statement on Torture," Anne Pogrund, RAND DAILY MAIL, September 21 |
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"The Hidden Horror-in-Open View," Miriam Jacob, WEEKEND WORLD, September 25 |
1976 |
"Stopforth is Mixing Politics and Palettes," Joyce Ozynski, SUNDAY EXPRESS, May 12 |
| PUBLIC LECTURES AND CONFERENCES | |
2004 |
"Excavation and Reconstruction in Contemporary South
African Art", |
2003 |
"Art on a Tightrope, Contemporary Cultural
Production in South Africa", |
2001 |
"Liberated Voices Symposium", Iris &
B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, |
1999 |
"Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from
South Africa", PANEL, |
1997 |
"African Celebration": Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI |
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"Panel": "Panoramas of Passage,
Changing Landscapes of South Africa," |
1996 |
"Public Lecture": Visiting Faculty, Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
1995 |
"The Road to Mecca/ The Road to Boston"
LECTURE: Silvermine Guild Arts Center, |
1992,1991 |
"In the Face of That Place" (Survival Tactics in South African Art), Lecture |
1990,1988 |
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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Leventhal-Sidman Community Center, Newton, MA |
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School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Summer Program, Boston, MA |
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Castleton State College, Castleton, VT |
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ASEAN Auditorium, Tufts University, Medford, MA |
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Newton Arts Center, Newtonville, MA |
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Rutgers University, NJ (Invitation of Leon Golub) |
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Wessell Library, Tufts University, Medford, MA |
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Boston University, Boston, MA |
1989 |
"International Artists Symposium" Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
1988 |
Panelist "Surviving Visions" Symposium: Art and Social Responsibility," Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
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"Politics, Culture and the Struggle
for Liberation" Paper delivered: |
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Tufts University, Medford, MA |
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South-Eastern Massachusetts University, MA |
1981 |
"Art and Society" University of Natal, Durban, South Africa |
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"Art and Social Change" University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
1979 |
"The State of Art in South Africa"
Conference at University of Cape Town, |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
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Harvard University Film Archive |
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Constitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Tufts University, Medford, MA |
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The Council House Gallery, Wisconsin, USA |
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The Kaufman Handel Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Holland |
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National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa |
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Durban Art Museum, Durban, South Africa |
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Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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University of the Witwatersrand Art Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Natal Technikon, Durban, South Africa |
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UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa |
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Pretoria Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa |
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| CORPORATE COLLECTIONS | |
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Total Systems Services, Columbus, Georgia |
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Goodwin Proctor, Boston, MA |
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Biogen, Massachusetts |