Conrad Botes
Born 1969 in Ladismith, South Africa. Lives in Cape Town.
Solo Exhibitions
2014
- Wounds of the past, .MContemporary, Sydney
2012
- Zombie Babylon, Stevenson, Johannesburg
2011
- The Temptation to Exist, Stevenson, Cape Town
2010
- On Earth as It Is in Heaven, KZNSA Gallery, Durban
- House of Judas, Fred, London
2009
- Crime and Punishment, Brodie/Stevenson, Johannesburg
- Hostile Territory, Aardklop arts festival, Potchefstroom
- Cain and Abel, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
2007
- Satan's Choir at the Gates of Heaven, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
2005
- Conrad Botes, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg
- Notes from Underground, Gallery Momo, Johannesburg
- Devil's Bullets, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town
2004
- Forensic Theatre, Gallery Momo, Johannesburg
- Conrad Botes, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2003
- The Big White Sleep, The Scene Gallery, New York City
- The Big White Sleep, Galleria L'Ariete, Bologna, Italy
2002
- Conrad Botes, Studio d'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
Group Exhibitions
2014
- Artists Engaged, Proximo Futuro, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
2013
- A Sculptural Premise, Stevenson, Cape Town
- Festival Cyclone BD, Saint-Denis, Reunion
- Pop Goes the Revolution, The New Church, Cape Town
- Sharp Sharp Johannesburg, Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France
- The Loom of the Land, Stevenson, Johannesburg
2012
- Bitterkomix: Contemporary Comics from South Africa, Llotja del Cànem, Seu de la Ciutat de la Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain
2011
- Victims and Martyrs, Gothenburg Kunsthalle, Sweden
- Contemporary South African Artists, Turner Galleries, Perth, Australia
- Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2010
- Glanzlichter: Reverse glass paintings in contemporary art, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
- PEEKABOO - Current South Africa, Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki
- Ti Piment festival, Nancy, France
- Rio Loco festival, Tolouse, France
- ... for those who live in it: Pop culture, politics and strong voices, MU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- The Beauty of Distance: Songs of survival in a precarious age, 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
- The Graphic Unconscious, Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia, USA
2009
- Cyclone BD international comics festival, Reunion Self/Not-self, Brodie/Stevenson, Johannesburg
- Conrad Botes, Anton Kannemeyer & Henning Wagenbreth: Recent prints and drawings, Gallery AOP, Johannesburg
- Bitterkomix: Un certain regard sur l'Afrique du Sud, Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
2008
- Farewell to Post-Colonialism, Third Guangzhou Triennial, China
2007
- Apartheid: The South African Mirror, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain
- South African Art: Modern art and cultural development in a changing society, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Turbulence, Hangart-7 (air & art) Edition 6, Germany
- South African Art Now, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
2006
- Africa Comics, Studio Museum, Harlem, New York
- Bitterkomix, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
- Ninth Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
- New Painting, KZNSA Gallery, Durban; Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2004
- Diaries and Dreams, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Frankfurt, Germany
- +Positive, Biennale of Merano, Italy
- Africa Screams; the return of Evil in African Art and Cinema, Iwalewa Haus, Afrikazentrum der Universitat Bayreuth, Germany
2003
- Mlungu in Africa, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
2002
- Fuori Uso, 12th International exhibition, Pescara, Italy
- Dopo Buzzati. Artisti tra pittura e fumetto, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Carlo Rizzarda, Feltre, Italy
- Passport to South Africa, Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
- Shelf Life, Spike Island Gallery, Bristol, UK
2001
- Shelf Life, Gasworks, London
- In Fumo, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bergamo, Italy
2000
- Towards-Transit, Pro-Helvitia, Lowenbrau. Zurich, Switzerland
