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Willie Bester    (South African, 1956)

 Willie Bester - Hlathi Bhobhotyani (Paintings) h: 15 x w: 11.2 in / h: 38.1 x w: 28.4 cm
Willie Bester
Hlathi Bhobhotyani 2007
 
  

Biography
Prix de L'Aigile 4th International D'Arts Plastiqu, Nice, France
Born in Montagu, Western Province, South Africa
Studied Art part-time at Community Art Project, Capetown
Merit Prize, Cape Triennial
Lives and works in Kuilsriver, Cape Town

Exhibitions
2008 El juego africano de lo contemporàneo, Macuf, La Coruña, Spain
2008 Galleria del Tasso, Bergamo, Italy
2008 Galleria L’Ariete, South Africa Trilogy, Bologna, Italy (solo)
2007 Artisti a Castagnoli, Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Rocca di Castagnoli, Toscana, Italy
2007 Africa, Galleria Santamarta, Milano
2006 Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2006 Mito Auto Moto 2, Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna, Italy
2006 Fe/Male Identità del Corpo, L’Ariete Contemporanea, Bologna Italy
2005 Hayward Gallery, London
2005 Centre George Pompidou, Paris
2005 Veritas, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
2005 Palazzo Tornielli, Ameno (NO), Italy
2005 34 Long, Cape Town, South Africa
2004 Dublin Exhibition
2004 10 Years – Klein Karoo Arts Festival, Outshoorn, South Africa.
Milk Can Project, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa.
Africa Remix- Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
2003 Suidoos Festival, Peninsula Technikon
2003 Coexistence-Contemporary Cultural Production in South African’ Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts
2003 Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
2003 Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
2002 SASOL Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2002 Passport to South Africa, Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
2002 Sculpture Biennale, Spier Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2002 National Art Gallery of Malaysia
2002 King Gorge VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
2001 Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium
2001 Grahamstown Featured Artist, South Africa
2001 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2000 Arti Assortite, Torino, Italy
1999 Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
1999 Archivio della Scuola Romana, Roma, Italy
1998 Emporain, Dakar, Senegal
1995 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
1995 Delfina Studio Trust, London
1995 50th Anniversary exhibition of the United Nations
1994 Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
1994 Stallion Gallery Kentucky
1994 Fifth Havanah Biennale Cuba
1994 Galerie de L'Esplanade La Defense, Paris
1994 Art contemporain d'Afriques du Sud, South Africa
1994 Galerie de Ballens Morges, Switzerland
1994 Grahamstown National Arts Festival
1994 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1993 South Africa Association of Art, Cape Town, South Africa
1992 Millpark, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
1992 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1991 Gallery International, Cape Town, South Africa
1982 Forum, Cavendish Squame, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)
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