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Georgie Papageorge Biography
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Studied Fine Art at the University of South Africa and the Technicon (1974-80), both in Pretoria where she lives and works.
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Throughout the 80's South Africa and its violent political situation provided the conceptual basis of her work. Collaboration, Suspension and other monumental works were exhibited in the U.S. including the State Museum of North Dakota, which owns a substantial body of work and published a full catalogue covering ten year’s work, in 1995.
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Since 1994 Papageorge has worked in the Kalahari, Botswana, to produce the Gondwanaland Series, a land-art work based in the Sowa Salt Pan. The resulting drawings and mixed media canvases convey the beauty of endless horizons and the empty space of the Kalahari, In pursuit of the Great Rift Valley, she travelled north to Mount Kilimanjaro which she has climbed twice, making this great African mountain the subject of her next major project.
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Richly worked surfaces integrate remnant text with photography and the abiding symbols of the red and white chevron barrier tape, the circle and the ladder.
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For her third exhibition at Art First she is working on the wild, dramatic Skeleton Coast of Namibia. This follows her exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum, where a work was purchased this year.
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She is also represented in the collections of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, the State Museum of North Dakota and in numerous corporate collections including Anglo American Corporation, Standard Bank Gallery, and Goldman Sachs International.
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Andre Reddinger Collection, Empangeni, Natal
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Anglo American, Johannesburg
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Constitutional Court Collection, Johannesburg
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Dr. Pentti Kourie Collection, New York
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Istituto Marc' Antonio Colonna, Rome
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National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington , D.C.
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North Dakota Museum of Art, USA
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Pretoria Technikon Gallery
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Renwick International, Cape Town
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SAF Marine Corporation, Cape Town
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Sandton Gallery, Johannesburg
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Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg
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UNISA Art Gallery, University of South Africa, Pretoria
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Vodacom Technocrat, Cape Town
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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Rift, Art First, London (solo)
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2004
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Africa Rifting: Lines of Fire, Namibia/Brazil, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhamton (solo)
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2003
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Natal Arts Association. Durban, South Africa. Two groups of work. KILIMANJARO THROUGH THE BARRIER and AFRICA RIFTING – LINES OF FIRE NAMIBIA/BRAZIL (solo)
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2003
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Art First, London. AFRICA RIFTING – LINES OF FIRE NAMIBIA/BRAZIL (solo)
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2002
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Land site works, Unisa Art Gallery, Pertoria
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2001
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Art from South Africa, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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2001
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Art 2001 London Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First
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2000
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London Art Fair 2000 Art London, Chelsea
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2000
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Conjunctural Focus: North /South alignments of an extended Rif, !XOE 2 Also at, Ibis Art Centre, Nieu Bethesda, Cape Province, Collaboration with Helen Weldrick
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2000
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Pretoria Art Museum. 'I STAND BEFORE THE RIFT'. Third of trilogy of Kilimanjaro shows (solo)
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2000
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'THROUGH THE RIFTING BARRIER' (solo)
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1999
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Sandton Art Gallery, Johannesburg. 'KILIMANJARO' (solo)
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1998
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Art First, London - 'KILIMANJARO - THROUGH THE BARRIER' (solo)
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1997
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'Three Years on', Art First, London
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1996
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Kempton Park Fine Arts Competition, Kempton Park, Johannesburg
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1995
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North Dakota Museum of Art (solo)
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1995
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Horizons: Explorations at 360 of the Sowa Salt Pan Botswana, Art First, London (solo)
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1994
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Newtown Galleries, Johannesburg (solo)
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1994
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5th International Shoebox Sculpture Competition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu
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1994
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'Art 94' Contemporary Art Fair, London, with Art First
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1994
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Kempton Park Fine Arts Competition, Kempton Park, Johannesburg
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1993
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'Momentum Art l993', Pretoria Arts Museum
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1993
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'Artists of the Pretoria Region', University of South Africa Art Gallery
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1990
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St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia (solo)
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1990
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North Dakota Museum of Art (solo)
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1989
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Nerlino Gallery, New York - 'COLLABORATION' (solo)
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1989
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Nerlino Gallery, New York
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1988
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New Jersey Centre Annual Juried Show, New Jersey. Juror : Donald Kuspit
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1988
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Portobello Arts Festival
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1988
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'Summer Exhibition', Royal Academy, London
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1988
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'Emulsion', Nerlino Gallery, New York
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1984
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Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg (solo)
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1981
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South African Arts Association, Pretoria (solo)
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1981
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New Signatures Exhibition, South African Arts Association, Pretoria
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1980
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Olivetti Gallery, Johannesburg (solo)
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| Literature |
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2003
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Africa Rifting, Lines of Fire, Namibia/Brazil, Art First 2003
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1998
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Clare Stracey, Georgie Papageorge, Kilimanjaro-Through the Barrier, Art First, London 1998
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1995
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Laurel Reuter, Georgie Papageorge, Georgia Papageorge, North Dakota Museum of Art, 1995
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| Links to further information |
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