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William Kentridge Biography
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1955 |
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Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
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1973 |
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Schooling at King Edward VII School, Johannesburg, South Africa
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1974 - 1976 |
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BA, Politics/African Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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1976 |
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Studied etching, Johannesburg Art Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa
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1981 - 1982 |
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Studied mime & theatre at the Jacques Lecoq, Paris, France
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1989 |
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First animated film in Soho Eckstein series
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1992 |
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Staged first theatre project in conjunction with Handspring Puppet Company
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1998 |
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Staged his first opera - Return of Ulysses, Brussels, Belgium
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1998 |
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European Museum travelling exhibition starts in Brussels, Belgium
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Lives with wife and family, Johannesburg, South Africa
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2001
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C.
New Museum of Contemporary Art New York
William Kentridge Recent Editions, In association with David Krut Fine Art, Robert Brown Gallery, Wash. DC, & Gracie Mansion, N.Y.
The Short Century, Museum Villa Stuck Berlin, Chicago, New York, Vienna, Cape Town
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2000
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The Self is Something Else, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Dusseldorf
A Double View: Three Exhibitions, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Third Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
Vertical Painting, P.S.1 New York
Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Stephen Friedman Gallery London
Annandale Galleries Sydney
NSISTENT MEMORY: THE Architecture of Time in Video, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida
La Beaute, Beauty in Fabula, Papal Palace Avignon
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1999
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Venice Biennale: D'Apertutto, Giardini di Castello and Arsenale Venice
Istanbul Biennale: The Passion and the Wave, Istanbul
Unfinished History, MCA Chicago Chicago
Carnegie International 1999/2000 CI 99:00, Carnegie Museum of Art, awarded the Carnegie Medal Pittsburgh
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Projects 68: William Kentridge, Museum of Modern Art New York
Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels
Kunstverein Munchen Munich
Kunstwelten im Dialog, Museum Ludwig Cologne
A Sangre y Fuego, Espai d'art contemporani de Castelló
The Drawing Centre New York
Museu d'Arte Contemporani de Barcelona Barcelona
Neue Galerie Graz Graz
Serpentine Gallery London
Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels
Kunstverein Munchen Munich
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
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1998
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Vertical Time, Barbara Gladstone Gallery New York
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1997
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Delta, Arc, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville Paris Paris
Documenta X, Museum Fredericianum Kassel
Applied Drawings, Goodman Gallery Johannesburg
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1996
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Eidophusikon, Annandale Galleries Sydney
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1995
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Johannesburg Biennale Johannesburg, South Africa
Bernard Jacobson Gallery London, England
Istanbul Biennale Istanbul, Turkey
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1994
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Arts First London, England
Felix in Exile, Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
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1993
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Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
Retrospective of animated films at Edinbrgh Int. F
Venice Biennale Venice, Italy
Ruth Bloom Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1992
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Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
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1991
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Newton Art Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
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1990
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Cassirer Fine Art Johannesburg, South Africa
Museum of Modern Art Oxford
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1989
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Vanessa Devereux Gallery London, England
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1988
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Gallery International Cape Town
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1987
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Cassirer Fine art Johannesburg, South Africa
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1986
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Simon/Neuman Galleries New York, NY
Association of Art Gallery Pretoria
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1985
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Cassirer Fine Art Johannesburg, South Africa
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1981
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Association of Arts Cape Town
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1979
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Market Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
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Les Arts de la Résistance: Fin de Siécle, Johannesburg, Galerie Michel Luneau Nantes
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Seventh Havana Biennale: Closer to One Another, Havana
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Nominee for Hugo Boss Prize, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Soho) New York
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Simunye: We Are One, Adelson Galleries New York
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