Conrad Botes  (South African, 1969) 

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Conrad Botes Biography
  Born in Ladysmith, Cape Town, South Africa
  Lives and works in Cape Town
Selected Exhibitions
2008   Conrad Botes, l’Ariete ArteContemporanea, Bologna, Italy (solo)
2007   Apartheid, El espero sudafricano.CCCB, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
2007   Tribulence. Contemporary art from South Africa, Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
2007   Satan’s Chair at the Gates of Heaven, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Aftrica (solo)
2007   Artisti a Castagnoli. 1° Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Azienda Agricola Rocca di Castagnoli, Gaiole in Chianti, Italy
2007   L’Ariete Arte Contemporanea ad Art Verona 2007, L’Ariete Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy
2006   Sud Africa, Galleria Francocancelliere, Messina, Italy
2006   Fe/Male. Identità del corpo, Galleria L’Ariete, Bologna, Italy
2005   Mito Auto Moto 2, Palazzo D’Accursio, Bologna, Italy
2005   Atena Nera, Palazzo Tornielli, Ameno, Italy
2005   Milano Miart, Fiera di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (solo)
2005   Heidi Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)
2004   Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa (solo)
2004   Africa Screams, Iwalewa-Haus Africazentrum der Univeristat Beyreuth, Germany
2004   2. Biennale + positive, Kunst Merano Arte, Merano, Bolzano, Italy
2003   Tropen Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003   Conrad Botes, Galleria L'Ariete, Bologna, Galleria L'Ariete, Bologna (solo)
2002   Conrad Botes, Studio d'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Studio d'Arte Raffaelli, Trento (solo)
2002   Fuori Uso, Ex-Albero "Ferrotel", Pescara
2002   Dopo Buzzati: artisti fra pittura e fumetto, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Feltre
2002   Passport to South Africa, arte contemporanea sudafricana, Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano
2002   Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
2002   Spike Island Gallery. London, United Kingdom
2001   In fumo, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo
2001   Boogie Lights, Natal Society for the Arts, Durban
2001   Bitterkomix, Natal Society for the Arts, Durban
2001   Boogie Lights, Brett Murray and Conrad Botes
2000   Boogie Lights, Brett Murray and Conrad Botes, Spark Gallery, Spark Art Complex, Johannesburg
2000   Bitterkomix, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
2000   Comix 2000, Institut Francais de Bastica, Bastica, Corsica
2000   Conrad Botes, The Rivet Store (Levis Strauss), Greenmarket Square, Cape Town (solo)
1999   Genuine Eclectic, Exhibition of contemporary furniture, The Bijou, Observatory
1999   Strip-Graphics, Design Musuem, The Foundry, Cape Town
1999   Towards-Transit, Pro-Helvitia, Lowenbrau, Zurich
1999   Boogie Lights, Exhibition of sculptural wall lamps by Brett Murray and Conrad Botes, The Bijou, Observatory
1999   Retrospective of Bitterkomix, (Opened by Johann Rossouw and Maude Felix-Faure of the French Institute of South Africa), Open Window Gallery, Pretoria
1999   Graphic Stories, Gencor Gallery, RAU, Johannesburg
1999   Gestript, Arenberginstituut. University of Leuven, Belgium
1998   Postgraduate Student Exhibition, U.S. Art Gallery, Stellenbosch
1998   Cyst, Works in Paint, Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg
1998   Kras, Gallery Mau-Mau, Cape Town (solo)
1997   Cyst, Works in Paint, Good Hope Gallery, Castle, Cape Town
1997   Transferring the Charge: Printmaking, Grahamstown National Arts Fe
1997   Bitterkomix, Principia College Art Space, Oudtshoorn, Klein Karroo Nationale Kunstefees
1996   Staff Exhibition, Lecturing Staff from the University of Stellenbosch, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
1996   Portraits, The Planet Contemporary Art Site, Observatory, Cape Town
1995   Exposed, Arts Association of Durbanville
1995   Conrad Botes, De Malvezijn, Amsterdam (solo)
1995   Bitterkomix, Old Powerstation, Grahamstown Festival
1995   Kaping, Exhibition of Young Capetonian Artists, Newtown Gallery, Johannesburg
1995   National Comic Art Exhibition. Johannesburg Arts Foundation, Johannesburg
1995   Arti et Industriae 110 Jaar, Gallerie Arti et Industriae, The Hague, Netherlands
1994   De Ruimte, Exhibition of Post Graduate Students from the Royal Academy of Visual Arts, Haags Gemeente Museum, The Hague
1994   Schrijvers op Zicht, Exhibition of narrative art, Bibliotheekteater, Rotterdam
1993   Bitterkomix, (Opened by Antjie Krog) U.S. Art Gallery
1993   The Incisive Eye, Arts Association of Bellville
1993   Young at Art, Primart Gallery, Cape Town
1992   Flash of the Spirit, Baxter Theater, Cape Town
1992   Staff Exhibition, U.S. Art Gallery, Stellenbosch
1992   Recent Work, U.S. Student Exhibition. Grahamstown Festival
1991   Graduandi Exhibition, U.S. Art Gallery, Stellenbosch
1991   Student Graphic Design Exhibition, Dockroad Venue, Cape Town
Literature
  Tirade literary magazine, Contributor, Amsterdam, April 1994
  Gif: Afrikaner Sekskomix, Contributor, Hond uitgewers (Pretoria) and Bitterkomix (Stellenbosch), April 1994
  Posse Stip Tijdschrift, Contributor, Amsterdam, December 1993
  Bitterkomix no. 3, Co-editor and contributor, Stellenbosch, November 1993
  New Contrast literary magazine, Volume XXI, no 4, Cape Town, August 1993
  ADA (magazine for art, design and architecture), Cape Town, March 1993
  Bitterkomix no. 2, Co-editor and contributor, Stellenbosch, January 1993
  Bitterkomix no. 1, Co-founder, -editor and contributor, Stellenbosch, June 1992
  Stet literary magazine, Volume 8, no's 1-4. Taurus Publishers, Johannesburg, 1990-1991
  Bitterkomix no.8, Co-editor and contributor, Bitterkomix Pulp, Pretoria, April 1998
  Bitterkomix no. 7, Co-editor and contributor, Bitterkomix Pulp, Cape Town, April 1997
  SL Magazine, Monthly contributor, Cape Town, January 1997 - December 1998
  Lag-Lag, Co-editor and contributor, Bitterkomix Pulp, Pretoria, November 1996
  Bitterkomix no.6, Co-editor and contributor, Launched by Ryk Hatting in Pretoria, March 28th 1996
  Formaline, Contributor. Turnhout, Belgium, December 1995
  Bitterkomix no. 5, Co-editor and contributor, Cape Town, July 1995
  Loslyf, Editorial contributor, J.T. Publishing, Johannesburg, June 1995 to February 1996
  Arbeidsburo Kalender 1995, Contributed various illustrations, Amsterdam, January 1995
  Bitterkomix no.4, Co-editor and contributor, Cape Town, November 1994
  Passport To South Africa, A&Mbookstore Edizioni, Milano, 2002
  In fumo, Lubrina Editore, Bergamo, 2001
  Bitterjusi / I-Komix, Contributor. Orange Juice Design, Cape Town, December 2000
  Bitterkomix no.10, Co-editor and contributor. Bitterkomix Pulp, Cape Town, June 2000
  Die Foster Bende by Ryk Hatting and Conrad Botes, Bitterkomix Pulp, June 2000
  Comix 2000, Contibutor, Lássociation, Paris, December 1999
  Bitterkomix no. 9, Co-editor and contributor, Bitterkomix Pulp, Cape Town, September 1999
  The Best of Bitterkomix, Co-editor and contributor, Bitterkomix Pulp, December 1998
  Zone 5300, Dutch Comic Magazine, Contributor, Rotterdam, October 1998
  Die Tweede Reen by Koos Kombuis, Bitterkomix Pulp, Pretoria, April 1998