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Willie Bester Biography
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Prix de L'Aigile 4th International D'Arts Plastiqu, Nice, France
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Born in Montagu, Western Province, South Africa
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Studied Art part-time at Community Art Project, Capetown
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Merit Prize, Cape Triennial
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Lives and works in Kuilsriver, Cape Town
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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El juego africano de lo contemporàneo, Macuf, La Coruña, Spain
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2008
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Galleria del Tasso, Bergamo, Italy
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2008
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Galleria L’Ariete, South Africa Trilogy, Bologna, Italy (solo)
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2007
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Artisti a Castagnoli, Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Rocca di Castagnoli, Toscana, Italy
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2007
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Africa, Galleria Santamarta, Milano
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2006
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Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
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2006
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Mito Auto Moto 2, Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna, Italy
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2006
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Fe/Male Identità del Corpo, L’Ariete Contemporanea, Bologna Italy
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2005
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Hayward Gallery, London
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2005
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Centre George Pompidou, Paris
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2005
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Veritas, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
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2005
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Palazzo Tornielli, Ameno (NO), Italy
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2005
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34 Long, Cape Town, South Africa
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2004
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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
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2003
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Suidoos Festival, Peninsula Technikon
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2003
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Coexistence-Contemporary Cultural Production in South African’ Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts
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2003
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Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
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2003
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Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
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2002
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SASOL Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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2002
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Passport to South Africa, Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
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2002
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Sculpture Biennale, Spier Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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2002
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National Art Gallery of Malaysia
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2002
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King Gorge VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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2001
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Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium
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2001
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Grahamstown Featured Artist, South Africa
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2001
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Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
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2000
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Arti Assortite, Torino, Italy
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1999
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Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
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1999
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Archivio della Scuola Romana, Roma, Italy
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1998
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Emporain, Dakar, Senegal
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1995
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
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1995
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Delfina Studio Trust, London
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1995
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50th Anniversary exhibition of the United Nations
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1994
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Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
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1994
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Stallion Gallery Kentucky
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1994
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Fifth Havanah Biennale Cuba
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1994
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Galerie de L'Esplanade La Defense, Paris
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1994
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Art contemporain d'Afriques du Sud, South Africa
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1994
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Galerie de Ballens Morges, Switzerland
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1994
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Grahamstown National Arts Festival
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1994
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Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
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1993
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South Africa Association of Art, Cape Town, South Africa
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1992
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Millpark, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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1992
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Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
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1991
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Gallery International, Cape Town, South Africa
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1982
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Forum, Cavendish Squame, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)
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