The New York Optimist August 2008 |
Johann Ryno de Wet *1982 Johannesburg, ZA Biography 1982 born in Johannesburg, South Africa 2002-05 B-Tech degree in Photography at the Tshwane University of Technology 2001 Fine Arts at the Design School South Africa Lives and works in Cape Town Exhibitions [S] Solo- / [G] Group-Exhibition 2009 'No Man’s Land', Galerie Poller, Frankfurt a.M. [S] 'Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord Between Nature and Society', Tucson Museum of Art, AZ 2008 'No Man’s Land', Galerie Poller, New York, NY [S] 2007 'The last painting show' (Lidia Benavides, Chus García- Fraile, Raphael Di Luzio, Jesús Portal, Mariana Vassileva), curated by Paco Barragán, photo miami, Miami, FL [G] 2007 'Shot and Go. A vision of today's international photography', curated by Rafaelle Gavarro, Venice, I [G] 2007 'No Man’s Land', camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, E [S] 2007 'Arrebato' (Nan Goldin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sally Mann, Bill Henson ...), camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, E [G] 2005-07 'ReGeneration - 50 photographers of tomorrow', Museé de l’Elysée, Lausanne, CH / Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano, I / Aperture Foundation, New York, NY / Pingyao Festival, Pingyao, China / Art Institute of Boston, MA / Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA [G] Awards 2007 II Pilar Citoler International Award of Contemporary Photography, Spain Bibliography 'Shot and Go', exhibition catalogue, Damiani Editore, Italy, 2007 Lápiz, review of the 'No Man’s Land' exhibition, issue 231, 2007 El Cultural, review of the 'No Man’s Land' exhibition, issue 12-18 April 2007 'No Man’s Land', camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, 2007 'Arrebato', exhibition catalogue, Madrid, Spain, 2007 South African Journal of Photography, Vol 1 issue 2 and 3, 2006 Sunday Times, The Bigger Picture featured photographer, March 2006 'ReGeneration - 50 photographers of tomorrow', Thames and Hudson, London, 2005 Public Collections 2005 Museé de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland Private Collections in South Africa, Spain, Belgium, UK and USA |
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