LIONEL SMIT
Born in Pretoria, 1982. Lives and works in Cape Town.
Qualifications and awards:
2009 Merit Award, Vuleka, Sanlam Art Competition, Cape Town
2008 Achievement Award, Pro Arte School of Arts
2000 First prize in the MTN Art Colours Awards of Gauteng
1999/2000 Best painting student Pro Arte School of Arts
Selected exhibitions:
2011
Surface, solo exhibition, Artspace, Johannesburg
34FineArt, ArtMonaco ‘11, Monaco
MOMAC, group exhibition, Roberta Moore Fine Art, England
2010
Out of the Office, group exhibition, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
Cynthia Reeves Projects, Art Miami, USA
We are not Witches, Saatchi Gallery, London
Submerge, solo exhibition, 34FineArt, Cape Town
Who, group exhibition, Grande Provence, Franschhoek
Coolstuff, group exhibition, 34FineArt, Cape Town
2009
F.A.C.E.T., Charity Auction, Christie’s, London
Group 09, group exhibition, 34Long Fine Art, Cape Town
Gesprek, group exhibition, University of Stellenbosch Gallery, Stellenbosch
Presence, group exhibition, Off The Wall Gallery, Paarl
Relate, solo exhibition, Grande Provence, Franschhoek
Nuance, group exhibition, UCA Gallery, Cape Town
group exhibition, North-West University Gallery, Potchefstroom
Identity, group exhibition, Platform on 18th Gallery, Pretoria
2008
URBANEYE, group exhibition, KyK Contemporary, Pretoria
REFLECTIONS, group exhibition, Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville
Day Dream, two man show with Jaco Benade, Magpie Gallery, Centurion
Rendezvous - focus wearable art, Fada Art Gallery, Johannesburg
Refl ect/refuel, group exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria
Outskirts, group exhibition, 47 Market Street Artspace, George
Twenty artists/twenty portraits, UCA Gallery, Cape Town
2007
St.Sebastian, group exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria
group exhibition, Afriart Gallery, Pretoria
group exhibition, Aardklop, Potchefstroom
group exhibition, Dawid Ras Gallery, Johannesburg
Project, group exhibition, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
fl esh/:scape, two man show with M.J. Lourens, Magpie Gallery, Centurion
2006
40 x 40, group exhibition, KKNK Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
Epidemic, Judge, Hope, solo exhibition, Voir Gallery, Pretoria
Physical self, group exhibition, Gallery 88, Sasolburg
Initial, group exhibition, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
Turn the table, group exhibition, Artspace, Johannesburg
2005
group exhibition, Woolworths, Johannesburg
Group therapy, group exhibition, Civic Gallery, Sandton
Oppitafel, group exhibition, Artspace, Johannesburg
2004
group exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria
group exhibition, Art House, United Kingdom
Pretoria, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
Solitude, two man exhibition with Rossouw van der Walt, Gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
2003
Mortem Life, two man exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, Johannesburg
group exhibition, KKNK National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
Spring of Gifts, group exhibition, Soan Studio, London
New Signatures, group exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum
PPC sculpture Competition, Association of Arts, Pretoria
In sight, group exhibition, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2002
three man show with Liam Lynch and Zander Blom, Millennium Gallery, Pretoria
Matriarch, group exhibition, Minds I Gallery, Pretoria
Arcadia 2: Infusion, group exhibition, Carfax, Johannesburg
Extensions, group exhibition, Bronze Age Foundry, Cape Town
Facets, group exhibition, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
Twenty / Twenty, group exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria
2001
Things, group exhibition, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
Up and Coming, group exhibition, Soan Studio, London
Selected publications and media:
Catalogues:
Surface LIONEL SMIT, Artspace, Johannesburg 2011
We are not Witches, Saatchi Gallery, London
Submerge LIONEL SMIT, 34FineArt, October 2010
Christie’s, F.A.C.E.T (catalogue cover), October 2009
Residue, Grande Provence Gallery, October 2009
Group therapy, Sandton Civic Gallery, 2005
Pretoria, Everard Read Gallery, November 2004
Articles:
ART OF AFRICA, The Graff Magazine, Summer 2010
Grand Scale, Garden and Home Magazine, April 2010
Time Out Magazine, 2007
Ou idees met moderne aanslag, RAPPORT, 2 July 2006
A look away, Art Magazine, 2006
Individuality of faces, Pretoria News, 15 June 2006
Soos in ‘n tweepas, Beeld plus, 26 November 2004
Radically different works from striking ensemble, Interval, May 2002
Television:
Artcha, SABC2, 2008
Kwela, KYKNET, 2008
Kunskafee, KYKNET, 7 July 2002
Collections:
Standard Chartered Bank
Laurence Graff Collection
Rand Merchant Bank
European Investment Bank
Johannesburg City Council
Saronsberg Wine Estate
Grainvest Futures
Barnstone
Delaire Graff Wine Estate
South African Embassy, Nigeria
Parkdev
Various private and corporate collections