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LERATO SHADI

lives and works in Berlin
Villa Romana Fellow 2018





Biography

Currently pursuing the Master of Fine Arts, Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee

2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Johannesburg


Awards and Scholarships

2017
AFRICA’S OUT!, Residency program, New York
NSK State Pavilion, 57. Biennial Venice

2016
Alumni Dignitas Award of the University of Johannesburg, ZA

2014
Mart stam studio grant, Berlin

2013
Fellow of the Sommerakademie, Zentrum Paul Klee, DE
Residency in Hospitalfield, Arbroath, GB

2010 – 2012
Member of the Bag Factory artist studios in Fordsburg, Johannesburg, ZA

2010
Pro Helvetia residency, Bern, CH
JoburgArtFair TEDxtalk


Di dikadika tsa dinaledi, 2016, exhibition view, installation and
performance drawing, GoetheOnMain, Johannesburg
photograph: dewil.ch (cc by-nc-nd 4.0 int)

Moremogolo (Go betlwa wa taola), 2016, video-still
(cc by-nc-nd 4.0 int)

Mosako wa nako, 2016, performance and installation,
Noka ya bokamoso, #NAF16, South Africa
photograph: dewil.ch (cc by-nc-nd 4.0 int)


The photographs and video stills are licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License
(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 INT). To view a copy of this license,
visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/


Solo Exhibitions

2018
Tell Freedom. 15 South African artists, Kunsthal Amersfoort, NL

2016
Di Dikadika Tsa Dinaledi, GoetheOnMain, Johannesburg, ZA
Noka Ya Bokamoso, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, ZA

2015
Seriti Se, POW, Galerie Wedding, Berlin

2014
Makhubu, Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London

2012
Seipone, alpha nova (galerie futura), Berlin

2011
50 G and Tlhogo, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, ZA

2010
Selogilwe, Brodie /Stevenson, Johannesburg, ZA
Mosako wa Seipone, GoetheOnMain, Johannesburg, ZA

2007
Project Room#7’, Johannesburg Art Gallery, ZA
Aboleleng and Hema, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, ZA


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2017
MINEThe Film Will Always Be You, a selection of South African artists,
LRG, Morwell, Australia, AU / (Tate Modern, London, 2015)
VIDEONOMAD @ Video Art Festival, Turku and philomena+, Vienna, AT
The Parliament of Bodies, Public Programs of documenta 14, Kassel, DE

2016
sans papiers, Kurt-Kurt, Kunst und Kontext im Stadtlabor, Berlin
!Kauru/Black Collectors Forum, FNB JoburgArtFair, Johannesburg, ZA
Undisciplinary Learning – Remapping the Aesthetics of Resistance,
District, Berlin
Being and Becoming: Complexities of the African Identity,
Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria, ZA

2015
Sights and Sounds: South Africa, Jewish Museum, New York
Emile Stipp Collection, JoburgArtFair, Johannesburg, ZA
RomAfrica Film Festival, Casa del Cinema, Rome, IT

2014
Territorien, <rotor>, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, AT
Giving Contours to Shadows, n.b.k. and and Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin
On Fire, DorkyPark Theatre, Cinema Arsenal, Berlin

2013
A Sculptural Premise, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
Próximo Futuro, Next Future, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PT

2012
III Moscow International Biennial
DAK’ART 2012 Biennial, Dakar
Theatre of Life, Center of Contemporary Art, Torun, PL
MINE, selection of films by South African artists, Dubai Community
Theatre & Arts Center, AE, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, ZA
Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, DE

2011
Beyond Football – Shifting Interests and Identity”, SAVVY, Berlin and
Goethe Institut Lagos, NG
(Re) constructions: Contemporary Art in South Africa, MAC-Niterói,
Rio de Janeiro, BR
Alterating Conditions: Performing Performance Art in South Africa,
Goethe on Main and Bag Factory, Johannesburg, ZA

2010
Hinter offenen Türen, Stadtgalerie im PROGR, Bern, CH
Ampersand, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
May Contain Nuts, Bag Factory, Johannesburg, ZA

2009
Innovative Woman, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, ZA
Adding Subtractions, Bag Factory, Johannesburg, ZA
Self /Not Self, Brodie /Stevenson, Johannesburg, ZA
Tlhogo ya Tsie, World Summit on Arts and Culture,
Museum Africa, Johannesburg, ZA
Ke Tlhogo, House of Legacy, Belgrade, RS

2008
Real Presence, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, IT
Reflect Refuel, Pretoria Art Museum, ZA

2007
Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, ZA
I Love You Positive or Negative, Espace Culturel Michel-Simon,
Noisy-le-Grand, Paris

2006
Alliance Française, Johannesburg, ZA