Lucas SITHOLE
1931 - 1994
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List of selected solo and group shows
One-man exhibitions
1966 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg
1967 Gallery 101, Johannesburg
1968 Gallery 101, Johannesburg
1970 Gallery 101, Johannesburg
1972 Gallery 101, Johannesburg
1973 Gallery International, Cape Town
1974 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1974 N.S.A. Gallery, Durban
1974 Gallery International, Cape Town
1975 Gallery International, Cape Town
1976 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1977 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1978 Gallery International, Cape Town
1978 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1979 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1979 Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), Johannesburg (Retrospective)
1979 Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria (Retrospective)
1980 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (9 major works)
1981 The Haenggi Foundation, Johannesburg (in collaboration with Gallery 21) (7 sculptures)
1981 Ernst de Jong Studio Gallery, Pretoria
1982 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1983 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1985 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1987 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1988 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1989 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1992 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1995 Galerie der Kunstsammlung Unterseen, Switzerland – Memorial Exhibition (26 sculptures)
Selected Group Exhibitions
1960 Queens Gallery, Johannesburg (Polly Street Group)
1960 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (won 2nd prize, Artists of Fame & Promise)
1961 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (Artists of Fame & Promise; The Year’s Findings)
1962 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (South African Art 1818-1962)
1962 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (Township Life as seen by three Africans) (March)
1963 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (Artists of Fame & Promise; The Year’s Findings)
1963 Piccadilly Gallery, London
1963 Gallery 101, Johannesburg (The Gallery 101 – U.A.T. 1963 Competition, Johannesburg: Arbeid-Work)
1964 Transvaal Academy, Johannesburg
1964 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (Artists of Fame & Promise)
1965 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (Township Life; African Art; S.A. Painters Past and Present; The Year’s Findings; Artists of Fame and Promise)
1965 Piccadilly Gallery, London
1966 Republic Festival Art Exhibition, Pretoria
1966 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (Artists of Fame & Promise)
1967 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg (Sculpture S.A. 1900-1967)
1967 S.A. Association of Arts, Pretoria
1968 XXXIV Biennale, Venice (featured sculptor in South African entry)
1969 Art South Africa Today, Durban
1970 Gallery 101, Johannesburg (The Nude in 101)
1971 NICRO Art Dealers’ Fair, Johannesburg
1971 Gallery 101, Johannesburg - Group 51, Johannesburg (Winter Art Exhibition)
1971 Gallery 101, Johannesburg (10 Transvaal Sculptors)
1972 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (38 artists)
1972 Gallery 101, Johannesburg (25 African Artists)
1973 Gallery International, Cape Town (Summer Exhibition)
1973 NICRO Art Dealers’ Fair, Johannesburg
1973 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Collectors’ Choice; Selection ’73; Winter ’73)
1973 Group 51, Johannesburg (Winter Art Exhibition)
1974 ART 5’74, Basel (Gallery 21)
1974 Gallery 21, London
1974 Gallery International, Cape Town (Summer Exhibition)
1974 Gallery 101, Johannesburg (4th Transvaal Sculpture Exhibition)
1975 Die Kunskamer, Cape Town
1975 Gallery 21, London (African Art from South Africa) (February/March)
1975 S.A. Association of Arts, Pretoria (The Animal in Art)
1975 The University of Fort Hare, Alice (Contemporary African Art)
1975 Gallery International, Cape Town (Festival: African Art)
1975 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (July Winners)
1976 Texas A&M University "Art of Black Africa" (from the Rex Grey Family Collection)
1976 S.A. Association of Arts, Windhoek (jointly with Lucky Sibiya)
1976 National Museum and Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana (jointly with Lucky Sibiya)
1976 Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg (Metalart)
1976 Uniefees Hall, Pretoria
1976 St. Peter’s Seminary, Hammanskraal
1976 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Summer Madness)
1976 Gallery International, Cape Town (Claremont Exhibition)
1977 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (21st March)
1977 Gallery International, Cape Town (Collector’s Choice)
1977 S.A. National Gallery, Cape Town (20th Century Sculpture)
1977 Hoffer Art Gallery, Pretoria
1977 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Selection ’77)
1977 National Gallery of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Salisbury/Harare (South African Art)
1977 The World Wilderness Congress, Johannesburg
1977 ISCOR, Kwamasiza, Sebokeng
1978 National Art Gallery, Bulawayo (South African Art)
1978 S.A. Association of Arts, Pretoria
1978 Collectors Gallery, Johannesburg
1978 St. Alban’s College, Pretoria
1978 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (A Collector’s Choice; Treasures of the Year)
1979 S.A. Association of Arts, Pretoria (East Rand Black Art)
1979 Contemporary African Art in South Africa – University of Fort Hare Collection (exhibited in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Kimberley)
1979 Gallery International, Cape Town (Contemporary Group)
1979 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Winter ’79; Treasures of the Year)
1979 University of Fort Hare, Alice (Contemporary African Art )
1979 National Museum, Bloemfontein
1980 University of Pretoria, Pretoria (Sculpture 80)
1980 Town Council of Boksburg, Boksburg (Art Exhibition)
1981 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (WITS Collection)
1981 Look-Out Art Gallery, Plettenberg Bay
1981 Standard Bank, Jabulani, Soweto (Black Art Today)
1981 Republic Festival Arts Exhibition, Durban
1982 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Selection ’82)
1982 Orange Vaal Administration Board, Sebokeng, Vanderbijlpark
1983 Africana Museum in Progress, Johannesburg (Tributaries: S.A. Contemporary Art: BMW)
1983 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Recent Acquisitions; Summer Selection ’83; Le Poisson: Variations on a Fish; The Nude in 21)
1984 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Collectors’ Choice; September Selection)
1984 Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg (A Selection)
1984 Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria (The Image of Man)
1984 Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (The Image of Man)
1984 Dennis Hotz Gallery, Johannesburg (Private Art for Public Viewing)
1984 S.A. Association of Arts, Pretoria
1985 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg (Wildlife Artists of the World)
1985 South African National Gallery, Cape Town (The Image of Man)
1985 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Summer Exhibition)
1985/86 “Quellen und Strömungen” touring exhibition presented by BMW in Western Germany and Austria
1986 Alliance Française, Pretoria (Historical Perspective of Black Art)
1986 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Contemporary African Art in the PELMAMA Collection)
1987 Die Kunskamer, Cape Town (25 Leading S.A. Artists; 16th Anniversary Exhibition)
1987 Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (VITA Art Now)
1987 Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg (A Selection)
1987 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (Contemporary S.A. Masters Present and Future); Autumn ’87; Winter ’87)
1988 Die Kunskamer, Cape Town (25 Leading S.A. Artists)
1988 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1988 Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, University of the O.F.S., Bloemfontein
1988 Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of S.A. Art (1930-1988)
1988 Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (VITA Art Now)
1988 Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg (The SASOL Art Collection)
1988 Gallery Strydom, George
1989 Kosmos Gallery, Potchefstroom (SA Association of Arts, Potchefstroom) (13th to 28th April)
1989 S.A. Association of Arts, Pretoria
1993 Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany (Meisterwerke der Sammlung Péus)
1996 Galerie Rosengarten, Thun („Künstler aus Südafrika“) (15th July to 10th August)
1997/98 Galerie Artimex Fine Arts, Basel
2001/02 "The Short Century", curated by Okwui Enwezor, exhibited at: Museum Villa Stuck, Munich; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MOMA New York
2008 Smac Art Gallery, Stellenbosch (February/May)
2010 S.A. National Gallery, Cape Town “1910-2010 From Pierneef to Gugulective” (April/September)
2011 Gallery Momo, Johannesburg (“Decoded – South African Masters”) (February/March)
2016/17 Haus der Kunst, München ("Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945-1965") (October/March)
Updated 24th January, 2017