biography / bibliography
CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS
Born in 1973, Pretoria, South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
EDUCATION
1997
M.F.A. degree with distinction, University of Cape Town
1994
B.A. Fine arts degree, University of Stellenbosch
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Artist in Residence: Claudette Schreuders, Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, California, May 28–July 30, 2011.
Claudette Schreuders: Close, Close, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, March 17–April 16, 2011.
2009
Claudette Schreuders: Recent Prints, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg, February 26–April 9, 2009.
2007
Claudette Schreuders: The Long Day, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, May 3–June 2, 2007.
The Fall, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, February 9–March 10, 2007.
2005
Claudette Schreuders: Recent Works, Michael Stevenson Galley, Cape Town, South Africa, July 13–August 13, 2005.
2004
The Long Day, Arizona State University, Tempe, March 20–June 19, 2004. Traveled to: University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, California, September 13–October 13, 2004; Hand Art Center, Richmond, Virginia; Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Georgia; Warren Siebrits Gallery, Johannesburg. Curated by Heather Sealy Lineberry and Tina Yapelli.
2002
Crying in Public, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, closed December 21, 2002.
The Critic, Project room, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
2001
Burnt By the Sun, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, closed April 14, 2001.
Bank National Arts Festival, Johannesburg Civic Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1998
Claudette Schreuders, Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, The Paul J. Sachs Prints and Illustrated Books Galleries, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 23–August 14, 2011. Curated by Judith B. Hecker. (Catalogue)
Beguiling: The Self and the Subject, Irma Stern Museum, The University of Cape Town, South Africa, July 9–30, 2011.
2010–2011
Summer 2010/11: Anton Kannemeyer, Viviane Sassen, Claudette Schreuders, Serge Alain Nitegeka, Hylton Nel, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, December 2–January 15, 2011.
2008
Disguise, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, May 15–July 5, 2008.
2007–2008
Summer 2007–2008, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, November 28, 2007–January 12, 2008.
2007
All the More Real: Portrayals of Intimacy and Empathy, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, August 12–October 14, 2007.
Afterlife, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, March 22–April 28, 2007.
South African Art: Modern Art and Cultural Development in a Changing Society, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006
Since 2000: Printmaking Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 3–September 18, 2006.
-poiesis, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, June 29–July 28, 2006.
Personal Affects, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, February 24–May 7, 2006.
2005
Lasting Impressions: Selections from the print collection 2003–2005, Arizona State University Art Museum, Phoenix, February 4–August 5, 2005.
2004–2005
Collectors Show and Sale, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, December 3, 2004–February 6, 2005.
2004
Innocence and Insight, Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, October 22–December 4, 2004.
African Art is…, The UBS Art Gallery, New York, July 1–September 10, 2004. Curated by Jerome Vogel and Laurie Farell.
Season South Africa, Presented by Museum of African Art, and exhibited at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY
2003
Contact Zones: Colonial and Contemporary, Michael Stevenson Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa, May 7–June 14, 2003.
Coexistence, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, January 22–June 29, 2003.
Tekken: An exhibition of drawings by 15 contemporary South African Artists, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Johannesburg
1999–2002
Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, The Museum for African Art, New York, 1999. Traveled to: Austin Museum of Art, Texas, May 15–August 13, 2000; Iris & B. Gerald Canto Center For Visual Arts at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, October 10, 2001–January 6, 2002; The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, closed October 13, 2002. (Catalogue)
2002
Familie Verhalen uit Zuid Afrika, KIT Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
Six Stories, Karoo National Arts Festival, Outshoorn, South Africa
2000
A.R.E.A. 2000: Art Region End of Africa, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
Vita Awards 2000, Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg
Voices of South Africa, The British Museum, London
Unplugged V, Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery, Johannesburg
1999
Emergence, Standard Bank National Arts Festival
1998
Bringing up Baby : Artists Survey the Reproductive Body,” Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, Toured Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Lake Naivasha International Artists, National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya
1997
The Art of Describing, The Open Window Art Gallery, Pretoria
Lifetime Art Exhibition of Southern African Art, Out of Africa Festival, Munich
Michaelis Final Year Exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
Unplugged II, Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery, Johannesburg
1996–1997
Earth and Everything: Recent Art from South Africa, Arnolfini, Bristol, 1996. Traveled to: C.C.A., Glasgow; Firstsite, Colchester, Essex; Wrexham Arts Center, Wales.
1995
International Student Exhibition,Hiroshima, Japan
Kaping, Newtown Artspace, Biennial Fringe, Johannesburg
1994
Graduation Exhibition, University of Stellenbosch Gallery, Stellenbosch
1993
South African Environments, University of Stellenbosch Gallery, South Africa
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
The Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2005
“Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk, Albert Luthuli, Desmund Tutu,” Nobel Square Waterfront, Cape Town
1998
“Thomas,” Aga Kahn Walk, Nairobi
RESIDENCIES
2011
Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, California
2001
ARTOMI
1998
Naivasha International Artists Residency, Kenya, funded by the Ford Foundation
1996
Gasworks Studios, London, funded by The African Art Trust
WORKSHOP
1999
Aftershave International Artists Workshop, Jos, Nigeria
AWARDS
2002
Finalist for Daimler Chrysler Award For South African Sculpture
2000
Finalist for the FNB Vita Art Prize and Exhibition 2000
TEACHING
1999–2000
Sculpture Lecturer at the University of Pretoria
1997
Part time drawing lecturer at the University of Cape Town, South Africa