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KAY HASSAN

Born in 1956, Johannesburg

Lives and works in Johannesburg

EDUCATION

1978-80

Studied fine art at the ELC Art Centre at Rorke's Drift, KwaZulu Natal.

1986-88

Scholarship from the French government to study printmaking with S.W. Hayter at Studio 17, Paris

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008

Recent Photographs, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY

Urbanation, Johannesburg Art Gallery

2007-8

Fixing time, Smac Gallery Stellenbosch, South Africa

2006

Kay Hassan, MoBa gallery, Brussels

Kay Hassan, Wertz Contemporary, Atlanta

2003

Everyday people, Momo´s Gallery, Johannesburg

Kay Hassan, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland

2000

Kay Hassan, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa

Kay Hassan, South African National Gallery, Cape Town

Kay Hassan, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa

Kay Hassan, House Huth, Berlin

Kay Hassan, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

1999

Konstruktive Collagen, Galerie Seippel, Köln, Germany

1993

Kay Hassan, The Berman Gallery, Johannesburg

1989

Schule für Gestaltung, Basel

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008

Snap Judgments, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam

Snap Judgments, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis

Multiple choice: Norman Catherine, Kay Hassan, William Kentridge, Nomad MoBa; Brussels

2007

Snap Judgments, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

2006

Snap Judgments, IPC International Centre of Photography, NY

Snap Judgments, Museo Tamayo,Mexico City

Snap Judgments, Miami Art Central, Miami

2005

Urban Cocktail, Walker Art Center, Medtronic Gallery, USA

2004

New Identities, Museum Bochum, Germany

2003

The African Exile museum, Migros Museum, Zürich

Body and the Archive, Artists Space, NY

2002

Playtime, Museum Africa, Johannesburg

Exposition collective, Palais de Tokio, Paris

The Short Century, P.S.1, NY

2001

The Short Century, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

The Short Century, Villa Stuck, München/Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin

2000

Dak´Art, Biennale, Dakar, Senegal

Memorias Intimas Marcas, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium

1999

Disorder, Camouflage A3HB, Hans Bogatzke collection of contemporary African art, Brussels

1998

La Ville, Le Jardin, La Mémoire, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medici, Roma/Italy

Democracy´s Images, BildMuseet, Umea, Sweden

1997

FNB Vita Awards Exhibition, Civic Gallery, Johannesburg

Fin de siècle, Nantes, France

Trade Routes: History and Geography, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa

No Place Like Home, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

1996

Four Artists, Wright Gallery, NY

Hitch-Hiker, Generator Space, AICA, Newtown, Johannesburg

Earth and Everything, Arnolfini, Bristol, England

Colours. Kunst aus Südafrika, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

1995

Hassan, Koloane and Mautloa, Newtown Gallery, Johannesburg

Biennale, Fringe Exhibition/South Africa

FNB Vita Art Show, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg

Kwangiu Biennale, Kwangju, Korea

Contemporary Art from South Africa, Deutsche Aerospace, Munich

1994

Places of Power, Newtown Gallery, Johannesburg

1992

Two Decades of Fire, FUNDA, Soweto, Johannesburg

1989

Thupelo Workshop Exhibition, FUBA Gallery, Johannesburg

1987

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Carrefour international des graveurs, Mairie de Cannes

Artistes du Monde, Galerie Bernanos, Paris

1986

FUBA Art Gallery, Soweto, Johannesburg

1985

Tributaries, Contemporary South African Art, Newtown Gallery, Johannesburg

1983

Bradford Print Biennale, Bradford, England

Market Theatre Gallery, Johannesburg

1982

Commonwealth Institute, London

1981

Artists from Africa, African Art Centre, London

1980

Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2000
Recipient of first DaimlerChrysler Award for South Africa Contemporary Art

1990-93
Taught at Federation Union of Black Artists (F.U.B.A.), Johannesburg

1988-89
Guest student at Schule für Gestaltung, Basel

1982-86
Initiated and taught fine art classes at the Alliance Francaise, Soweto