Bev Butkow CV contemporary artist - maker, thinker, carer, connector Born Johannesburg 1967 +27-83-378-1981 bevbutkow@gmail.co m Instagram #bevbutkow
Emerging South African artist Bev Butkow is a maker, thinker, carer, and connector, who arrived late to the arts, first holding a paint brush in her mid-40’s. She transgresses boundaries between textile, painting, sculpture, and installation. Her instinctive make-shift experimentations are informed by her multiple life roles and experiences. Based in Johannesburg with her husband and children, the city is key to her creative process.
Solo exhibitions 2023 re-weaving m/other, Origins Centre Museum, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) 2021 embodied-entanglements/entangled-embodiments, MFA show, Origins Centre Museum, Wits 2015 m/other, Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg Biennials/triennals 2022 14th Dakar Biennial International exhibition, 'Ndaffa / Forging / Out of the Fire, curated by Dr El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, Dakar, Senegal 2022 Contextile Bienal TextileTALKS, Guimaräes, Portugal, curated by Lala de Dios 2021 Every Woman Biennial, London 2021 Interwoven Worlds, ACASA Triennial, online 2020 IX Bienal World Textile Art-Chile, online Formal learning 2018–2022 Master of Fine Arts, cum laude, University of Witwatersrand (Wits), under supervisor Dr Jessica Webster 2016–2017 Honours in Art History, cum laude, Wits, under supervisors Dr Nicole Cloete and Dr Stacey Vorster 1985–1991 B.Com, B.Acc, CA(SA), H.Dip.Tax, Wits Curated exhibitions 2023 Paragone: What's with mediums today? International exhibition, curated by Graça Rodrigues, Katherine Sirois, Sónia Ribeiro and Ricardo Barbosa Vicente, EPAL Water Museum, Lisbon 2023 Yi Tai Sculpture & Installation Projects, curated by Chris Wan, Art Central Hong Kong 2022 Rich in Fibre, curated by Dineke van der Walt, KKNK National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
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