(b. 2001) in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town

Education

2025 - 2026 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Curatorship (Cum laude), Michaelis School of Fine Art & Centre for Curating the Archive, University of Cape Town

2022 - 2024 Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Art, Cape Town Creative Academy, Cape Town

2020 - 2022 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, University of Pretoria, Gauteng

Solo Exhibitions

Do not Torque to Remember (09/09/2026 - 30/09/2026), The Shapes of Remembering, Everard Read CIRCA Gallery - Currently on view

The Head and the Heart in the Heat (05/08/2024 - 17/08/2024), Everard Read CIRCA Gallery, (Cubicle Series), Cape Town

Arena, (20/01/2022 - 03/03/2022), Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

Selected Group Exhibitions
2026

MOER, curated by Matthew Michael & assisted by Björn Thomas for Design Week Cape Town, hosted by KLûK CGDT, Cape Town - Forthcoming

GIRLS 3000, curated by Keely Shinners & Dominique Cheminais, GIRLS Gallery, hosted at Everard Read CIRCA Gallery, Cape Town

Notes on Sculpture, curated by Leah Mascher, World Art, Cape Town

Exhibit B, Peter Clarke Art Centre, Cape Town

Listen, Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Everard Read CIRCA Gallery, Cape Town

Candy Shop, curated by Keely Shinners & Dominique Cheminais, GIRLS Gallery, Cape Town

2025

Winter Group Exhibition, Everard Read CIRCA Gallery, Cape Town

You End at the Change, I will Begin There, Michaelis School of Fine Art & the Centre for Curating the Archive, Cape Town

Museums & Management, Michaelis School of Fine Art & Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town

Training Terrain, curated by Matthew Michael, Demo Projects, Cape Town

Forget Me, Not, curated by Björn Thomas, Kalashnikov Gallery, Cape Town

Little Life, Everard Read CIRCA Gallery, Cape Town

2024

Pipe Dreams, Demo Projects, Cape Town

Rabbit Hole, One Park, curated by Matthew Michael & Björn Thomas, Cape Town

Blurring the Lines, Gallery the Fourth, Cape Town

2023

Sublet, curated by Amy Cornfield & Unathi Mkonto at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town

Full House, curated by Fede Arthouse & Under Projects, hosted by Blank Projects, Cape Town

Text, curated by Kamyar Bineshtarigh & Brett Charles Seiler, Cape Town

Wild Flowers Do Care Where They Grow, curated by Matthew Michael & Björn Thomas, Cape Town

2022

1 Kasten, Schoenwalder Strasse Project Space, curated by Christian Köebl, Berlin, Germany

Hellmouth, 51 Buitenkant Street, curated by Max Law & Brett Charles Seiler, Cape Town

Got Junk? Vol. 2, Gallery the Fourth, Cape Town

Blue Tape Series 3.0, curated by Björn Thomas at P72 Project Space, hosted by Kalashnikov Gallery, Johannesburg

2021

Got Junk?, Gallery the Fourth, Cape Town

You Don’t Say, University of Pretoria, Tshwane

2020

100 Years: Young Emerging Artists, University of Pretoria, Tshwane

2019

Good On Paper 2, curated by Sibu Masters, Tshwane

2018

Good On Paper, curated by Sibu Masters, Tshwane

Selected Press
2026

10th Anniversary Edition (Print), Sowetan S-Magazine, Johannesburg.

Happy Accidents and Tender Objects: The Expansive Practice of Matthew Michael (Online) Connect Everything Collective, Cape Town

April Edition: The Fashion Issue (Print & Online), Wanted! Magazine, Johannesburg

April Edition (Print), Sowetan S-Magazine, Johannesburg

2024

ISSUE 17 (Limited Edition Print), Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine, Barcelona

The Head and the Heart in the Heat (Online), KUBA PARIS Contemporary Art Blog, Hamburg

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