Santu Mofokeng

Born 1956 in South Africa
1985-87 member of the Afrapix Collective, since 1988, research at the Institute for African Studies, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg.

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

1999Chasing Shadows, House of World Cultures, Berlin
The black photo album - Johannesburg, 1890-1950, l'Atelier de Visu, Marseille


1994Rumours/The Bloemhof Portfolio, Market Gallery, Johannesburg

1993Like Shifting Sand, Market Gallery, Johannesburg


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2000Translation/Seduction/Displacement, White Box, New York

19972nd Johannesburg Biennale

1996Colours - Kunst aus Südafrika, House of World Cultures, Berlin
Drum, 40 Years of Photography in Africa, Guggenheim Museum, New York


1995/96Panoramas of Passage, Standard Bank Festival of the Arts, Grahamstown
Transitions, Contemporary Art from South Africa, F-Stop Gallery, Bath
Distorting Mirror/Townships Imagined, Worker's Library, Resource Centre and Museum, Johannesburg
Assises de I'Afrique au Siège de I'UNESCO, Paris


1995Fotografie Forum, Frankfurt
Südafrikanische Fotografie, ifa Galerie, Bonn


1994/95Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine, Bamako, Mali und FNAC, Paris
A Shifting Landscape, Photo International, Rotterdam.
This Land is Our Land, Bloemfontein, und The Market Gallery, Johannesburg


1993FNAC - Mother Jones Grant Winners 1992, France, Belgium, Deutschland
Montages 93, - International Festival of the Image, Rochester, New York
Fotofestival, Herten
In Transit, - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York


1991Schwarz Weiß, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery


1988/91Going Home, (with Paul Weinberg), Tatham Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, und Rhodes Universität, Grahamstown

1988Taking Sides, Universität Kapstadt und White Chapel Gallery, London

1987Culture for Another South Africa, Amsterdam
Domestic Workers, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, and Capetown University
Human Rights, Market Galleries, Johannesburg
Train Culture -The Staffrider Group Exhibition, The Market Gallery, Johannesburg