Boitumelo Donna Kukama
Born March 24, 1981, in Mafikeng, South Africa.
Based in Gauteng, South Africa.
Upcoming Exhibitions/Performances
Sept 2010: Featuring Simplicity as an Irrational Fear, Michael Stevenson (Project Space), Cape Town
curated by Lerato Bereng
Sept 2010: MTN New Contemporaries Awards, KZNSA Gallery, Durban
curated by Nontobeko Ntombela
Sept 2010: "Black Money Market" to happen during University of Basel 550yr Anniversary Celebrations.
Selected Exhibitions
2010: Contemporary Artists from South Africa, Gallery 3,14, Bergen, Norway.
2010: US (part of the exhibition 1910-2010: FROM PIERNEEF TO GUGULECTIVE),
South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
curated by Bettina Malcomess & Simon Njami
2010: Hearts & Minds (Part of the Third Biennial Art History Symposium,
"Africa on My Mind: Contemporary Art, Home and Abroad"),
Hall Street Gallery, Savannah, USA.
curated by Thomas Dry Barry
2010: Arte InVisible, ARCO Fair, Madrid, Spain.
curated by Elvira Dyangani Ose, N'gone Fall, & Elizabeth Giorgis
2009: Dada South? Exploring Dada legacies in South African Art 1960 to the present,
The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
curated by Roger va Wyk & Kathryn Smith, with Lerato Bereng
2009: Mapping The Blank Spots, Art Miami 2009, USA.
curated by Asher Remy Toledo and Julia Draganovic
2009: 6 Stories/6 Hours/6 Artists, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa.
curated by Khwezi Gule
2009: US, Goodman Project Space, Johannesburg
curated by Simon Njami & Bettina Malcomess
2009: US, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
curated by Simon Njami & Bettina Malcomess
2009: On Screen:Global Intimacy, Krannert Art Museum, Illinois
curated by Tumelo Mosaka
2009: Here and Now, Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
curated by Tumelo Mosaka
2009: Multipistes Parties, Meneer de Wit, Amsterdam
curated by Khwezi Gule
2008: Pool of possibilities, Mapping Currents for the Third Ghuangzhou Trienniale
(online http://www.aaa.org.hk/3gzt/)
2008: Gast/Spiel, a fringe project during ArtBasel 08, held at Hohstraum 11, Basel
2008: Archives Projects, L'Arsenic, Lausanne
2007: Devénir-Animal, L'Arsenic, Lausanne
2006: Age of Hope, United Nations Gallery, Geneva
2006: “Visions d’Artistes”, Dak’Art off Biennalé, Yassine Art Center, Dakar
2005: Take Me to the River, The Pretoria Art Museum, Tshwane
2005: TUT Graduate and Postgraduate exhibition, Franchise Gallery, Johannesburg
2004: Young Vision, L’Alliance Français, Johannesburg
2004: Negotiate, Johannesburg Art Gallery
2004: Geslag, Aardklop Arts Festival, Potchefstroom
2004: Real Presence; Generation 4, Yugoslavian Museum of National History, Serbia
2003: Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Tshwane
Selected Public Interventions
2009: The Swing (After After Fragonard), as part of Art That Comes To You
during The Spring Art Tour, Johannesburg
2009: My piece of Gold, during the Urban Scenographies Festival, Johannesburg
2008: The Red Socks, Ferme Asile, Sion
2008: Little Boxes, L'arsenic, Lausanne
2007: The Red Briefcase (Contact, Keys, Exit), Festival Points d’Impacts, Geneva
2006: The Red Suitcase, 9th Elia Biennal Conference, Ghent
Selected Performances
2010: 1000 Ways of Being (The museum Tour), South African National Gallery, Cape Town
2009: The Great South African Art Queue, South African National Gallery, Cape Town
2009: Mass Action Strike!, Johannesburg Art Gallery
2009: Heart of Darkness:Vol 1.1, Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
2008: Silang Mabele III, Hohlraum 11, Basel
2008: Does a Snowball Have to be White? Chateau Mercier, Sierre
2007: Let Go II, L’Arsenic, Lausanne
2006: Silang Mabele II, The Container (FAC-ECAV), Sierre
2005: Dieledi, The Pretoria Art Museum, Tshwane
2004: Curio, L’Alliance Français, Johannesburg
2004: Breath, JAG, Johannesburg
2004: Silang Mabele, Yugoslavian Museum of National History, Belgrade
2003: Diketo, Potchefstroom National Arts Festival
Selected Collaborations
2009: Chicken Hollywood, public intervention with Lerato Bereng & Linzi Lewis, Drill Hall, Johannesburg
2008: “Pour moi, She is a wonder-woman”, sound intervention with students from the Collége de la Seymaz, Geneva.
2007: Treason 2, a public intervention in collaboration with JPP, Sierre, Switzerland
2007: The Red Suitcase (rumor), performance at Festival Points d’Impacts, Geneva.
2006: Unity & Duality, performance with Katherine Oggier, Férme Asile, Sion.
Selected Video/Photo Productions
2009: The Swing (After After Fragonard), Johannesburg, South Africa
2009: The Silence of Protest, Johannesburg, South Africa
2008: Not Yet (and nobody knows why not), Nairobi, Kenya
2007: The Red Briefcase, Rue du Rothorn, Sierre, Switzerland
2006: Let go, Isle de Breyhat, France
2006: Laughing and Crying, MAPS, Sierre, Switzerland
Collections
Jack Ginsberg (Artist Book Collection): Director, Ampersand Foundation, New York
Telkom Art Collection, South Africa
Graskop Hotel, South Africa
Education
2005-2008: Postgraduate Degree in MAPS (Masters of Arts in the Public Sphere) , ECAV, Sierre
2003-2004: B-Tech (Fine Arts), Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria
1999-2003: National Diploma in Fine Arts, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria