William Kentridge
2006
Selected solo exhibitions and projects
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, 'William Kentridge / The Magic Flute: drawings and projections', January 19 - February 25
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, mid-January - late February (Model Arts and Niland Gallery show)
San Francisco Art Institute, William Kentridge (exhibition and 2006 McBean Distinguished Lecture), January 25 - March 25
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 'William Kentridge: 9 Drawings for Projection', February 15 - 20
Art for the World, Isola Madre, Italy, 'William Kentridge: Preparing the Flute', June 10 - September 19
Galerie Marian Goodman,Paris, William Kentridge June 20 - July 27
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 'William Kentridge: Black Box / Chambre Noire', July 26 - August 10
Johannesburg Art Gallery, 'William Kentridge: Black Box / Chambre Noire', May 7 - July 9
Museum Höxter-Corvey, Höxter, Germany, 'William Kentridge: Black Box / Chambre Noire', May - June
Selected group exhibitions
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Venice-Istanbul, October 17- January 28, 2007
Nelson Atkins Museum, USA, 'New Media Projects', 21 April – 9 July
Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, '7 Fragments for George Méliès', 7 April – 30 July
Compton Verney, United Kingdom, 'The Starry Messenger: Visions of the Universe', 7 July - 10 September
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 'Africa Remix, Art of a Continent', 27 May - 30 August
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 'Africa Remix, Art of a Continent', 14 October 2006 - 14 January, 2007
Selected theatre
'Die Zauberflöte', travels to Lille and Caen (February 28 to March 12, 2006), Tel Aviv (May 24 to ??), Naples (October 6 to October 14, 2006)
Awards
Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal, University of Chicago (and Kovler Fellowship)
2005
Selected solo exhibitions
College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, William Kentridge: prints (touring from Faulconer Gallery, Grinell College), January 18 - February 27
Musée d’Art Contemporaine de Montreal, Montreal, William Kentridge (touring from Castello di Rivoli), February 10 - April 23
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, William Kentridge,June 4 -July 18
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, William Kentridge (touring from Castello di Rivoli), July 01 - 23
Model Arts + Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland, September
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland (touring from Model Arts + Niland Gallery), November 05 - January 06
Guggenheim Museum, Berlin, Germany, October 28
Galeria Lia Rumma, Naples, William Kentridge, November
Miami Art Central, William Kentridge (touring from Castello di Rivoli), November
Selected group exhibitions
Chabot Museum, Rotterdam, January 26 - February 6
The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 'DreamingNow', January 27- April 24
51st Venice Biennale 2005, Italian Pavilion, 'The Experience of Art', June 12 - November 6
Mönchehaus Museum for Modern Art, Goslar, Germany, 'Modern Times', June 25 - September 18
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contremporanea, Rivoli, Torino, 'Faces in the Crowd / Volti nella Folla', December 03, (touring from Whitechapel Art Gallery, London)
Selected theatre
Directs 'Die Zauberflöte', La Monnaie, Brussels premiere on April 26, 2005 (touring in 2006 and 2007 to Lille, Caen, Naples, Geneva, Johannesburg)
2004
Selected solo exhibitions and projects
Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy, William Kentridge January 7 – February 29 (touring K20/21, Düsseldorf, Germany, March 25 – May 31 2004; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, September 1 – 28 November 28, 2004, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Canada, 10 February 10 – April 23, 2005; Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa, July 1 – October 31, 2005)
Art 3 and la CRAC, Valence, France, William Kentridge, March 31 to May 28 (touring to Musée Chateau d’Annecy, Annecy, France, October 27, 2004 to January 31, 2005
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, William Kentridge, March 4 - April 10
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia, William Kentridge August 25th- September 25
Grinell College Faulconer Gallery, Grinell, Iowa USA, William Kentridge (exhibition of prints) October 1- December 19, (touring to College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio January 18 to February 27, 2005)
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, William Kentridge, October 23 - November 27
Metropolitan Museum, New York, 'William Kentridge, a small exhibition of works from the collection of the museum' , November 15, 2004 - February 20, 2005
Selected group exhibitions
Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada, The Divine Comedy, January 24 - May 16
Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece,' Monument to Now ',June 22, 2004 - January 31, 2005
Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany, 'Africa Remix', July 24 - November 7, 2004; Hayward Gallery, London, February 10 – April 17, 2005; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, May 15 – August 20,2005; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Museum Bochum, Germany, 'New Identities: Contemporary South African Art', July 31 - November 7
MeranoArte, Meran 2nd Biennale: + Positive, September 11 - January 9
Toyota Museum of Art, Tokyo, 'In Bed', October 5 - 26
Le Grand Café, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Saint-Nazaire, France, 'Trouble', November 6 – December 31
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 'Faces in the Crowd / Volti nella Folla', December 03 (touring to Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contremporanea, Rivoli, Torino, April 4, 2005 to July 10, 2005)
Selected film
'9 Films' (projection of 9 Soho Eckstein Films from 35mm accompanied by live music),
Spier, Cape Town, South Africa, March 6+7; Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 19-26; Kliptown, Soweto September 2004; Newtown, Johannesburg, September 2004
61 Mostra Internazionale d’arte Cinematografica, Venice 'Tide Table'also William Kentridge makes the cinematic logo sequence for the 61 Mostra Internazionale d’arte Cinematografica, 2004
Selected theatre
'Il Ritorno d’Ulisse', revival of the 1998 opera performed in Melbourne
Awards
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
2003
Selected solo exhibitions
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, William Kentridge, March 1 – 29
Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden, 'William Kentridge: Journey to the Moon and 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès', 6 June – August 31
Möenchehaus Museum Goslar, Goslar, Germany, William Kentridge (exhibition for award of Goslar Kaiserring to William Kentridge), October 11, 2003 – February 1st, 2004
Selected group exhibitions
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 'Apparition: the action of appearing', March 8 – April 27
Gallery at Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, 'William Kentridge: Thinking In Water', April 23 - June 14
Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, 'Der Verlust des Anderen: Trauer und Traurigkeit in der zeitgenoessischen Kunst', April 16 - August 29
Sharjah Art Museum and Expo Centre Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 'Universes in Universe: Caravan, Sharjah International Biennale 6', 8 April – 8 May
ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany, 'Banquet: Metabolism and Communication', May, 15 – August, 24 (touring to MediaLabMadrid, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, September, 24th - November, 23rd 2003)
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 'Coexistence: Contemporary Cultural Production in South Africa', 22 January-29 June (touring South African National Gallery, Cape Town September 24, 2003 – March 2004)
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 'Transferts', 21 June -14 September
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 'For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life', June 28 - September 28
Selected film
Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA in Helsinki, 'Cinematic Imaginary After Film: Future Cinema', June 28 – September 28
2002
Selected solo exhibitions
Lia Rumma Gallery, Milan, William Kentridge, 17 January – 29 March
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, William Kentridge, May 1 - June 22
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, 'William Kentridge: Zeno Writing', 8 November 2002 – 4 January 2003
Selected group exhibitions
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, Documenta XI, 8 June – 15 September
Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne Art Fair, October 2 - 6
Arnolfini, Bristol, 'Apparition: the action of appearing', 30 November - 9 February 2003
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 'The Divine Comedy: Francisco Goya, Buster Keaton, William Kentridge', 7 February - 26 May
Trevi Cultural Center, Bolzano, 'Itlay, Passport to South Africa: arte contemporanea sudafricana', February 7 – March 12
Haus der Kunst Munchen, Munich, 'Stories', March 28 – June 23
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 'Moving Pictures', June 28, 2002 – January 12, 2003
Art Tower Mito, nr. Tokyo, 'Screen Memories: Imitation of Llife', April 13 – June 9
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo,' Refuge ', June 20 - ??
Pohjanmaan Museo, Vaasa, Finland, 'Grafinnova 2002: International Exhibition of Prints and Drawings', October 6 – December 12
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Egypt, 'Imagining the Book: international contemporary art encounter', September 12 – 21
Ivan Dougherty Gallery UNSW, Sydney, 'African Marketplace', August 22 – September 28
RASA, Sint Niklaas, Belgium, 'A Place of Your Own', opened September 2002, touring 26 different locations throughout Flanders until June 2004
Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, 'Comer o no Comer' (To Eat or Not to Eat), November 23, 2002 – January 19 2003
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, New York, 'Global Priority', October 19- December 21 (touring to Pier Two in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from March 14, 2003 to April 15, 2003; Herter Art Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 16 to December 19, 2003)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, 'Tech/No/Zone: contemporary media art', 12 October 2002 – 12 January 2003
Selected film
Caracas, Venezuela, film retrospective at Fundavisual Latina
Cleveland, Ohio, film retrospective at 26th Cleveland International Film Festival, March 14-24
ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, 'Cinematic Imaginary After Film: Future Cinema', November 16 2002 – March 30 2003
Selected theatre
Creates animation for, and directs production of, 'Confessions of Zeno', 2002, multi-media shadow oratorio; libretto Jane Taylor, score Kevin Volans (tours to Luna Theater, kunstenFESTIVALdesarts, Brussels; Staatstheater Schauspielhaus, Documenta XI, Kassel; Kommunikations Fabrik, Frankfurt; National Theatre, Zagreb; Monument Theatre, Grahamstown (South Africa); Freie Volksbuhne, Berlin; Kampnagel Fest, Hamburg; Teatro Valle, Rome; Teatro Liceo, Salamanca; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Theatre de Caen, Caen; Theatre d’Angouleme, Angouleme; Spier Amphitheatre, Stellenbosch (South Africa); Victoria Theatre, Singapore)
2001
Selected solo exhibitions
Historisches Museum in collaboration with Schirn Kunstalle, Frankfurt, 'Das Gedachtnis der Kunst: Geschichte und Erinnerung in der Kunst der Gegenwart', January 10 to March 11
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, William Kentridge, 28 February-13 May (touring to New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, 3 June-16 September 2001; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 20 October 2001 – 20 January 2002; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, 1 March – 5 May 2002; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 21July - 6 October 2002; South African National Gallery, Cape Town 7 December 2002 – 23 March 2003)
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, William Kentridge, 8 September – 27 October
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington DC, 'William Kentridge: Recent Editions', February 24 - April 21
selected group exhibitions
Yokohama Exhibition Hall, Tokyo, 'MEGA WAVE-Towards a New Synthesis', Yokohama Triennale
P.S. 1, New York, 'Animations, 14 October 2001- 13 January 2002 (tourning to Kunstwerke, Berlin February 8 – April 6 2003)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 'Rotterdam is Many Cities (Heironymus Bosch / Kentridge)', Sept 1 – Nov 11
Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, Bergamo, Italy,'In FUMO (Art, Comics, Communication)', September 27 2001 – January 6 2002
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, 'ARS 01: Unfolding Perspectives', September 30 2001 - January 21 2002
Kokerei Zollverein (Zeitgenossische Kunst und Kritik), Cologne, 'Arbeit Essen Angst', May 26 – October 3
Gallery Mam, Douala, Cameroon, 'Lines of Connection', May 3 – May 17
Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, 'The Short Century', 15 February-22 April (touring House of World Cultures in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 18 May-22 July 2001; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 8 September-30 December 2001; P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center and Museum of Modern Art, New York 10 February-5 May 2002)
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, 'Lateral Thinking: Art of the 1990s', Sept 16, 2001 – Jan 13, 2002 (touring Colorado Springs Fine Art Centre, Colorado Springs, Sept 27 2002 – Jan 4, 2003; Hood Museum, Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire, Jan 3 – March 14, 2004; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, July 17 – October 17, 2004)
Selected film
San Francisco Cinemateque, San Francisco,' The Animated Film of William Kentridge'
Selected theatre
Creates animation for, and directs of 'Zeno at 4 a.m.', 2001, multi-media shadow oratorio; libretto Jane Taylor, score Kevin Volans (tours to Luna Theatre, KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, Brussels; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; Paris, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; John Jay College Theater, Lincoln Center, New York; Theatre d’Angouleme, Angouleme; Theatre Garonne, Toulouse; Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens)
2000
Selected solo exhibitions
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, 'William Kentridge : ‘procession’', 15 November-9 December
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, William Kentridge, April 14 – May 20
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, 'William Kentridge: New Work', 30 May-14 July
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, William Kentridge, September 16 – 23
P.S.1, New York, 'Vertical Painting', 21 May 2000 (Stair Procession, painting on wall for long term installation)
Selected group exhibitions
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, William Kentridge and Kara Walker, 3 March-28 May
Biennale Exhibition Hall, Kwangju, Korea, 'Third Kwangju Biennale Korea 2000: Man + Space', 29 March-7 June
New Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, Third Shanghai Biennale, 6 November 2000-6 January 2001
P.S.1, New York, 'Around 1984: A Look at Art in the Eighties’ 21 May-24 September
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 'The Self is Something Else: Art at the end of 20th Century', February 19 – June 18
Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, 'Insistent Memory: The Architecture of Time in Video', January 21 - March 12
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 'Outbound: passages from the ‘90’s', March 4 – May 7
Coninx Museum, Zurich, 'Beyond Borders', September 15 – January 28
Umedalen Skulptur / Bildmuseet, Umea, 'Umedalen Skulptur 2000', June 6 – September 3
Arts Alive Festival, Johannesburg,' RETREKS: unSUNg CITY '(touring to Amsterdam, October 10 and 11, 2001)
Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Kassel, 'Das Lied von der Erde'
Palais de Papes, Avignon, 'La beauté in fabula'
Havana, Seventh Havana Biennale: 'Closer to One Another', 14 November 2000-January 2001 Victoria Miro Gallery, London, 'Works on Paper from Acconci to Zittel', 27 June - 15 September, 2001
Selected film
Stuttgart, film retrospective at International Trickfilm-Festival, March 16-21
Wellington, New Zealand, film retrospective at XXXII New Zealand Film Festival, July 7-23
Annecy, France, Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old (1991) selected for Jewels of Century at the Annecy International Festival of Animated Film
São Paulo, 'Videobrasil: Mostra Africana de Arte Contemporânea', August 16 – September 17
1999
Selected solo exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 'Projects 68: William Kentridge', 13 April-8 June 1999
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, 'William Kentridge: Sleeping on Glass', 18 September-13 November
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 'William Kentridge: Stereoscope', 16 October-20 November
Netherlands Architectural Institute, Rotterdam, 'Ulisse: Echo'
Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples, William Kentridge, 22 May-22 July
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington DC, 'William Kentridge: recent editions', May 1 to June 12, 1999
Selected group exhibitions
Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, '<>FAST FORWARD.ZA', 5 June-3 October
Giardini di Castello, Venice, 48th 'Venice Biennale: d'APERTutto', 13 June-4 November
Istanbul, VI Istanbul Biennale: 'The Passion and the Wave' 17 September –30 October
Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Valencia, 'A Sangre y Fuego' 14 October-5 December
Villa Medici, Rome, 'La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire' (1999 phase of Act 1, Act 2, Act 3)
Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 'AKT 1: Scenekunst og Billedkunst', June 19 – August 15
RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, 'Drawing, Thinking', 9 October - 7 November
Galerie fur Zeitgenössische Kunst, 'Leipzig, Life Cycles', 24 October – 5 December
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 'Kunstwelten im Dialog', November 5th, 1999 – March 19th, 2000
Carnegie Museum of American Art, Pittsburgh 'Carnegie International 1999/2000 CI 99:00', November 6, 1999 – March 26, 2000; awarded the Carnegie Medal
Tachikawa, Japan, International Art Festival, October 3- November 23,
Cape Town (various venues), 'Artery'
Selected film
Makes 'Stereoscope 1999', 8’22” animated film using charcoal and pastel drawing
Makes 'Sleeping on Glass 1999', 8’11” animated film using three dimensional objects, a live actor, and charcoal drawing
Makes 'Shadow Procession 1999', 7’15” animated film using three dimensional objects, paper cut-out figures, shadows
Makes 'Overvloed 1999', 6’ animated film for oval domed ceiling; using paper cut-out figures, shadows, text fragments, charcoal and pastel drawing, water and video footage
Nederlands Architectuurinstituut, Rotterdam, film retrospective at XXVIII International Film Festival Rotterdam, January 27 – February 7
Centre d’Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville Saint-Clair, film retrospective at 'XIII Rencontres Vidéo Art Plastique', 24 November - 5 December
1998
Selected solo exhibitions
The Drawing Center, New York, William Kentridge, 8 January -14 February 1998
The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, William Kentridge, 25 January-12 April
Stephen Friedman Gallery and A22 Gallery, London, William Kentridge, 6 March-18 April
Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, William Kentridge, 15 May-23 August 1998 (touring Kunstverein, Munich 28 August-11 October 1998; Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 26 September-7 November 1999; Museu d'Arte Contemporani de Barcelona, MACBA, Barcelona 28 January-11 April 1999; Serpentine Gallery, London 20 April-30 May 1999; Centre de la Vielle Charité, Marseille 1999)
Selected group exhibitions
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, 'Vertical Time', 10 January-21 February
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Soho, New York, Hugo Boss Prize Exhibition, 24 June-20 September
Carnegie Museum of American Art, Pittsburgh, 'New Acquisitions', 25 July-8 November
Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, XXIV Bienal Internacional De São Paulo, 3 October-13 December
Art Center, Minneapolis, 'Unfinished History', 18 October 1998-10 January,(touring Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago January 30 - April 4, 1999)
Spiral Garden, Tokyo, 'Age of Electronic Image: Shoot at the Chaos', September 17- October 4
Museo de la Ciudad, Mexico City, 'Cinco Continentes y una Ciudad', November 26 1998 – Feb 29
Riksutstillinger, Oslo at Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, 'Contemporary Art from South Africa'
Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, FNB Vita Award Exhibition, July 29 – September 5
Selected film
Amsterdam, film retrospective at XXVI World Wide Video Festival, October-November
Brussels, film retrospective at Animation Festival of Brussels, 17 – 28 February makes 'Ulisse: ECHO scan slide bottle', 35 mm triptych triptych projection using animated charcoal and pastel drawing, documentary material
Selected theatre
Creates animation for and directs production of' Il Ritorno d’Ulisse', based on the opera by Claudio Monteverdi, with Handspring Puppet Company, musical direction Philippe Pierlot, (performed Luna Theatre, Brussels, 9 May (premiere), touring 1998-2000 to Sofiensäle, Vienna; Hebbel Theater, Berlin; Stads Schouwburg, Amsterdam; Werfthalle, Zurich; Monument Theatre, Grahamstown, South Africa; State Theatre, Pretoria)
1997
Selected solo exhibitions
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 'Applied Drawings', March 2 - 22
Selected group exhibitions
Villa Mazzante, Rome, 'Città/Nattura: Mostra Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea', April 21 – June 23
Sexta Bienal de la Habana, Havana, 'El Individuo y su Memoria', May - June
Museum Fredericianum, Kassel, 'Documenta X', June 21 – September 28
Observatory Museum, Standard Bank National Festival of the Arts, Grahamstown,' UBU ±101', with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins, July 3 – 13 (touring to Johannesburg)
Site Santa Fé, New Mexico, 'Truce: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions', July 15 – October 15
2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, 'Trade Routes: History and Geography. Transversions', October 12 – January 18, 1998
Galerie Michel Luneau, Nantes, 'Les Arts de la Résistance' (as part of festival Fin de Siécle, Johannesburg), October 17 – November 22
'ARC' Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville Paris, Paris, Delta, December 4 – January 18, 1998
Selected theatre
Conceives and directs 'Ubu and the Truth Commission', multi-media theatre production, written by Jane Taylor Performances in Weimar, Grahamstown, Avignon, Johannesburg, Stellenbosch, Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Romainmotier, Hanover, Rungis, Ludwigsberg, Nantes, Kristiansand, Neuchatel, Dijon, Erlangen, Munich, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Antwerpen, Stockholm, Goteberg, Copenhagen, Randers, Prague, Rome, Toulouse, Rotterdam, Paris, Reggio Emilia, St Denis (Reunion), Wiesbaden, Lannion; Saint Brieuc, Vannes, Quimper, Amiens, London
1996
Selected solo exhibitions
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, 'Eidophusikon', March 27 – April 20
Selected group exhibitions
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 'Colours: Art from South Africa', May 14 – August 18
Adelson Galleries, New York, 'Simunye: We Are One. Ten South African Artists', June 4 – July 1
The Castle, Cape Town, 'Faultlines: Inquiries into Truth and Reconciliation', June 16 – July 31
10th Sydney Biennale, Sydney, 'Jurassic Technologies Revenant', July 27 – September 22
Graz, Germany, 'Ici et Ailleurs', film section within 'Inklusion-Exklusion: Versuch einer neuen Kartografie der Kunst im Zeitalter von Poskolonialismus und Globaler Migration', September 22 – October 26
Culturgest, Lisbon, 'Don’t Mess with Mr Inbetween': 15 artistas da Africa do Sul, September 25 – November 10
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Campo 6: 'The Spiral Village', September 23 – November 3 (touring to Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht)
Selected film
Brussels, film retrospective at Festival des Dessins Animés, February
1995
Selected group exhibitions
'Africus 1st Johannesburg Biennale', Johannesburg, February 28 – April 30
Stefania Miscetti Gallery, Rome, 'Memory and Geography', collaboration with Doris Bloom, June 15 – July 28
Albany Museum Grahamstown, South Africa, Standard Bank National Festival of the Arts, 'Panoramas of Passage: Changing Landscapes of South Africa', July (touring Washington DC; Dallas; Atlanta; Los Angeles; West Hartford; Wilberforce; Little Rock; Flint; Lexington; Johannesburg)
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 'Mayibuye iAfrika: 8 South African artists', September 28 – October 28
Delfina Studio Trust, London, 'On the Road: works by 10 southern African artists', October 5 – November 12 4th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, 'Eidophusikon', November 10 – December 10
Selected film
Annecy, France, film retrospective at Annecy International Film Festival, June
Selected theatre
Conceives and directs 'Faustus in Africa!', multi-media theatre production (touring to Weimar Berlin, Grahamstown, Johannesburg, Zurich, Ludwigsburger, Munich, Prague, Stuttgart, Hanover, Basel, London, Remscheid, Gutersloh, Erlangen, Lisbon, Adelaide, Brussels, Bochum, Hanover, Dijon, Jerusalem, Ellwangen, Hamburg, Copenhagen, St Polten, Polverigi, Avignon, Seville, Marseille, Rome, Tarbes, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Paris, Sochaux, Bourg en Bresse, Chambery
1994
Selected solo exhibitions
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 'Felix in Exile', October 16 – November 5
Selected group exhibitions
Art First, London, 'Trackings: History as Memory, Document and Object': new work by four South African artists, April 19 – May 19
Block Gallery, North Western University, Chicago, 'Displacements', September 22 – December 4
Spacex Gallery, University of Exeter, UK, November
1993
Selected solo exhibitions
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles, William Kentridge, May
Selected group exhibitions
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Robert Hodgins, William Kentridge, Deborah Bell, April 14 – May 7
45th Venice Biennale, Venice, 'Incroci Del Sud: Affinities – contemporary South African Art', October 31 – December 2
1992
Selected solo exhibitions
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 'Drawings for Projection', February 21 – March 14 wins Quarterly Vita Award (travelling to Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London, May 14 – June 20)
Selected theatre
Directs and creates animation for 'Woyzeck on the Highveld', multi-media theatre production
Awards for production, set design and direction
Performances in Grahamstown, Munich, Antwerp, Toronto, Brussels, Stuttgart, Granada, Glasgow, Bochum, Braunshweig, Berlin, Goteborg, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Adelaide, Wellington, Bogota, Jerusalem, Avignon, and cities in Scandinavia, France, Belgium, Italy
1991
Selected solo exhibitions
Newtown Galleries, Johannesburg, 'Five Gouache Collage Heads'
Selected group exhibitions
Taking Liberties Gallery, Durban, 'Little Morals', with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins, May
1990
Selected solo exhibitions
Cassirer Fine Art and Gallery on the Market, Johannesburg,'William Kentridge: Drawings and Graphics', April 30 – May 23
Selected group exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 'Art from South Africa', June 17 – September 23 (touring Warwick, Aberdeen, London, Bolton, Stoke on Trent, Nottingham)
1989
Selected solo exhibitions
Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London, 'Responsible Hedonism', May 14 – June 20
Selected group exhibitions
Dome Gallery, New York, 'African Encounters', June 20 – July 1 (touring to Washington DC)
1988
Selected solo exhibitions
Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg, William Kentridge, November 6 - 19
1987
Selected solo exhibitions
Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London, 'In the Heart of the Beast', April 22 – May 19
Grahamstown, South Africa, Standard Bank Young Artist Award exhibition, July (touring Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg; University Art Galleries, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; University Art Gallery UNISA, Pretoria; Durban Art Gallery, Durban)
Selected group exhibitions
University Art Galleries, Johannesburg, 'Three Hogarth Satires', with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins, from April 12 (touring to Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg, as Hogarth in Johannesburg, from August 2)
1986
Selected solo exhibitions
Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg, William Kentridge, November 3 - 15
Selected group exhibitions
Simon/Neuman Galleries, New York, Claes Eklundh, William Kentridge, Thomas Lawson, May 28 – July 28
The Market Gallery, Johannesburg, 'But this is the Reality', July 20 – August 2 and August 11 - 16
1985
selected solo exhibitions
Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg, William Kentridge, April 15 – 27:awarded 1986 AA Vita Award for this exhibition