Monday, June 4, 2007

South African Art


June is packed with excellent art exhibitions throughout South Africa and you can plan your visits to art exhibitions with our South African art exhibition guide for the month of June.
Today I want to introduce you to South African artists Collin Cole, a Master of fine Arts (MFA) Graduate from Rhodes University. Collin Cole has to date participated in over 140 local and international group exhibitions and competitions. To date Collin has had four solo exhibitions, the last been at the Stewart Gallery in September 2003. He was a university lecturer for 14 years and currently works as an Artist and Art Consultant. As a lecturer for various Departments of Fine Art, his forte is printmaking, which formed the of his work at Rhodes University School of Fine Art, the University of Bophuthatswana, and the University of North West.

To date, his public collections include the University of Silcsia (Poland), Rhodes University, and the University of North West. Between 1984 and 2004, Collin has participated in a range of group exhibitions that have seen his work shown in diverse areas. Locations such as The Kahn Gallery (Florida USA) Millennium Africa (NY) Designer Gallery of the Americas Inc, African Festival of the Arts (Panefest 97 Ghana, West Africa, South Naples, Stockholm Sweden, and London.

Collin Cole was born in Johannesburg on 25 May 1960

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