Bernard MATEMERA (1946-2002) [view available works from this artist]

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

(From 1966 until 1996, Matemera's works were exhibited on the Annual Art Exhibition, National Gallery, Harare)

1968/69 - "New African Art" - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA

1968 - National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

1969 - Lidchi Art Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

1970 - "Sculpture Contemporain de Vukutu" - Musée D'Art Moderne, Paris, France

- "Exposição Internacional de Arte Tengenenge" - Centro de Cultura e Art da Beira, Beira, Mozambique

- "Tengenenge Sculpture" - Dorp Street Studio, Cape Town, South Africa

1973 - Permanent exhibition "The Great Stone Garden" - Pretoria, South Africa

1979 - Akis Gallery, Standard Bank Center, South Africa

- "Tengenenge Sculpture" - OK Mall, East Gate, South Africa

1980 - "Tenegenge Stone Sculpture from Africa" - Fein Garten Galleries, Los Angeles, USA

1981 - "Art from Africa" - Commonwealth Institute, London, England

- "Shona Sculptures from Zimbabwe" - Bau XI, Toronto, Canada

1982 - Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, USA

1984 - "Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture" - Karen McKerron, Bryanston, South Africa

1985 - "Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture"- Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State Univeristy, Michigan, USA

- Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sidney, Australia

1986 - "Soul in Stone" - Alandale Center, Perth, Australia

- "Festival of New Dehli", New Dehli, India

1988 - "Contemporary Stone Sculpture from Zimbabwe" - Barbican Center, London, England

1989 - "Beeldhouwers Van Zimbabwe" - Belden Op De Berg, Wageningen, Netherlands

1990 - Commonwealth Festival of Art, Auckland, New Zealand

- "Sculpture Contemporain du Zimbabwe" - Musée National des Arts Africains et Océanians, Paris, France

- Miles Garden Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

- Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire,England

- "Stone Carving Symposium" - Craigmore Station, South Canterbury, New Zealand

1991 - "Yakanka" - St. Pietersabdij, Gent, Belgium

- "Spirit in Stone" - Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, USA

- "The Spirit within" - Atlanta Univerity Center, Atlanta, USA

1992 - "Zeitzeichen- Neue Kunt aus Afrika" - Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany

- "Stone Sculpture" - Zimbabwe Pavillion Expo 92, Seville, Spain

- One man exhibition - Galerie KK Klaus Kiefer, Essen, Germany

- "Man becomes a bird" - Exposorium Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands

- "Zimbabwe Sculpturen" - Stadstbucherei, Nidderau Windecken, Germany

1993 - Galerie Knud Grothe, Charlotenlund, Denmark

- "Stein Plastik aus dem Chapungu Sculpture Park" - Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany

"Stone Sculptures from Zimbabwe" - Trinkhaus und Burkhardt, Dusseldorf, Germany

- "Talking Stones II" - The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton, England

- "Timeless Spirti in Stone" - Barbara Ackerman Gallery, Santa Monica, USA

1994 - "The Spirit within" - Atlanta Univerity Center, Atlanta, USA

- "Modern Afrikanische Kunst, Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany

1995 - "Ambiente Trade Fair", Frankfurt, Germany

- "Talking Stones IV" - The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton, England

1996 -"30 Jaar Tengenege" - Galerie de Strang, Dodewaard, Netherlands

1997 - "Bernard Matemera - Serpentines" - Grand Galerie de l'Evolution, Paris, France

- "Tengenenge Verplaastst" - Technische Universiteit, Twente, Netherlands

- "Moderne Afrikanische Kunst - Sculpturen aus Zimbabwe" - Mess Park, Munich, Germany

- "Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture" - National Botanic Institute, Kirstenbosch, South Africa

1998 - "Zimbabwe Stenen Getuigenissen" - African Museum, Tervuren, Belgium

2000 - Kew Gardens, London, England

- "Chapungu" - Royal Botanic Gardens - Kew,London, England

2001 - "Seele in Stein" - Museum Alpin, Pontresina, Switzerland

 

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