Bernard Matemera
Selected Exhibitions
(From 1966 until 1996, Matemeras works were exhibited annually at the 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, Muse dArt Moderne, Paris, France
Exposio Internacional de Arte Tengenenge, Centro de Cultura e Arte da 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 University, USA
Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1986 Soul in Stone, Alandale Center, Perth, Australia
Festival of New Delhi, New Delhi, India
1988 Contemporary Stone Sculpture from Zimbabwe, Barbican Centre, London, England
1989 Beeldhouwers Van Zimbabwe, Belden Op De Berg, Wageningen, Netherlands
1990 Commonwealth Festival of Art, Auckland, New Zealand
Sculpture Contemporain du Zimbabwe, Muse National des Arts Africains et Ocaniens, 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, USA
The Spirit Within, Atlanta University Center, USA
1992 Zeitzeichen Neue Kunst aus Afrika, Museum fr Vlkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany
Stone Sculpture, Zimbabwe Pavilion, Expo 92, Seville, Spain
One-man exhibition, Galerie KK Klaus Kiefer, Essen, Germany
Man Becomes a Bird, Exposorium Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Zimbabwe Sculpturen, Stadtbcherei, Nidderau Windecken, Germany
1993 Galerie Knud Grothe, Charlottenlund, Denmark
Stein Plastik aus dem Chapungu Sculpture Park, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Stone Sculptures from Zimbabwe, Trinkhaus und Burkhardt, Dsseldorf, Germany
Talking Stones II, The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton, England
Timeless Spirit in Stone, Barbara Ackerman Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
1994 The Spirit Within, Atlanta University Center, USA
Moderne 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 lEvolution, Paris, France
Tengenenge Verplaatst, Technische Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
Moderne Afrikanische Kunst Sculpturen aus Zimbabwe, Messepark, Munich, Germany
Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture, National Botanic Institute, Kirstenbosch, South Africa
1998 Zimbabwe Stenen Getuigenissen, Africa Museum, Tervuren, Belgium
2000 Kew Gardens, London, England
Chapungu, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England
2001 Seele in Stein, Museum Alpin, Pontresina, Switzerland