Luan Nel

 

Art Education

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts completed in 1993 at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Higher Diploma in Education (Postgraduate) also at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

Art Residency Programs

Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1998 and 1999

The Dutch Institute in Rome, Italy, in 1999

 

Competitions

1993, Sasol New Signatures Competition, One of four Ultimate Winners.

 

Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2018, The Poseidon Adventure: S.O.S. Fried Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

2017, Diction, Everard Read Gallery, CIRCA, Cape Town, South Africa

2015, For Mary, Dawid Ras Gallery, Sandton, South Africa

2013, Twitter, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2011, Aviary, Brundyn Gonzalves Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2008, Silent Exit, AOP Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2006, New Redruth revisited, AOP Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2006, Smallville, KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa

2005, Hobby Heroes, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2003, Still Life, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2001, 8989km every time, Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2001, Kwyt, Villa De Bank, Enschede, The Netherlands

2000, Lost, Market theatre Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1999, kishiniev | Johannesburg, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1998, Lost, Project Space, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1998, Milk, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1997, Paper, Mark Coetzee Fine Art Cabinet, Cape Town, South Africa

1996, CENTRE, at a disused parking garage at the Carlton Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

1994, Lumps of metal, the Johannesburg Planetarium, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Group Exhibitions and Projects

2021, Liminal Hiatus, Gallery One11, Cape Town, South Africa

2020, The Summer Salom, Nel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2019, Light Art Exhibition, SPIER Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa

2019: The Inaugural Exhibition of Nel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2018, Sunday Service, Gallery of the University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

2018, Kennis, Woordfees, GUS, Stellenbosch, South Africa

2018, Cubicle Series, CIRCA, Cape Town, South Africa

2017, Reality Bites, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2017, Ephemeral Pleasures, Moor Gallery, Franschoek, South Africa

2017, Remains, DF Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa

2016, Winter, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2016, EMPIRE, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2016, Claims of the land, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2016, (In)nature, Hermanus FynArts festival, Hermanus, South Africa

2015, Ik ben een Afrikander, Freedom Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

2015, Slow Violence, Gallery of the University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

2015, Silence, POP UP, Cape Town, South Africa

2015, Ancestral migration, Russouw Modern, Franschoek, South Africa

2014, Collecting Ourselves, Oliewenhuis, Bloemfontein, South Africa

2014, Re-Imagine Cape Town, Cape Town Design Capitol, Cape Town, South Africa

2013, Black Swan, Dawid Ras Gallery, Sandton South Africa

2012, SWALLOW, Nirox, Johannesburg, South Africa

2010, Juncture, Artspace Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2008, Muse, KKNK, Oudtshoorn, South Africa

2006, De Grote Oversteek, Stedelijk Museum, Zwolle, The Netherlands

2006, Absa Ateliers Competition exhibition, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2006, Red Cross Children’s Hospital Charity exhibition, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2005, Sasol New Signatures Revisited, KKNK, Oudtshoorn, South Africa

2005, Surface, Alliance Francaise, Johannesburg, South Africa

2004, RED, Mojo Modern, Johannesburg, South Africa

2004, Red Cross Children’s Hospital Charity exhibition, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2002, Silence Violence, KZNSA, Durban, South Africa

2002, Two Person exhibition with Joachim Schonfeldt, AOP Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2002, KKNK, Oudtshoorn, South Africa

2000, Tour Guides to the Inner City, Johannesburg, South Africa

2000, Lustwarande, Pleasure Garden, Tilburg, The Netherlands

1999, Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1999, Sad Songs, CD distributed in London, Britain

1999, Afro Vibes Charity Auction exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1999, Oos Wes Tuis Bes, KKNK, Oudtshoorn, South Africa

1999, Sailor’s Delight, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1998, Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1997, Taking Stock, The Johannesburg Stock Exchange trading floor, part of the French Institute program for the 2nd Johannesburg Bienalle, Johannesburg, South Africa

1997, Collecting Ourselves, Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

1997, 4 Rooms, Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1997, Cyst, Good Hope Gallery at the Castle, Cape Town, South Africa

1997, Landscapes from South Africa, four points of view, Art First, Cork Street, London, Britain

1997, Five-ism, Open window gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

1997, Annual Open Exhibition of the Royal Overseas League, London, Britain

1997, Nr. 4. The Old Fort, Johannesburg, South Africa

1996, A Little show of Drawers, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

1996, 1 x 10, Inaugural exhibition, Hanel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

1996, Local Colour, Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

1996, Common and Uncommon ground, SA Art to Atlanta (OLympic Games exhibition) Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1995, Panoramas of Passage, Meridian International Centre, Washington DC, USA

1995, Volkskas Ateliers Competition Exhibition (Finalist) Absa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1995, PG Exhibition, Newtown Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1994, Unitrans, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

1993, Sasol New Signatures competition exhibition (winner) Pretoria, South Africa