born in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1975
lives and works in South Africa
Courtesy
SPECTA
Peder Skrams Gade 13
DK-1054 Copenhagen K
www.specta.dk
+45 3313 0123
info@specta.dk
Education
2003 Laureate of the Higher Institute for Fine Arts, (HISK), Antwerp, Belgium.
2000 Master of Arts Degree: Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK.
1999 Postgraduate Diploma, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK.
1997 Bachelor of Arts Degree: Fine Art, Honours, University of The Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg, South Africa
Solo exhibitions
2024
Red Runs Through, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, FR
2023
Altered States, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2022
Ecstasy, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2021
Summer Focus: Frances Goodman, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
TRANSMOGRIFIED, Richard Taittinger Gallery, NY, USA
2020
Uneventful Days, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Artist Room: Frances Goodman, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA
2019
CHART Art Fair (SPECTA), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
MiArt (SMAC Gallery), Fiera Milano City, Milan, Italy
2018
Offstage, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Dallas Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, USA
Spit/Swallow, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Giant Nails, Indigo Hotel, New York City, USA
2017
Beneath Her, Richard Taittinger Gallery, NY, USA
2016
Degreened, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair (Richard Taittinger Gallery), NY, USA
Rapaciously Yours, Richard Taittinger Gallery, NY, USA
2015
Lick It, Windows@Walgreens, ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami, USA
Let Down Your Hair, Art-in-Buildings (AiB), NY, USA
2014
Nail Her, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
The Sweetest Ride, TM Projects, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Sub Rosa, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Cars and Girls, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, SA
2012
Touched, (Art)Amalgamated, NY, USA
2011
Goodman Garage, 19 5TH Ave- Westdene, Johannesburg, SA
Forever, KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA), Durban, SA
Till Death Us Do Part, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2010
Keeping Up Appearances, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
2009
Morbid Appetites, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, SA
2008
Careless Whispers, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Young Guns, Project Space at RC Art Fair, (Aeroplastics Contemporary), Brussels, BE
2007
Wishful Thinking, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2005
Petite Mort, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2004
Wanting, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Afdeling Kortrijk (KULAK), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kortrijk, BE
David, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, SA
2003
Intimate/Inanimate Moments, The Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2000
Frances Goodman and Moshekwa Langa at the Goodman Gallery, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Group exhibitions
2024
She Suffers So Much More, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, SA
Art Herning (presented by SPECTA), Herning, DK
2023
Untitled Art Fair (presented by Galerie Les filles du Calvaire), Miami Beach, FL
FNB Art Joburg (presented by SMAC Gallery), Johannesburg, SA
CHART Art Fair (presented by SPECTA), Copenhagen, DK
RMB Latitudes Art Fair (presented by SMAC Gallery), Johannesburg, SA
April’s Fool, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Art Paris Artfair (presented by Galerie Les filles du Calvaire), Paris, FR
Art Herning (presented by SPECTA), Herning, DK
Investec Cape Town Art Fair (presented by SMAC Gallery), Cape Town, SA
Persona, Galerie Les filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
2022
I Only Have Eyes For You, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
WOMEN, Richard Taittinger Gallery, NY, USA
FNB Art Joburg (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
Art Herning (presented by SPECTA), Herning, DK
Art Brussels (SMAC Gallery), Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BE
CAT, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, SA
Detour: See the world through creativity, ASPIRE, One World Observatory - One World Trade Center, NY, USA.
Detour 2.0: A journey through creative catalysts, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
MiArt (SMAC Gallery) Fiera Milano City, Milan, Italy
The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, SA
2021
Ubuntu, A Lucid Dream, curated by Marie-Anne Yemsi, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
Soft/Loud, Art in Buildings, Michigan, USA
Group Exhibition, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
In Conversation, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA
Weekend Special, Cape Town Art Weekend, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Opening Exhibition, FNB Art Joburg, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Investec Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Digital Event
2020
Matereality, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, SA
A Show of Solidarity, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA
SHAPING THINGS: An exploration of clay and ceramics in contemporary South African art practice, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
Romancing the Mirror, MOCA Jacksonville, Florida, USA
MY BODY, MY RULES, PAMM, Miami, USA
CHART Decentralised, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Making of Ourselves, BKhz, Johannesburg, SA
Proto, A4 Art Foundation, Cape Town, SA
2019
That Was Then, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Africa Alive, Galerie Osenat, Paris, FR
Artissima (SMAC Gallery), Oval Lingotto Fiere, Turin, IT
Ampersand Foundation Award 21 Years Celebration Exhibition, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
FNB Art Joburg (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
I Am… Contemporary Women Artists of Africa, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, USA
Hoping, Longing, Dreaming, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair (Richard Taitinger Gallery), NY, USA
Roosevelt Private Views, Aeroplastics, Brussels, BE
Delicate Industry, Richard Taitinger Gallery, NY, USA
Material Insanity, Museum of African Contemprary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech, Morocco
GrowBox Art Project, African Artists for Development (AAD)
Incubator Programme, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), Cape Town, SA
Investec Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, SA
2018
Communicate, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Wish You Were Here, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
I SEE YOU, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
OFF-SPRING: New Generations [Travelling Exhibition], 21C Museum, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Not A Single Story, NIROX Foundation Sculpture Park in collaboration with the Wanås Foundation, Johannesburg, SA
The Red Hour, curated by Simon Njami, Dak’Art: African Contemporary Art Biennale, Dakar, Senegal
artmonte-carlo (SMAC Gallery), Grimaldi Forum Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Investec Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, SA
The Future is Female [Travelling Exhibition], 21C Museum Hotel Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
2017
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), London, UK
All Things Being Equal, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), Cape Town, SA
X: Part III, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
Beauty and its Beasts, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, SA
Art Work: An Exploration of Labor, Art-in-Buildings (AiB), Ghent, BE
X: Part II, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
FNB Joburg Art Fair, (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
Art Rotterdam (SPECTA), Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Armory Show Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Piers 92 and 94, New York City, USA
Contemporary Istanbul (SMAC Gallery), Istanbul Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey
OFF-SPRING: New Generations, 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, USA
Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art, 21c Museum Hotel Louisville, Louisville, USA
CHART Art Fair, (SPECTA), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
Le Jour Qui Vient, curated by Marie-Ann Yemsi, Galerie des Galeries at Galeries Lafayette, Paris, FR
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, SA
2016
The Future is Female, 21c Museum Hotel Louisville, Louisville, USA
Herselves, Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Summer Show ‘16, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
Forever, BUBOX, Kortrijk, BE
Defilages, 100 Titres Gallery, Brussels, BE
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
UPSTART/STARTUP, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, SA
2015
The ‘F’ Word: Feminism in Art, The Untitled Space, NY, USA
LUSH, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
Princess in the Veld, The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK), Oudtshoorn, SA
CHART Art Fair (SPECTA), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
ARTISSIMA (SMAC Gallery), The Oval - Lingotto, Turin, Italy
Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Simon Njami, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, USA.
TWENTY: Contemporary Art from South Africa, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Gordon Froud & Hank Forman, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, SA
University of Johannesburg Art Museum, Johannesburg, SA
Money Makes the World Go Round, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Nirox Winter Sculpture Fair, Nirox Foundation Sculpture Park, Johannesburg, SA
2014
Art Basel Miami Beach (Goodman Gallery), Miami, USA
The Remarkable Lightness of Being, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited By Contemporary African Artists, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Simon Njami, Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art (SCAD), Savannah, USA
Museum für Mordern Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt, Germany
TWENTY: Contemporary Art from South Africa, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Gordon Froud & Hank Forman, Turchin Centre for the Visual Arts, Boone, USA
FNB Joburg Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
Shop Front and Centre, Infecting the City: Public Arts Festival, Cape Town, SA
States of Mind, Maison Particulière, Brussels, BE
2013
FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain), (Goodman Gallery), Grand Palais, Paris, FR
FNB Joburg Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
The Armory Show Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), Piers 92 and 94, New York City, USA
2012
Positive Tension, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, SA
Fox with Issues, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Touched, (Art)Amalgamated, New York City, USA
Open Studios, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), NY, USA
Art Brussels (Aeroplastics Contemporary), Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BE
Fireflies, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
Advance/…Notice, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2011
Summer Show, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, SA
FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain), (Goodman Gallery), Grand Palais, Paris, FR
Het Betoverd Bos (The Enchanted Forest), Sint- Maria-Aalter, Aalter, BE
Not Human, Nor Stone, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, SA
EAT ME, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Horizon 2, CultuurCentrum Brugge, Bruges, BE
El Mapa: Cartografias Criticas, Medellín Museum of Modern Art, Medellin, Colombia
Art Dubai (Goodman Gallery), Dubai, UAE
The Armory Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), New York, USA
Luxury and Degradation, Galerie Tanit, Münich, DE
2010
The Map to Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
In Other Words, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Lust and Vice. The Seven Deadly Sins from Dürer to Nauman, Zentrum Paul Klee; Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, CH
In Context, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Lingering Whispers, The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London, UK
US, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Simon Njami and Bettina Malcomess, IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Keeping Up Appearances, Art Brussels (Aeroplastics Contemporary), Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BE
FNB Joburg Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
The Armory Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), New York, USA
2009
That’s All Folks, Bruges Stadhallen, Bruges, BE
Art Basel (Goodman Gallery), Miami, FL, USA
To Die For, Tres Bien Shop, Malmö, Sweden
Sphères, (Goodman Gallery), La Moulin, Paris, FR
Art Brussels (Aeroplastics Contemporary), Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BE
US, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Simon Njami & Bettina Malcomess, Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG); Goodman Gallery Project Space, Johannesburg, SA
Beauty and Pleasure in South African Contemporary Art, curated by Senele Wendt, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
Art Basel (Goodman Gallery), Messe Basel, Basel, CH
The Armory Show Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), Piers 92 and 94, New York City, USA
FNB Joburg Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
Art Brussels (Aeroplastics Contemporary), Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BE
2008
BB3 Being Here: Mapping the Contemporary, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Jan-Erik Lundström & Johan Sjöström, Bucharest Biennale, Bucharest, Romania; Bildmuseet Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Deadly Serious, Exprmntl Galerie, Toulouse, FR
Art Basel (Goodman Gallery), Messeplatz 1, Basel, CH
SWAB Barcelona Art Fair (Galleri SPECTA), Fira de Barcelona, Barcelona, ES
ZA: Young Art from South Africa, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, IT
Art Rotterdam (Aeroplastics Contemporary), Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam, NL
FNB Joburg Art Fair (Goodman Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
Spier Contemporary, Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg, SA
2007
About Beauty, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Spier Contemporary, Africa Centre, Stellenbosch, SA
Art Basel (Goodman Gallery) Miami, FL, USA
Rare Essence, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
Making Waves, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Art Collection
Exhibition, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, SA
Lift Off II, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Compulsions, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2006
Women: Photography and New Media: Imaging the Self and Body Through Portraiture, Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg, SA
Art Basel (Goodman Gallery), Miami, FL, USA
Farrago, Bernier Eliades Gallery, Athens, GR
Art Basel (Goodman Gallery), Messeplatz 1, Basel, CH
Nie meer, Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout, BE
There and Back: Africa, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
2005
Threat Zone, Triangle Project Space, San Antonio, USA
[prologue]new feminism/new europe, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
ART out of place, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK
Double Check. Re-Framing Space in Photography: The Other Space, Parallel Histories, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Marina Grzinic & Walter Seidl, Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
2004
Double Check. Re-Framing Space in Photography: The Other Space, Parallel Histories, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Marina Grzinic & Walter Seidl, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje, Slovenia
Art Basel (Goodman Gallery), Messeplatz 1, Basel, CH
Your Heart is No Match for my Love, No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, USA
Monument@Bornem, curated by Ruth Renders, The Regional Museum De Zilverreiger, Weert, BE
Show Us What You’re Made Of, The Premises Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
After Hours, In/Out, Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Antwerpen, BE
2003
Distance of Memory, Nairs House of Culture in Vulpera Tarasp, Scuol, CH
Opzij van het Kijken, Watou Art and Literature Festival, Watou, BE
Something About Love, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Open Studios, Higher Institute for Fine Arts Kunst (HISK), Antwerp, BE
2002
VIPER Basel, International Festival for Film, Video and New Media, [Travelling Exhibition], Kunsthalle Basel; Stadtkinko; Gare Du Nord, Basel, CH
Portrait, Sound Space, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL
Sensing Sculpture, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
Unprincipled Passions, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
2001
Fluid, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK. JUNCTURE, [Travelling Exhibition], The Granary, Cape Town, SA
Body: Rest and Motion, The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK), Oudtshoorn, SA
JUNCTURE, [Travelling Exhibition], Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2000
Emotions and Relations, Sandton Civic Art Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Customised Jeans Exhibition, Levi’s Shop Cinch, London, UK
EAST International, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, UK
Goldsmiths MA Exhibition, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK
1999
Not Quite a Christmas Show, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Celsius: (new) art from the (new) South Africa, Institut FürAuslandsbeziehungen (ifa)-Galerie, Berlin, DE
The Paper Show, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Martienssen Prize Exhibition, Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg, SA
Fine Art: End of Year Exhibition, Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of theWitwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg, SA
Closer than Bronze, Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
COLLECTIONS
Fondazione Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy
Missoni Collection, Milan, Italy
South African Reserve Bank Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), Cape Town, South Africa
Matthais & Gervanne Leridon Collection, Cape Town, South Africa
Foundation Sindika Dokolo, Luanda, Angola
21c Museum Hotels, Oklahoma, USA
National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
Francis J. Greenburger Collection (The FJGC), New York City, USA
The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, USA
Martin Nielsen Collection, Denmark
Rand Merchant Bank Corporate Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
University of South Africa (UNISA) Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
Joseph Kouli Collection, Paris, France