CV

born 1981 in Pietermaritzburg, lives and work in Johannesburg

2011 Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts Fellowship, University of Cape Town
2008 Laureate Hoger Instituut van Schone Kunsten (HISK), Gent, Belgium
2003 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,

Before the work stopped (1 & 2), 2013 (detail) // 3 posters each

Solo Exhibitions

2015
Workplace, Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
After Work, Jette Rudolph Galerie, Berlin
2014
Red, Goethe-Institut gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2013
Work, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
2011
Representation, Stevenson, Johannesburg, South Africa
2010
4 for Four, SMAK, Gent, Belgium, (cat), Stevenson, Cape Town, SouthAfrica
1st and 3rd, Gallerie West, Den Haag, The Netherlands, (cat)
2009
Sidestep, Stevenson, Cape Town and Johannesburg, (cat)
2007
Salute, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa, (cat)
2006
She Loves Me, She Love Me Not, Outlet; Pretoria, South Africa
2005
Thank You Johannesburg, Outlet; Pretoria, South Africa
2003
Déjà vu, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa Selected

Study For Red, 2014 // Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP)

Group Exhibitions

2015
Workers, Les Recontres Internationales, Gaite Lyrique, Paris France (G)
Monuments and Follies, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands (G)
2014
Chroma, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (G)
500 years in the Future,2nd Montevideo Biennial,Montevideo, Uruguay, (Curator: Alfons Hug)
Artists Engaged? Maybe., Next Future Programme, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (Curator: António Pinto Ribeiro)
This is Not Africa, This is Us,West, Den Haag, Netherlands
Futebol – O Jogo Só Acaba Quando Termina, SESC Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil/ Kunsthaus, Nürnberg/ Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden/ Lichthof des Auswartigen Amts, Berlin, Germany (Curator: Alfons Hug)
Metabolizing Labor, Videoholica, Varna, Bulgaria, (Programmed by Margarida Mendes and Jason Waite) D.ART,Dijlefeesten Kunstroute, Mille, Mechelen, Belgium
Nomad Bodies,Royal Academy of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium/ Fried Contemporary ,Pretoria, South Africa
2013
Plus Jamais Seul (Never more alone), STANDARDS, Rennes, France A Sculptural Premise, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (cat)
A note to a stranger, Public Exhibition, Dias Bar, Cape Town, South Africa, (curator Kabelo Malatsie) (cat)
My Joburg, La Maison Rouge, Paris and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany (cat)
Rencontres Internationales Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2012
Rencontres Internationales Paris, Palais De Tokyo, Paris
Present Unlimited, Sofia Contemporary,Fabrica 126, Sofia, Bulgaria (curator Iara Boubnova)
The Loitering Presence of a Rational Actor, Universal Studio, New York, USA
Mind the System, Find the Gap, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, (curator KarenVerschooren)
If a Tree…, Stevenson, Johannesburg, South Africa (curator Clare Butcher)
Evolution de l'Art, Kunstverain (Milano), Milan, Italy Mine – A selection of films by SA artists, Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre, Dubai

WORK/SLEEP/WHAT WE WILL, 2013
aluminium letters, dimension variable

http://www.simongush.net/calvin-and-holiday/
CALVIN AND HOLIDAY, 2013
HD video, stereo sound, DVDs endless copies

http://www.simongush.net/sunday-light/
SUNDAY LIGHT, 2013
HD video, stereo sound, DVDs endless copies

http://www.simongush.net/iseeyou/
ISEEYOU, 2013
HD video, stereo sound, DVDs endless copies

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Christmas Table, 2014
Installationview AFTER WORK 2015, Galerie Jette Rudolph

Reflected Time, 2013 (detail)
7 anti-clockwise clocks with mirror

Studies For Red, 2014 (installationview)
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP) each

Studyies For Red, 2014 (installationview)
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP) each

Study For Red, 2014
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP)

Studies For Red, 2014
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP) each

Studies For Red, 2014
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP) each

Study For Red, 2014
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP)

Study For Red, 2014
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP)

Study For Red, 2014
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP)

Study For Red, 2014
Inkjet on aluminium, 28,3 x 42,5 cm, Ed. of 1 (+1AP)

Red (Mandela Car), 2014
Mercedes 500SE car body

Sleep-in Strike Beds (Mercedes-Benz, 1990), 2013
Steel, plywwod, car upholstery, foam, 250 x 265 x 145 cm // 250 x 263 x 145 cm

Untitled (Chess Clocks), 2013
7 plywood chess clocks, mirrors, 8,5 x 15,5 x 12,5 each

Time Off, 2013
erased ink drawing, 57 x 76 cm

Spare Time, 2013
erased ink drawing, 57 x 76 cm

Free Time, 2013
erased ink drawing, 57 x 76 cm

I returned to work, after the work had stopped, 2013
paint on wall, variable dimensions

Clocking In, 2013
clock card machine & time card rack, 21 x 19 x 13 cm // 46 x 10 x 4 cm