Bernard Matemera
Selected Exhibitions
(From 1966 until 1996, Matemera’s 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”, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
– “Exposição 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”, Musée National des Arts Africains et Océaniens, 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 für Völkerkunde, 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”, Stadtbücherei, 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, Düsseldorf, 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 l’Evolution, 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