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Esther Mahlangu
Exhibition List
Selected Exhibitions
- 2010Africa 2.0: Is There a Contemporary African Art?, Influx Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2005Contemporary South African Art, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2005Contemporary South African Art, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
- 2004New Orleans Jazz Festival, S.A. Stage
- 2004Contemporary South African Art, Museum Bochum, Germany
- 2003First Solo Exhibition in South Africa, UCT Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
- 2003Dentro e Fuori le Mura, Fabbrica Eos, Milan, Italy
- 2002The Art of Colour, Knysna Fine Art Gallery, Knysna, South Africa
- 2002Passport to South Africa, Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
- 2001South Africa Today, Helsinki Fair Centre, Finland
- 2001Galleria Cavellini, Brescia, Italy
- 2001Arte Africana Contemporanea, Galleria dArte Spazia, Bologna, Italy
- 2000Dialogue of Cultures, EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany
- 20005th Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
- 1999REWIND>>FAST FORWARD.ZA, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- 1998Africa Africa, Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
- 1998Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris, France
- 1997African Immigrant Folklife Festival, Washington D.C., USA
- 1997Portal to America, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- 1997Oog op Zuidelijke Afrika, Het Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, Netherlands
- 1997Ndebele Images Then and Now, National Arts Club, New York, USA
- 1997York College, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1997Exhibit Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
- 1996Armour J. Blackburn Centre, Howard University, Washington D.C., USA
- 1996Exhibition for the Congressional Black Caucus, Washington D.C., USA
- 1996Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washington D.C., USA
- 1995Group show, Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1995BMW Art Cars and Paintings Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
- 1994Out of Africa, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
- 1993Geneva International Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1993European Inventive Business Travel Meetings Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal
- 1993La Grande Vrit, Les Astres Africains, Nantes Fine Arts Museum, Nantes, France
- 1992Africa Hoy, Cultural Centre of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, Mexico
- 1992Africa Hoy, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
- 1992BMW Art Cars, Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany
- 1992Out of Africa, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- 1992Comme des Garons, Tokyo, Japan; New York, USA; Paris, France
- 1991Africa Hoy, Centro Atlântico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- 1991Ny Afrikansk Billedkunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1991Fashion Collection, Tokyo, Japan
- 1990Mural Painting, Johannesburg School, South Africa
- 1990Bordeaux Festival, Bordeaux, France
- 1990Caravan Auto Show, Lavante, France
- 1989Les Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- 1989Fine Arts Museum, Angoulme, France
- 1989Centre de la Villette, Paris, France
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2024Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting: Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2026Territoire Frontière Monde, MAGNIN-A, Paris, France