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GERALD TABATA
Born 1975
 

Gerald Tabata was born in 1975 and spent his childhood in Khayelitsha, CapeTown. Gerald was infatuated with art from a young age and was trained in a variety of disciplines including sculpture, phototgraphy and painting. He participated in the Community Arts Project (CAP) between the years 1988 and 1990, where he recieved further mentorship and training. He then became an artist in residence at Greatmore Studios in 2004, where he was a part of numeral group and solo exhibitions.

In 2006 Gerald took part in the Thupelo international arts workshop, collaberating with local and international artists as part of a creative cultural exchange programme.

His work is mostly about the human figure. He reflects on the individual’s beauty, optimism and pride in the context of social challenges such as injustice and inequality in South Africa. Using Strong textures to add dimension and depth.

Working in a refined, painterly technique with a thoughtful use of colour, Tabata is concerned primarily with evoking the mood and atmosphere of the township scenes synonymous to African culture. Critics have commented that his work has the touch of Rembrandt; with seductive impasto paint he sculpts figures using colour sparingly.

 

EXHIBITIONS

2004
Celebrating 10years of Democracy Everard Read
gallery, group show

2006
Thuphelo International workshop, group show
Farrago A.V.A gallery, group show

2007
USAID, group show
"isibane", group show, at Look out hill, in
Khayelitsha

2009
"Eleven solo exhibitions", IArt gallery

2010
"iDiski",JArt gallery, solo show, in Wembley
square,2010(world cup)

2011
"Ubuntu bethu", Casa labia, two men show

2012
Solo show, Casa labia

2016
Two men show, in Finland
square,2010(world cup)

2020
Solo show, Lerotholi gallery in Langa

"Art on paper", in the U.K, group show.
'Drought, Artvark gallery, group show.
Group shOws, in Kalk bay Modern gallery


 

 

 





Gerald Tabata

Artist: GERALD TABATA
Title: Woman is going to fetch some water
Size: 56 x 82 cm
Media: Oil
Price: R 14 000 Unframed
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