Neo MATLOGA
(Mamaila, 1993)
Neo Matloga è nato a Mamaila in Sud Africa, nel 1993.
Ora vive e lavora tra Mamaila e Amsterdam; ha studiato Visual Arts alla University of Johannesburg ed è stato artista residente a De Ateliers, Amsterdam, focalizzando la sua ricerca sulla pittura. Nel 2018 ha vinto il Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst. La sua prima personale Good Morning Midnight, del 2018, che ha avuto luogo a De Ateliers, Amsterdam, è seguita da Neo to love, tenutasi al Fries Museum di Leewarden nel 2019.
Matloga è stato nominato per vincere il De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs nel 219, e nel 2015 figurava tra gli artisti finalisti nel Taxi Art Award.
Ha preso parte a varie residenze per artisti e numerose mostre collettive, tra cui: BIG AND PLENTY, Foundation AVL Mundo, Rotterdam (2019); About Face, Stevenson, Cape Town (2018); Tell Freedom, 15 South African artists, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2018); LET'S SEE, WHERE WERE WE, IN THE PIT OF DESPAIR, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (2017); Post Its, South African Constitutional Court, Johannesburg (2016);Time Line, The Bag Factory, Johannesburg (2015); South African and Chinese exchange, Workers Museum, Johannesburg (2015) and South African New Voices, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington DC.
MESTRE PERSONALI
2020
Back of the Moon, Stevenson, Johannesburg
2019
Neo to love, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
2018
Good Morning Midnight curated by Tom Morton, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
MOSTRE COLLETTIVE
2020
African Characters, Osart Gallery, Milan, Italy
2019
ofte vojagantoj - 360 kunst Wilford X, Temse, Belgium
Still Here Tomorrow To High Five You Yesterday, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
Winter Sun, Stevenson Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
de Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands
BIG AND PLENTY , AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2018
ABOUT FACE , Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Royal Award for Modern Painting , Koninklijk Paleis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Intersection , Tyburn Gallery, London, UK
Tell Freedom, 15 South African artists' , Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
2017
"LET'S SEE, WHERE WERE WE, IN THE PIT OF DESPAIR", De Ateliers, Amsterdam
2016
Post Its, Constitutional Court, JHB
South African voices, Gallery van Dorst, Wassenaar, Netherlands
Considering GeniuS, Res Gallery, JHB
2015
NEW VOICES IV, Lizamore and Associates Gallery, JHB
Time Line, Bag Factory, JHB
SA Taxi Art Award, Lizamore and Associates Gallery, JHB
South African and Chinese exchange, Workers Museum, JHB
2014
NEWNOWNEXT, Galerie NOKO, Port Elizabeth
Graduate show, FADA student exhibition, JHB
South African New Voices, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington DC