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LOUIS MINNAAR | FINE ARTIST

Louis Minnaar is a contemporary artist based in Pretoria, South Africa. He works across a number of disciplines, utilizing traditional as well as digital mediums. Most recently Minnaar has started exploring processes of ‘un-making’ where the destruction/re-appropriation of existing materials is what drives his creations.

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PAST EXHIBITIONS

2022

Breathing Room - Solo exhibition, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town

2021

Poster Series - Brunch, Stanley 44, JHB
Re-Form Group show, The Gallery, Stanley 44, JHB

2019

2K.2 'untitled'- group show at No End Contemporary Gallery, JHB
I know I don't know / But what if we're wrong? - group show at No End Contemporary Gallery, JHB

2018

Solo Exhibition at 99Loop Gallery, Cape Town, 2018

2017

HAIL MARY! Solo Exhibition at No End Contemporary Gallery, JHB
Sixteen Hundred at No End Contemporary Gallery, JHB

2016

FifteenHundred at No End Contemporary Gallery, JHB
Fotostaatmasjien Group show at No End Contemporary Gallery, JHB
72 Hours Group show at at No End Contemporary Gallery, JHB
Repeating Patterns: Back to Basics

2015

Bright Night Group Exhibition, MOAD, Maboneng
A is for Apocalypse, Z is for Zombies - 2 Man show at Kalashikov Gallery, JHB

2012

Group exhibition "Locals Only" with Skullboy, Durban, Johannesburge
The River Exhibition with Maaike bakker at Salon91, Capetown
Group Exhibition at Wolves, JHB entitled “Alphabet”

2010

Two man show “Muggers” with Gerhard Uys at +27 Design café, PTA
Verb poster show (city slickers) at the Wessel Snyman Gallery, Capetown
Toffie poster show at the Toffie pop culture festival, Capetown “Nothing is everything” – Group show at wordofart,
Capetown Addidas tshirt show “celebrate originality”, Capetown
Group exhibition at the bin, Capetown

2009

Justified Jotting 2- group exhibition at Magpie Gallery.
City slickers- group exhibition at +27 Design café, PTA
Solo Exhibition “Originale” at Salon91, Cape Town
Solo Exhibition “Originale 002” at +27 Design café, PTA

2008

Participation in Bigwood 2, group exhibition at Artspace, Durban + Belgium 2009)
Justified Jotting- group exhibition at Magpie Gallery. Video and sound installations.
Art Vespa 2008.
Levis/aKING t-shirt exhibition at KUNST HOUSE, Cape town.

2007

Opening exhibition at The Gallery in Pretoria "van Boerekitch en ander dinge" –group show at KKNK'07.
Group exhibition entitled "meter cubed" at August House
Group exhibition with Love and Hate entitled “the walls” at Canned Applause Record Store
Group exhibition (gallery opening) at the Secret Gallery along with Lionel Smit, Diek Grobler etc...
Sasol New Signatures 2007.
“SA+UK=” group exhibition, Dalston Lane café, London.
Art Vespa 2007.
Open Lab.02 group exhibition at designquarter.

2006

Participation: “40x 40” –group show at the KKnK.
Solo exhibition at the Project Room, Gordart Gallery entitled “circus”.
Group show along with 26 artists entitled “new suburbia” with Love and Hate at Platform on eighteenth
Works chosen for Gordon Froud’s young curator show at Aardklop.
Group show at Moja Modern entitled "the Inevitable" with Love and Hate

2005

Installation collaboration with Paul Loynes (Senyol) at Dirt, Cape town (January)
Group show “functional” at Gordart gallery
“Porn again” at Merely Mortal
Works selected for Ekurhuleni fine art awards Works selected Sasol new signatures.
“The dreamtime persistence”. 2 man exhibition with Colin O’mara Davis at Betty’s Tea Room

2004

Ekurhuleni fine arts awards: special Mention award
Sasol New Signatures
52weeks52works participation (52.co.za)
Group exhibition at Merely Mortal (cut-out installation)
3 Man exhibition at Secret Gallery, PTA, entitled “episode.eternity” (Audrey Anderson, Colin O’mara Davis)
10x10 at Gordart, Melville

2001

Group exhibition, Bramley gallery (Marcel Waldeck, Chris le Roux, Adele Botha)