Talk:Esther Mahlangu

Biography ambiguity
The brief history about the Ndebele people is a little confusing. I'm going to leave it for now, but maybe it should be erased--people ccould follow the links.

I don't know why the writer spelled the word "amaNdembele". Wikipedia classifies it as "amandebele". Maybe wikipedia writes it the anglicized way, but for the sake of organization I changed it.Editfromwithout (talk) 23:20, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Source
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-esther-mahlangu-is-keeping-africa-s-ndebele-painting-alive czar 02:53, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

moved CV items from main space to talk page
I moved unsourced CV items from main space to talk page. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:50, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Exhibitions and projects

 * Solo exhibitions
 * 2016 Esther Mahlangu Individual 7 series BMW and accompanying exhibition co-curated by BMW and 34FineArt, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
 * 2015 Esther Mahlangu 80, curated by 34FineArt, UCT Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, SA
 * 2014 Esther Mahlangu: An Artistic Residency, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia, USA
 * 2012 Overlay, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
 * 2010 Centro Espositivo St. Art, Calenzano, Italy
 * 2008 Esther Mahlangu: Reacquiring, The Kyle Kauffman Gallery, New York, USA
 * 2007 Esther Mahlangu 2007, 34LONG, Cape Town, SA
 * 2007 Why Africa?, Fiat 500, Turin, Italy
 * 2005 Esther Mahlangu, 34LONG, Cape Town, SA
 * 2003 Esther Mahlangu 2003, curated by 34FineArt, UCT Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, SA
 * 1998 Museum of Oceanian and African Art, Paris, France
 * 1997 BA Airways Tail paintings, UK
 * 1991 BMW Art Cars Commission, Germany


 * Selected exhibitions
 * 2015 Imibala Gallery, Somerset West, SA
 * 2015 Sneaker design with Swedish Company Eytys, Paris Fashion Week, France
 * 2015 40 years of BMW Art Cars, BMW Museum, Munchen, Germany
 * 2014 Traditional African Murals, Museum of African Art, Belgrade, Serbia
 * 2014 Look Mickey!, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
 * 2014 Les Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
 * 2014 Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
 * 2014 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, SA
 * 2013 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK
 * 2013 Urban Interpretation, Graffik Gallery, London, UK
 * 2013 FourWalls, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
 * 2012 Art Drive! Exhibition, Great Eastern Street Car Park in Shoreditch, London, UK
 * 2012 Urban Interpretation, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
 * 2012 Blend, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
 * 2011 Durban Tourism Indaba, Durban, SA
 * 2011 Ensemble, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
 * 2011 ArtMonaco'1 1, Monaco
 * 2011 Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
 * 2010 Africa. Objetos y Sujetos, Teatro Fernan Gomez, Centro de Arte, Madrid, Spain
 * 2010 ATASA Trust Southern Africa Handcraft & Ndebele Art Exhibition, Newtown, SA
 * 2010 La mostra sulla Regina d'Africa Esther Mahlangu, Napoli, Italy
 * 2010 Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA
 * 2010 FIFA Official Artist, Italy
 * 2009 Sortileges, Fondation pour L'art Contemporain, Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France
 * 2009 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
 * 2009 - 2010 Africa? Una nuova storia, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Italy
 * 2008 The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
 * 2008 Denver Museum of Art, Denver, Colorado, USA
 * 2008 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
 * 2007 Why Africa?, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
 * 2007 Painted the New Fiat 500 - "Why Africa?", The Pigozzi Collection, Italy
 * 2007 SA Art—Signs, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
 * 2007 Berlin and Beyond Art in Public Places, Florida, USA
 * 2007 Durban Art Gallery, Durban, SA
 * 2007 Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, USA
 * 2007 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
 * 2007 Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma, Washington, USA
 * 2006 100% African; The Jean Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
 * 2006 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
 * 2006 Memory Innovation Tradition, 34 LONG, Cape Town, SA
 * 2006 Roppongi Hills Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
 * 2006 Beyond Lilith: The Sacred Feminine, Scuderie Aldobrandini Frascati, Roma, Italy
 * 2005 Arts of Africa, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
 * 2005 Yokohama Triennial, Japan
 * 2005 New Identities Contemporary Art from South Africa, Pretoria Art Museum & Johannesburg Art Gallery, SA
 * 2005 Galleria Spacia, Italy
 * 2005 South Africa-USA Native American Exchange Project, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, USA
 * 2005 Project Row Houses, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
 * 2005 African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
 * 2005 National Museum of African Art, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA
 * 2004 New Identities Contemporary Art from South Africa, Museum Bochum, Germany
 * 2004 New Orleans Jazz Festival, South African Stage, New Orleans, USA
 * 2003 Dentro e Fuori le Mura, Fabbrica Eos, Milano, Italy
 * 2002 Passport to South Africa, Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
 * 2002 The Art of Colour, Knysna Fine Art Gallery, Knysna, SA
 * 2001 Arte Africana Contemporanea, Galleria d'arte Spazia, Bologna, Italy
 * 2001 Galleria Cavellini, Brescia, Italy
 * 2001 South Africa Today, The Helsinki Fair Centre, Finland
 * 2000 5th Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyons, France
 * 2000 Dialogue of Cultures, EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany
 * 1999 The Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, USA
 * 1999 <>FAST FORWARD.ZA, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
 * 1998 Solo Exhibition, Musee des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie, Paris, France
 * 1998 Africa Africa: Vibrant New Art from a Dynamic Continent, Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
 * 1997 Exhibit Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
 * 1997 York College, Los Angeles, California, USA
 * 1997 Mural for National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
 * 1997 Ndebele Images - Then and Now, National Arts Club, New York, USA
 * 1997 Oog op Zuidelijke Afrika, Het Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, Netherlands
 * 1997 Portal to America, Installation, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
 * 1997 African Immigrant Folklife Festival, Washington D.C., USA
 * 1996 Parish Gallery, Georgetown, USA
 * 1996 Exhibition for the Congressional Black Caucus, Washington D.C., USA
 * 1996 Armour J. Blackburn Centre, Howard University, Washington D.C., USA
 * 1996 World Bank, Washington D.C., USA
 * 1996 Mural - Ministry of Finance Building, Pretoria, SA
 * 1996 Mural - Alexandra Township Stadium, Johannesburg, SA
 * 1995 BMW Art Cars and Paintings Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
 * 1995 Group Exhibition, Market Theatre, Johannesburg, SA
 * 1994 BMW Art Cars Collection, National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
 * 1994 Mural - National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
 * 1994 Mural - Ndebele College of Education, KwaNdebele, SA
 * 1994 Mural - African Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
 * 1994 Mural - European Inventive Business Travel Meetings Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
 * 1994 Out of Africa, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
 * 1993 La Grande Verite, Les Astres Africains, Nantes Fine Arts Museum, Nantes, France
 * 1993 European Inventive Business Travel Meetings Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal
 * 1993 Geneva International Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
 * 1992 Comme des Garcons, Tokyo, Japan; New York, USA; and Paris, France
 * 1992 Out of Africa, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
 * 1992 Fire Screen, Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, SA
 * 1992 BMW Art Cars, Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany
 * 1992 Africa Hoy, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
 * 1992 Africa Hoy, Cultural Centre of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, Mexico
 * 1991 BMW Art Cars, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, SA
 * 1991 Painting columns in Building, Tokyo, Japan
 * 1991 Fashion Collection, Tokyo, Japan
 * 1991 Ny Afrikansk Billedkunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
 * 1991 Africa Hoy, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, de Gran Canaria, Spain
 * 1990 Caravan Auto Show, Lavante, France
 * 1990 Bordeaux Festival, Bordeaux, France
 * 1990 Mural Painting, Rosebank Shopping Centre, SA
 * 1990 Mural Painting, Johannesburg School, SA
 * 1989 Centre de la Villette, Paris, France
 * 1989 Fine Arts Museum, Angoulême, France
 * 1989 Mural Painting, Musee des Beaux Arts, France
 * 1989 Les Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France


 * Collections
 * Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
 * The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
 * Johnnic Communications Management Services Collection, Johannesburg, SA
 * Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
 * South African National Gallery, Iziko Museums, Cape Town, SA
 * BROKER Art Collection, Belgium
 * BOE Bank, Cape Town, SA
 * Musee des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie, Paris, France
 * Botshabelo Museum, Botshabelo, SA
 * BMW Art Cars Collection, Germany
 * World Bank Collection, USA
 * Museum of Modern Art, Equatorial Guinea
 * BHP Billiton Collection, Johannesburg, SA
 * Roppongi Hills Art Museum, Japan
 * Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia, USA
 * Museum Bochum, Germany
 * Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, SA
 * RE:CM Collection, Cape Town, SA
 * National Museum ofWoman in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
 * Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
 * Musee des Beaux Arts, France
 * University of Cape Town, SA

Esther Mahlangu's work is also represented in numerous public and private collections.

Awards

 * 2018 Honorary doctorate from the University of Johannesburg
 * 2015 The Lilizela Tourism Award, Roots and culture, SA
 * 2015 South African Traditional Music Achievement Awards, Life Time Achievement Award, SA
 * 2013 1st Mbokodo Award, SA
 * 2012 1st Mbokodo Award, South African Women in the Arts, SA
 * 2010 Increasing Access to the Arts Award - 13th annual BASA Awards, SA
 * 2007 The Heritage Award for Preservation and Promotion of South African Heritage and Culture, The Premier of KZN, SA
 * 2006 The Order of Ikhamanga (Silver), Government of South Africa, SA
 * 2006 National Arts and Culture Trust, Lifetime Achievement Award, SA
 * 2001 Arts and Culture Award, Art Promotion, SA
 * 2001 Pan African Broadcasting, Heritage and Achievement Award (PABHA), SA
 * 2001 Radio Ndebele Award, SA
 * 1999 Mpumalanga Arts and Culture Award, SA
 * 1997 Nassau County Commendation, New York, USA
 * 1997 Incorporated Village of Hempstead Citation, Hempstead, New York, USA
 * 1997 Ministry of Culture and Communication, Centre de la Villette, France
 * 1996 Mpumalanga Sport Premier's Culture Award, SA
 * 1988 Radio Ndebele Award, SA

Selected publications and references

 * Cantz, H. (2005), New Identities, Zeitgenossische Kunst Aus Sudafrika, Museum Bochum, Germany, ISBN 978-3-77571 489-1
 * Courtney-Clarke, M, (1986), Ndebele, London: Thames & Hudson, ISBN 0-500-28387-7
 * de Jager, F. R., & A. G. Loots (2003), Esther Mahlangu 2003, Vgallery, Cape Town, ISBN 0-620-30600-9
 * de Jager, F. R., & A. G. Loots (2015), Esther Mahlangu 80, 34FineArt, Cape Town, ISBN 978-0-620-67031 -9
 * Duke, L. (1994), "The Living Art of Esther Mahlangu: On a D.C. Street, a South African Master Paints in the Tradition of Her Tribe", The Washington Post, 4 September 1994
 * Grenier, C. (2013), Multiple Modernities: 1905-1970, Centre Pompidou, France, ISBN 978-2-84426-653-8
 * Guggenheim Bilbao Museum TF Editores & FMGB (2006), '100% Africa' [Exhibition Catalogue]
 * Hansen, L. (1995/1996), 'Memory and Amnesia: Transformation of the Vernacular Architecture of the Southern Ndebele in South Africa' [Unpublished Thesis], Post Graduate Centre for Human Settlements, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
 * James, D., & C. J. van Vuuren (1998), "The Ndebele", in Magubane, P. (ed.), Vanishing Cultures of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik, ISBN 978-0-847-82097-9
 * Loubser, A, (1994), "Recent Changes in Wall Painting amongst the Ndzundza as an Indication of Social Changes amongst AmaNdebele Women" (unpublished Honors Dissertation), The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
 * Magnin, A., & J. Soulillou (1996), Contemporary Art of Africa, London: Thames & Hudson, ISBN 0-500-01 71 3-1
 * Magubane, P., & S. Klopper (2001), African Heritage, Arts and Crafts, Cape Town: Struik, ISBN 1 -86872-51 6-2
 * Martin, J.-H. (1989), Les Magiciens de la Terre, Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou, ISBN 978-2858504985
 * Martin, J.-H., & A. Cohen-Solal (2014), Les Magiciens de la Terre: Retour sur une exposition legendaire, Editions Xavier Barral, Centre Pompidou, Paris, ISBN 978-2-84426-693-4
 * Magnin, A., de Lima Greene, A., & A. J. Wardlaw (2005), African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection (exhibition catalogue), Merrel, ISBN 978-0890902950
 * McGlone, P., "South African muralist Esther Mahlangu keeps traditions alive", The Washington Post, 8 October 2014
 * Mountain, A. (1995), Ndebele Artist Nation, Cape Town: Struik, ISBN 1-86825-848-3
 * Orford, M. (ed.), (2006), Life and Soul: Portraits of Women who Move South Africa, Cape Town: Double Storey
 * Parise, A. (2010), Esther Mahlangu La Regina d'Africa, Colognola Al Colli
 * Powel, I., & M. Lewis (1995), Ndebele: A People and their Art, Cape Town: Struik, ISBN 978-1 86825691 4
 * Rousset, J. M. (1996), Contemporary Art of Africa: Esther Mahlangu & Francina Ndimande, Magnin, A., & J. Soulillou (eds)
 * Africa Africa: Vibrant New Art from a Dynamic Continent [Exhibition Catalogue], Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo
 * Williamson, S. (2009), South African Art Now, Harper Design, ISBN 978-0061 34351 3