Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Johan Thom

Johan Thom (b. 1976) is a full-time performance artist from South Africa, currently living and working in London. His performances, which occur in a wide variety of public spaces, generally concern the artist's experience of everyday life in South Africa and the country's troubled past. Both personal and societal commentary, Thom's work investigates the relationship between the body, process, and ritual. His work primarily consists of video, installation, and performance pieces. Another central theme in Thom's work is 'the void,' that which lies beyond human understanding and comprehension. His work explores the tension between humanized space and 'the void' through ritual, custom, and art.

Education
Thom holds a BA Fine Arts degree (1999) from the University of Pretoria and a Masters Degree from the Tshwane University of Technology (2003, Cum Laude).

Exhibitions

 * New Media Festival, National Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2009)
 * Dystopia (2009-2010)
 * Heart of the African City, African Perspectives, University of Pretoria (2009)
 * Making Sense: for an effective aesthetics, University of Cambridge (2009)
 * The Double Body: being in space, University of Johannesburg (2009)
 * Palazzo delle Papesse (2008)
 * First Canary Island Biennale (2006)
 * Belgrade International Theatre Festival (2006)
 * Britto Arts Trust in Bangladesh (2006)
 * Minotaur Series 12, Johannesburg Art Gallery (2006)
 * The Diary Of New York through Map South Africa (2006)
 * Rotterdam Film Festival (2006)
 * Venice Biennale (2003 & 2005)
 * International Computer Arts Festival in Slovenia (2004)
 * Exorcism series at the National Cultural History Museum, South Africa (2003)