CV
Education
2019 Master of Fine Arts. Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT), South Africa
2017 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art. Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT), South Africa.
Exhibition History:
Solo:
2021
(Forthcoming) blackbody Rogues' Gallery, Von Ammon Co., Washington D.C (November)
Ko ga Lowe, Guns & Rain, Johannesburg, South Africa (March)
2020
blackbody Composites, kó Artspace, Lagos, Nigeria, (November)
A Confluence, Unintended, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (September)
2019
Bogasatswana – Rebuilding the boat while sailing (MFA exhibition), Michaelis Galleries. Cape Town. (November)
Group:
2021
Look Mama, A Negro: Black Existence as Black Resistance curated by Motlalepula Phukubje, Latitudes Online (June)
Frieze New York, Half Gallery, New York (May)
Untitled 8.99, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town (May)
FRIEND ZONE curated by Vaughn Spann, Half Gallery, New York (January)
2020
African Galleries Now, Guns and Rain, Artsy x AAGA (Online) (November)
Finalists Exhibition, Emerging Painting Invitational (Online)(October)
The Botswana Pavilion – Collective Ties, Online (With the support of an ANT Mobility Fund from Pro Helvetia) (October)
Fresh Voices, Guns and Rain, Johannesburg, South Africa (June)
2019
Cassirer Welz Award Exhibition, Strauss and Co. Fine Art Auctioneers, Johannesburg (November)
Joburg Fringe 2019, The Art Room, Johannesburg, South Africa (November)
Summer Salon, Bag Factory Artist Studios, Johannesburg (November)
The Botswana Pavilion – Subjective Nationhood, Botswana National Museum & Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana (September)
The Botswana Pavilion- No Return, Gallery Momo, Cape Town, South Africa (May)
Surfaces, Kelvin Corner, Cape Town (March)
2018
Eclectica Collection, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town (October)
New Arrivals, Lutge Gallery, Cape Town (April)
2017
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town (December)
2016
Artist of the Year Exhibition, Thapong Visual Arts Centre, Gaborone, Botswana
Barclays L'Atelier Top 100 Exhibition, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ideas Expo Exhibition, University of Botswana, Gaborone
Members Exhibition, Thapong Visual Arts Centre, Gaborone
Barclays L'Atelier Botswana Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Gaborone
What Is Art, The Test Kitchen, Gaborone
Media and Publications:
“Rainbow Scale: Thebe Phetogo in conversation with Thulile Gamedze”
https://artthrob.co.za/2021/04/08/rainbow-scale-thebe-phetogo-in-conversation-with-thulile-gamedze
“Hard rock, soft worlds” by Thulile Gamedze
https://gunsandrain.com/papers/hard-rock-soft-worlds
“Lagos Roundup” by Jareh Das
https://www.art-agenda.com/features/362190/lagos-roundup
“The Blackbody Against the Green Screen” by Sabo Kpade
https://www.contemporaryand.com/magazines/the-blackbody-against-the-green-screen
“Subjective Nationhood: ‘The Botswana Pavilion: No Return’ at Gallery MOMO” by Khanya Mashabela
https://artthrob.co.za/2019/07/05/subjective-nationhood-the-botswana-pavilion-no-return-at-gallery-momo/
“Thebe Phetogo’s figurative paintings acknowledge the unseen” by Gabriella Pinto https://10and5.com/2016/09/20/thebe-phetogos-figurative-paintings-acknowledge-the-unseen/
Awards and residencies:
2021 Visiting Artist Residency, Greatmore Studios Trust. June - August (Cape Town, South Africa)
2021 Art Connection Africa residency, The Bag Factory. February – April (Johannesburg, South Africa)
2020 Emerging Painting Invitational Prize (Finalist)
2020 Arthouse Foundation residency. January – April (Lagos, Nigeria)
2019 Cassirer Welz Award (finalist)
2016 Absa L’Atelier Top 100
Professional Affiliations:
Founding Member, The Botswana Pavilion artist collective (South Africa – Botswana)
2019 Master of Fine Arts. Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT), South Africa
2017 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art. Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT), South Africa.
Exhibition History:
Solo:
2021
(Forthcoming) blackbody Rogues' Gallery, Von Ammon Co., Washington D.C (November)
Ko ga Lowe, Guns & Rain, Johannesburg, South Africa (March)
2020
blackbody Composites, kó Artspace, Lagos, Nigeria, (November)
A Confluence, Unintended, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (September)
2019
Bogasatswana – Rebuilding the boat while sailing (MFA exhibition), Michaelis Galleries. Cape Town. (November)
Group:
2021
Look Mama, A Negro: Black Existence as Black Resistance curated by Motlalepula Phukubje, Latitudes Online (June)
Frieze New York, Half Gallery, New York (May)
Untitled 8.99, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town (May)
FRIEND ZONE curated by Vaughn Spann, Half Gallery, New York (January)
2020
African Galleries Now, Guns and Rain, Artsy x AAGA (Online) (November)
Finalists Exhibition, Emerging Painting Invitational (Online)(October)
The Botswana Pavilion – Collective Ties, Online (With the support of an ANT Mobility Fund from Pro Helvetia) (October)
Fresh Voices, Guns and Rain, Johannesburg, South Africa (June)
2019
Cassirer Welz Award Exhibition, Strauss and Co. Fine Art Auctioneers, Johannesburg (November)
Joburg Fringe 2019, The Art Room, Johannesburg, South Africa (November)
Summer Salon, Bag Factory Artist Studios, Johannesburg (November)
The Botswana Pavilion – Subjective Nationhood, Botswana National Museum & Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana (September)
The Botswana Pavilion- No Return, Gallery Momo, Cape Town, South Africa (May)
Surfaces, Kelvin Corner, Cape Town (March)
2018
Eclectica Collection, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town (October)
New Arrivals, Lutge Gallery, Cape Town (April)
2017
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town (December)
2016
Artist of the Year Exhibition, Thapong Visual Arts Centre, Gaborone, Botswana
Barclays L'Atelier Top 100 Exhibition, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ideas Expo Exhibition, University of Botswana, Gaborone
Members Exhibition, Thapong Visual Arts Centre, Gaborone
Barclays L'Atelier Botswana Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Gaborone
What Is Art, The Test Kitchen, Gaborone
Media and Publications:
“Rainbow Scale: Thebe Phetogo in conversation with Thulile Gamedze”
https://artthrob.co.za/2021/04/08/rainbow-scale-thebe-phetogo-in-conversation-with-thulile-gamedze
“Hard rock, soft worlds” by Thulile Gamedze
https://gunsandrain.com/papers/hard-rock-soft-worlds
“Lagos Roundup” by Jareh Das
https://www.art-agenda.com/features/362190/lagos-roundup
“The Blackbody Against the Green Screen” by Sabo Kpade
https://www.contemporaryand.com/magazines/the-blackbody-against-the-green-screen
“Subjective Nationhood: ‘The Botswana Pavilion: No Return’ at Gallery MOMO” by Khanya Mashabela
https://artthrob.co.za/2019/07/05/subjective-nationhood-the-botswana-pavilion-no-return-at-gallery-momo/
“Thebe Phetogo’s figurative paintings acknowledge the unseen” by Gabriella Pinto https://10and5.com/2016/09/20/thebe-phetogos-figurative-paintings-acknowledge-the-unseen/
Awards and residencies:
2021 Visiting Artist Residency, Greatmore Studios Trust. June - August (Cape Town, South Africa)
2021 Art Connection Africa residency, The Bag Factory. February – April (Johannesburg, South Africa)
2020 Emerging Painting Invitational Prize (Finalist)
2020 Arthouse Foundation residency. January – April (Lagos, Nigeria)
2019 Cassirer Welz Award (finalist)
2016 Absa L’Atelier Top 100
Professional Affiliations:
Founding Member, The Botswana Pavilion artist collective (South Africa – Botswana)