CURRICULUM VITAE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 - Remains to be seen,
Eduardo Secci Gallery,
Milan, Italy

2022 - Solo presentation at Art Brussels,
WHATIFTHEWORLD,
Brussels, Belgium

2021 - Elegy,
Nirox Foundation,
Johannesburg

2021 - Sleight and Substance,
Montoro 12,
Brussels

2021 - As below so above,
WHATIFTHEWORLD,
Cape Town

2019 – Field of Vision,
WHATIFTHEWORLD,
Cape Town

2019 – Solo Presentation at
TOMORROWS/TODAY,
Curated by Tumelo Mosaka,
Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Cape Town

2018 – Orbits of Relating,
No End Contemporary Art Space,
Johannesburg

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 - Earth Power!,
Montoro 12,
Brussels, Belgium

2022 - The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize Finalists Exhibition,
Norval Foundation,
Cape Town

2021 - In Times Like These...and Other Stories,
WHATIFTHEWORLD,
Cape Town

2021 - Witness, curated by Natasha Becker
Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami

2021 - 40 under 40, curated by Igsaan Martin.
Twee Jonge Gezellen Wine Estate, Krone x WHATIFTHEWORLD, Tulbagh

2021 - Margins of Error,
Nirox Sculpture Park,
Johannesburg

2020 – Matereality
Iziko South African National Gallery
Cape Town

2019 – Process
BKhz,
Braamfontein

2019 – Il est une fois à l’Ouest.
Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA
Bordeaux, France

2018 – Germination
RAW Material Company
Dakar, Senegal

2018 – Forward
Curated by Ulrich Wolff and Elizabeth Miller-Vermeulen,
Stellenbosch University Museum,
Stellenbosch

2018 – Fresh Voices
Guns and Rain Gallery
Johannesburg

2017 – Washington186 Inaugural Exhibition
Aeroplastics Contemporary
Brussels, Belgium

2017 – NEWWORK19
Wits Art Museum
Johannesburg

2016 – undermine
A Collaborative Group Occupation
Curated by Chris Soal,
The Point of Order,
Johannesburg

2016 – Activate/Captivate: Collections Re-engagement
Wits Art Museum
Johannesburg

COLLABORATIONS

2020 – Selected as one of ten contemporary artists to participate in the 5th edition of the Dior Lady Art project.

AWARDS

2021 – Finalist, Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, Cape Town, South Africa.

2020 – Recipient of The Claire & Edoardo Villa Will Trust Grant.

2019 – SEED Award
Presented by the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art (SAFFCA) - For career acknolwedgment

2018 – PPC Imaginarium Award, Overall winner, and winner of the Sculpture category

RESIDENCIES

2022 - SAFFCA.EU, La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium

2021 - Nirox Foundation Residency, Nirox Sculpture Park, Johannesburg

2019 – Roma Residenza, hosted by Montoro 12, Rome

2018 – Fellow of the RAW Academié Session 5, directed by Otobong Nkanga. RAW Material Company. Dakar, Senegal

2018 – Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art. Co-resident with Minnette Vari. Entabeni Farm, Knysna

COLLECTIONS

Chris Soal has work in numerous private and public collections, both in South Africa and Internationally. Notable collections include:

The Bunker Artspace, (The Beth Rudin DeWoody collection), USA.

The Braunsfelder Family Collection, Germany.

Galila’s P.O.C. - The Collection of Galila Barzilaï-Hollander, Belgium.

The Kelly and Scott Mueller Collection, USA.

Renee and Robert Drake Collection, Netherlands.

Scheryn Art Collection, South Africa.

Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art (SAFFCA), South Africa, France, Belgium.

Modern Art Projects, South Africa.

First Rand Bank, Corporate Collection, South Africa.

The Rupert Family Collection, South Africa.

Kavita Chellaram Art collection, London, Lagos.

Martin Nielsen Collection, Denmark.

The Trevor Noah Collection, South Africa & USA.

LAM Museum, Lisse, Netherlands.

Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal; Toronto; New York.

MACAAL Museum, Morocco.

Francesca Lavazza Collection, Turin, Italy.