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Everard Read Gallery x FNB Art Joburg
Sandton Convention Centre
06 – 08 September 2024
Ampersand Foundation Fellowship
New York City
01 July – 01 August 2024
The system absorbs all opposition
A solo exhibition by Michael MacGarry
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
25 April – 15 June 2024
Yale University Africa-China symposium
Hosted by Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo
14 - 15 March 2024
Everard Read Gallery x Investec Cape Town Art Fair
International Convention Centre
16 – 18 February 2024
Everard Read Gallery x FNB Art Joburg
Sandton Convention Centre
08 – 10 September 2023
Dig Where You Stand – From Coast to Coast: Seke
Curated by Rosemary Esinam Damalie, with curatorial advisory from Azu Nwagbogu
Palais de Lomé, Togo
12 August – 31 December 2023
What I feel when I think about the cosmos
Curated by Lulu Read
Everard Read Franschhoek
12 August – 17 September 2023
Winter show
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
13 July – 26 Aug 2023
ARES
Curated by Henry Hussey and Sophia Olver
Cromwell Place, London
30 March - 18 April 2023
Investec Cape Town Art Fair
International Convention Centre
17 – 19 February 2023
FNB Joburg Art Fair
Sandton Convention Centre
01 – 04 September 2022
Genre pictures
A solo exhibition by Michael MacGarry
Everard Read, Cape town
03 – 25 August 2022
God of War
OHSH Projects
106 New Oxford Street
London, U.K.
10 June – 16 July
Time is Going — Archive and future memories
Curated by Azu Nwagbogu
EUNIC Senegal for Biennale Dak'Art
Dakar, Senegal
19 May – 12 June 2022
Parabolas
Public art commission
Meta Foundation
44 Stanley Avenue precinct, Johannesburg
Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Everard Read Gallery, C2
Cape Town International Convention Centre
18 – 20 February 2022
South African contemporary sculpture
Everard Read, Johannesburg
29 January – 22 March 2022
Oasis
Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
02 – 31 December 2021
White men can’t jump
FNB Art Joburg, P72 Projects, Johannesburg
29 October – 16 November 2021
Superstructure
A solo exhibition by Michael MacGarry
CIRCA Johannesburg
03 June – 03 July 2021
On African Urbanism(s)
Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture
Princeton University, NJ
arc-hum.princeton.edu
THEFOURTH x Apartment Vol.2
September – October 2020
Cape Town
TINY
Everard Read, Johannesburg
14 July – 21 August 2020
ARCO Lisboa
Lisbon, May - 14 June 2020
Wallpaper*
April 2020 limited edition cover by Michael MacGarry.
Featuring Maputo, Mozambique 2050 – from the artist's 100 Suns series.
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Apartment Vol.01
March – April 2020
Cape Town
The Portrait Show
Curated by Musa Nxumalo
Everard Read, Johannesburg
26 March - 2 May 2020
Matereality
Curated by Andrea Lewis
Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town
15 February – 02 August 2020
Investec Cape Town Art Fair
International Convention Centre
14 – 16 February 2020
Pentatonic Rubbernecking
Jacob van Schalkwyk and Michael MacGarry
GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch
02 – 16 February 2020
Africa State of Mind
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
14 December 2019 - 1 March 2020
rwa.org.uk
Africa State of Mind
Curated by Ekow Eshun
Museum of African Diaspora
San Francisco, USA
4 September - 15 November 2019
moadsf.org
FNB Art Joburg
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
13 - 15 September 2019
Chinafrika
Curated by Jochen Becker
Kunstraum, Konfuzius Institute
Nürnberg, Germany
29 May - 27 July 2019
Still here tomorrow to high five you yesterday
Curated by Azu Nwagbogu
Co-curated by Precious Mhone and Gcotyelwa Mashiqa
Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
13 May - 29 July 2019
zeitzmocaa.museum
Africa State of Mind
Curated by Ekow Eshun
Impressions Gallery
Bradford, UK
29 Mar 2019 – 15 Jun 2019
Shaping the City Conference
Völkerkunde-Museum, Leipzig
28 March 2019
In the belly of the whale
Dale Adcock and Michael MacGarry
Curated by Henry Hussey
Transition, London
23 February - 17 March 2019
Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Editioned sculpture collaboration with Bad Paper
Cape Town International Convention Centre
15 - 17 February 2019
Still here tomorrow to high five you yesterday
Co-curated by Precious Mhone and Gcotyelwa Mashiqa
Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
29 January - 29 August 2019
Rencontres Internationales de la photo de Fes, Morocco
Curated by Mohamed Thara
30 November - 20 December 2018
A course sorting of the readily available
A solo exhibition by Michael MacGarry
Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
14 November - 02 December 2018
Making Africa
Curated by Okwui Enwezor and Amelie Klein
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
14 Oct 2018 – 13 Jan 2019
Africa State of Mind
Curated by Ekow Eshun
New Art Exchange (NAE), Nottingham, U.K.
29 September – 16 December 2018
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
Festival du Court au El Kef (FCKEF), Tunisia
15-22 September 2018
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2018
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
07 - 09 September 2018
Screening: Sea of Ash
Ex-New Contemporary Art Centre
Milano, Italy
04 - 06 May 2018
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
FIAV Casablanca (International Festival of Video Art), Morocco
Curated by Mohamed Thara
24 - 29 April 2018
Screening: LHR-JNB
Kunsthaus ACUD, Berlin
14 April 2018
Flow of Forms
Group exhibition curated by Kerstin Pinther, Alexandra Weigand
Völkerkundemuseum, Hamburg
5 April - 30 August 2018
Screening: Sea of Ash
CCA Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, U.K.
TIME is Love programme curated by Kisito Assangni
31 March 2018
We are now, what you once were.
A solo exhibition by Michael MacGarry
Circa Gallery, Johannesburg
08 March - 21 April 2018
Screenings: The Battles, Flies.
Keyes Art Mile, Johannesburg
03 February - 08 March 2018
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
40th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2018
02 - 10 February 2018
Clermont-Ferrand, France
The Land
Group exhibition curated by Anthea Buys
Hordaland Kunstsenter
Bergen, Norway
26 January - 25 Feburary 2018
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
24 December 2017 - 03 January 2018
Excuse me, while I disappear. included on group exhibition: Making Africa. Continent of Contemporary Design curated by Okwui Enwezor and Amelie Klein. Exhibition tours to: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (15 Oct 2017 – 07 Jan 2018); Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (03 Feb 2018 – 06 May 2018); Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas (14 Oct 2018 – 13 Jan 2019)
Chinafrika. Under Construction
Artistic Director - Jochen Becker
Selected work features on Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, curated by Hou Hanru
15 December 2017 - 15 March 2018
Shenzen, P.R.C.
Selected artist: 11th Rencontres de Bamako, African Biennale of Photography
Curated by Marie-Ann Yemsi, 02 December 2017 – 31 January 2018, Bamako, Mali
rencontres-bamako.com
Excuse me, while I disappear. features on RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES
Videodrome, Marseille, France
Single screening: 26 November 2017
Chinafrika. Under Construction
Artistic Director - Jochen Becker
Selected work features on Lagos Biennial
Lagos, Nigeria
14 October 14 - 22 November 2017
Out from Under screens short film: Sea of Ash
Curated by Maori Karmael Holmes and Charlotte Ickes
The Flaherty, 6 East 39th Street, New York City
02 October - 11 December 2017
flahertyseminar.org
LHR-JNB (2009) included on Mine — The Film Will Always Be With You
Latrobe Gallery, Victoria, Australia
30 September - 03 December 2017
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
6th Jozi Film Festival
Johannesburg, 21 - 24 September 2017
FNB JoburgArtFair 2017
Everard Read Gallery booth
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
8-10 September 2017
Chinafrika. Under Construction
Group exhibition curated by Jochen Becker and Julia Schafer
Kunstfest Weimar
13 August to 3 September 2017
eWerke-Gelände in Weimar, Germany
kunstfest-weimar.de
Flow of Forms
Group exhibition curated by Kerstin Pinther, Alexandra Weigand
Völkerkundemuseum, Hamburg, Germany
March - August 2018
Another Antipodes / Urban Axis
Group exhibition curated by Valerie Kabov, Roelof Petrus van Wyk and Gerald Sanyangore
17 June - 22 JULY 2017
PS Art Space, Fremantle, Australia
anotherantipodes.com
Official Selection: Excuse me, while I disappear.
Le Rencontres Internationales - New Cinema & Contemporary Art
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 15-20 June 2017
art-action.org
Chinafrika. Under Construction
Group exhibition curated by Jochen Becker
gfzk Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Germany
Opens 02 June 2017
chinafrika.org
gfzk.de
SHOW NO PAIN - The collected film and video work of Michael MacGarry
A solo exhibition at Wits Art Museum (WAM), Johannesburg
02 May - 25 June 2017
WAM
Chinafrika Conference
A two-day conference focused on cultural responses to the Africa-China relationship produced by Michael MacGarry, Jochen Becker, Juliette Leeb-du Toit and Ross Anthony. Featuring contributions from Sammy Baloji, Malcolm Corrigall, Samuel Fosso, Daniel Halter, William Kentridge, Nicola Kritzinger, Richard Poplak, Dianne Leong Man, Ella Raidal, Warren Siebrits, Dr. Ruth Simbao, Moffat Takadiwa, Dr. Cobus van Staden and James Webb.
Goethe Institut, Johannesburg 29-30 April 2017
chinafrika.org
Utopia/Dystopia Part II
Co-curated by João Laia, Susana Ventura, Pedro Gadanho at MAAT (Museum Art Architecture Technology) Lisbon, Portugal. Opens March 2017.
MAAT
Official Selection: Excuse me, while I disappear.
Le Rencontres Internationales - New Cinema & Contemporary Art
Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, 13-19 March 2017
art-action.org
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
18th CinemAfrica Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
22 - 28 February 2017
Flow of Forms
Group exhibition curated by Kerstin Pinther, Alexandra Weigand
Museum of Architecture (TUM) at Pinakothek der Moderne, Kunstraum München and Museum Fünf Kontinente - Munich, Germany
02 February - 12 March 2017
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
International Festival Signes de Nuit
Chambéry, France
20 - 22 December 2016
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
14° Festival International Signes de Nuit, Paris
24 November - 04 December 2016
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
27th Carthage Film Festival, Tunis, Tunisia. In competition Short Films category.
28 October - 5 November 2016
jcctunisie.org
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
Film Africa - the Royal African Society’s annual film festival - screened in competition for the Baobab Award for Best Short Film.
London, 28 October - 6 November 2016
filmafrica.org.uk
Official Selection: Sea of Ash and As Above, So Below.
shnit International Shortfilmfestival
PLAYGROUND Cape Town, 5 - 9 October 2016
shnit.org
Excuse me, while I disappear. included on Making Africa. Continent of Contemporary Design curated by Okwui Enwezor and Amelie Klein, at Kunsthal Rotterdam, 01 October 2016 - 15 January 2017.
www.kunsthal.nl
Selected Artist: Herbst Academy 2016
Steirischer Herbst Festival
Haus der Architektur - Graz, Austria
23 September - 16 October 2016
steirischerherbst.at
Selected Artist: New Museum’s residency program: IdeasCity Athens
“The next edition of the New Museum’s high-profile platform that explores the future of cities with arts and culture as driving forces - will take place 19 - 24 September 2016 in Athens. IdeasCity Athens invites 40 thinkers and professionals from around the world working at the intersection of urbanism, community activism, art, design, and technology whose work interrogates the cultural forces that define our cities.”
ideas-city.org | newmuseum.org
Official Selection:
Excuse me, while I disappear.
Flies.
Sea of Ash
14th Afrika Film Festival, Cologne
15 - 25 September 2016
filme-aus-afrika.de
Everard Read Gallery
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2016
Sandtion Convention Centre, Johannesburg
9 - 11 September 2016
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
14th International Festival Signes de Nuit, Tucumán, Argentina
25-28 August 2016
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
17th Lucania Film Festival - Pisticci, Italy
10-13 August 2016
Official Selection: As Above, So Below.
24th Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
9 - 17 July 2016
Between Rot and Genesis
Solo Exhibition
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
07 July - 06 August 2016
Official Selection: Flies. and Excuse me, while I disappear.
Architect Africa Film Festival
The Bioscope, Johannesburg
23 - 26 June 2016
Official Selection: As Above, So Below.
62nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany
5 - 10 May 2016
kurzfilmtage.de
Making Africa
Curated by Amelie Klein and Okwui Enwezor
CCCB - Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
23 March - 28 August 2016
cccb.or
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
Le Rencontres Internationales
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 15 - 20 March 2016
art-action.org
When Tomorrow Comes
Curated by Michael Titlestad, Jacki McInnes, Jyoti Mistry
Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg
15 March - 29 May 2016
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
14th International Festival Zeichen der Nacht
Jury Award: Special Mention, Sign Awards
Bangkok, Thailand
3 - 6 March 2016
signesdenuit.com
Sub-Sahara: Accelerated Urbanism in Africa
Curated by Suzanne Landau
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
01 March – 10 September 2016
tamuseum.com
Cape Town Art Fair
19 - 21 February 2016
Cape Town International Convention Centre
everard-read.co.za
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
14th International Festival Signes de Nuit, Berlin
18 - 24 January 2016
signesdenuit.com
Official Selection: Sea of Ash
Le Rencontres Internationales - New Cinema & Contemporary Art
Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, 12-17 January 2016
art-action.org
Official Selection: Excuse me, while I disappear.
7th Cairo International Video Festival, Medrar Centre for Contemporary Art, Egypt
3 - 11 December 2015
Medrar
Visual Cultures TEN
SHOWROOM GALLERY, Marylebone, London
Organised by Goldsmith's Visual Cultures Department
2 - 6 December 2015
SHOWROOM
Jury Award - Special Mention: Excuse me, while I disappear.
13th International Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris
26 November - 2 December 2015
signesdenuit.com
Selected Artist: The Film Will Always Be You
Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth, Germany
27 - 29 November 2015
Bronze, Steel & Stone
Group exhibition
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
12 November - 20 December 2015
everard-read.co.za
Excuse me, while I disappear.
Making Africa - A Continent of Contemporary Design
Curated by Amelie Klein and Okwui Enwezor
Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
30 October 2015 - 21 February 2016
Selected Artist: SESC_VideoBrasil
Jury Award: Honourable Mention: “Excuse me, while I disappear.”
19th Festival of Contemporary Art: Southern Panoramas
Sao Paulo, Brasil
6 October - 6 December 2015
videobrasil.org.br
Official Selection: Flies.
Edinburgh Short Film Festival
11-22 November 2015
edinburghshortfilmfestival.com
Selected Artist: B3 The Moving Image Biennial 2015
Frankfurt am Main
7 - 11 Oktober 2015
b3biennale.com
Official Selection:
Excuse me, while I disappear.
Flies.
Baghdad International Film Festival (BIFF 2015), Iraq
1 - 5 October 2015
baghdadfilmfest.com
Excuse me, while I disappear. Official selection: Arquiteturas Film Festival, Lisboa
1-4 Otober 2015
arquiteturasfilmfestival.com
Official Selection: Excuse me, while I disappear. - Bergen International Film Festival, Norway - 23-30 September 2015
biff.no
Official Selection: Flies.
K3 Internationales Filmfestival - Villach, Austria
Jury Award: Honourable Mention
16 - 20 September 2015
k3festival.com
There’s an Animal Inside.
A solo exhibition by Michael MacGarry
FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, 11 - 13 September 2015
Official Selection: Excuse me, while I disappear.
CINEMIGRANTE
15 - 23 September 2015, Buenos Aires
www.cinemigrante.org
Flies. Official selection: Split Film Festival
Croatia, 12-19 September 2015
splitfilmfestival.hr
El Ray Award for Excellence in Narrative Short Filmmaking
Awarded to Excuse me, while I disappear. at Barcelona Film Festival 2015
barcelonafilmfestival.com
Excuse me, while I disappear. Official Selection: 13th International Festival Signes de Nuit 2015
Lisboa, Saarbrücken, Bangkok
signesdenuit.com
Official Selection: Flies.
Durban International Film Festival
16 - 26 July 2015
Selected Artist: The Film Will Always Be You
TATE Modern, London
10 - 12 July 2015
tate.org.uk
After Africa
A group exhibition curated by Mathias Ussing Seeberg
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
25 June - 25 October 2015
Official Selection: Excuse me, while I disappear.
Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema (FCAAAL)
Milan, Italy
6 - 12 May 2015
Excuse me, while I disappear. included on The Johannesburg Pavilion
during the 56th la Biennale di Venezia, Campo San Giacomo dall'Orio, Venice, Italy.
6 - 14 May 2015
Excuse me, while I disappear. included on Africa Salon programme - Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
The Africa Salon is Yale University’s first contemporary African arts programme, featuring a series of panels, exhibitions, screenings and performances by contemporary artists from the continent and diaspora.
27 - 28 March 2015
africasalon.org | yale.edu
Excuse me, while I disappear. included on Making Africa. A Continent of Contemporary Design curated by Okwui Enwezor and Amelie Klein, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
14 March - 13 September 2015
Exhibition Tour: Guggenheim Bilbao (2016), CCCB Barcelona (2016)
Excuse me, while I disappear. Official Selection: 20th Afrika Film Festival de Belgique (AFF)
20 March - 4 April 2015
Excuse me, while I disappear. Nominated: Huysmans Young Africa Filmmaker Award 2015 (AFF)
Awards announcement and film screenings: 21 March 2015, Museum M van Leuven, Belgium.
Excuse me, while I disappear. Official Selection: International Film Festival Rotterdam
21 January - 31 February 2015
Flies.
Official Selection: International Film Festival Rotterdam
21 January - 31 February 2015