Andrew Ntshabele

Biography

Andrew Ntshabele was born in the small rural town of Moruleng in the North West province of South Africa. When Andrew was four years old, his family moved to the city of Johannesburg, where he currently resides.  Andrew had the pleasure of witnessing South Africa’s first democratic votes in 1994 and seeing Johannesburg’s transformation from the early nineties, and mid-nineties to the present.

Andrew’s artworks are characterised by his known style of assembling images from historical artefacts, such as books, magazines, letters and stamps, which form a collaged background for figurative paintings.  Andrew’s works are multifaceted as he engages with both past history and the present times, his works reflecting layers of history. As a young black contemporary artist, he uses his work to come to terms with his place in the world and, specifically, South Africa. Through his images, he acknowledges both colonialism and apartheid and how it did, and still does, impact on his life and those people he identifies with. He has found a way to authentically contemplate both the past and the present without needing to respond in an aggressive manner nor to simply brush over the past.  Rather his intention for creating art is to engage in a dialogue between different generations and historical events, in order to acknowledge the past and promote a sense of hope for a better future by affirming the importance of family and community.

In Andrew’s early years, he showed exceptional talent, leading him to complete a BTech degree majoring in painting from the University of Johannesburg in 2013. During these early years of being a professional artist, Andrews received the painting merit award at the Ekurhuleni 2012 Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards, as well as exhibited at the Turbine art fair 2015 as part of the emerging artist’s

Andrew’s works have continued to steadily grow in international popularity, as his approach to creating preserves the past through the use of newspapers and documents combined with images of the present, and is about authentic storytelling.

Andrew has successfully taken part in both international and national art exhibitions.

2014

• Two-Person Exhibition, MAP(Mashumi Art Projects), Nex Dor Restaurant Vilakazi street Orlando- Soweto West
• Two-Person Exhibition, The other side of Joburg, StopSign Art Gallery,203 Fox Street, Maboneng Precinct
• Visual Art Riot group exhibition opening, at the Basha Uhuru Freedom Festival,

presented by Constitution Hill, in association with Kalshnikovv Gallery

• IDC Gallery group exhibition

2015

• Live painting and Solo Exhibition, Meetings Africa, Sandton Convention Centre
• KaPlan group exhibition, Constitutional Hill, 1 Kotze street
• Turbine art fair, Assemblage Studios and Fresh Produce emerging artists group exhibitions
• After the winter group exhibition, The Henry George Gallery, 45 6^th street, Parkhurst

2016

• Bowan Gilfillan group exhibition, 11 Alice Ln, Sandhurst, Sandton
• Dark Passages, Lighted Rooms, MAP Contemporary, 87 4^th Ave, Melville
• Expressions exhibition, The Henry George Gallery, 45 6^th street, Parkhurst
• Group exhibition, Art it is Gallery, 11 Chester Rd, Parkwood, Randburg

2017

• The Joburg Fringe Art Fair, Victoria Yards, Lorentzville
• Expressions 2 exhibition, The Henry George Gallery, 45 6^th street, Parkhurst

2018

• Inaugural Themba Gala auction, Fox Junction Event Venue (1 Fox Precinct, 14 Alexander Street, Ferreirasdorp)
• The Travelling Art Gallery pop group up exhibition in Germany, Hamburg, Hildesheim, Ludwigshafen
• The Art of Law exhibition, Werksmens attorneys, The Central, 96 Rivonia Rd, Dennehof, Sandton
• The Travelling Art Gallery pop group up exhibition in Germany, Hieldeshiem
• SeeyourartAmsterdam pop up group Exhibition, Netherlands Amsterdam

2019

• What is South Africa Even? Volume 2 group exhibition, Bag Factory Studios, 10 Mahlatini St Newtown, Fordsburg
• The Travelling Art Gallery pop group up exhibition in Germany, Frankfort, Stuttgart, Munich
• Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Art chemistry Gallery, Brussels Belgium
• Our City with Portraits, The Henry George Gallery, 45 6^th street, Parkhurst
• ARTMUC Contemporary Art Fair Munich, The Travelling Art Gallery, Munich Germany
• Kings Day celebrations week, Solo Exhibition, Artchemistry gallery, Muurhuizen, Amersfoort Netherlands
• Art Laren, artchemistrygallery, Het Gooi, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Reflecting on August, THK Gallery, 52 Waterkant St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
• Moving Into Dance, charity exhibition, AGOG Gallery, 12 Lower Ross St, New Doornfontien
• People of the Shadow Economy, Solo Exhibition, The Henry George Gallery, 45 6^th street, Parkhurst
• Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Artchemistry Gallery, Nacka Strandsmassan Augustendalstorget 6, Nacka Strand 131 52, Stockholm, Sweden
• Europe Art Fair and Beyond, Artchemistry gallery, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
• Pop-up exhibition at the V&A Waterfront, EADT (The Emerging Artists Development Trust), V&A Waterfront, 19 Dock Rd, Cape Town

2020

• Innsbruck International Art Fair, The Travelling Art Gallery, Austria
• com Gallery, group Exhibition, Monte Casino, Montecasino Blvd, Fourways
• com Gallery “Reset” exhibition, group Exhibition, Shop 6, Stanley Studios, 39 Stanley Ave, Milpark
• com Gallery “I am because we are”, group Exhibition, Shop 6, Stanley Studios, 39 Stanley Ave, Milpark
• Pop up Group exhibition, The Travelling Art Gallery, Crailsheim Germany
• Solo exhibition, The Travelling Art Gallery, Berlin Germany
• Phakama Art online art auction
• com Gallery “Sounds in Solitude”, group Exhibition, Shop 6, Stanley Studios, 39 Stanley Ave, Milpark
• com Gallery “Trio Umoyo”, group Exhibition, Shop 6, Stanley Studios, 39 Stanley Ave, Milpark

2021

• com Gallery “Encounters 1”, Solo Exhibition, Shop 6, Stanley Studios, 39 Stanley Ave, Milpark
• com Gallery “Encounters 2”, Solo Exhibition, Shop 6, Stanley Studios, 39 Stanley Ave, Milpark
• Online Charity Auction, The Traveling Art Gallery, Germany/ South Africa
• Pop exhibitions, The Traveling Art Gallery, Germany
• com Gallery “Africonic”, group Exhibition,Shop 53, Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton
• Art The Hague, Group Exhibition, Artchemisty Gallery, The Netherlands

2022

• Pop exhibitions, The Traveling Art Gallery, Germany
• Pop exhibitions, The Traveling Art Gallery, V & A Waterfront Capetown
• com Gallery “Dance of the counterpoints”, group Exhibition, Shop 53, Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton
• com Gallery “The stories in between” Group Exhibition, Artyli.com Gallery, Shop 53, Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton
• Group Exhibition, Loo and Lou Gallery, 20 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003, Paris, France