Dan Halter
Dan Halter was born in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1977. Now based in Cape Town, South Africa, Halter continues to interrogate and engage with the politics of post-colonial Zimbabwe. Graduating in 2001 from the Michaelis School of fine Art at the University of Cape Town with a BA (FA), he has since had two solo exhibitions. The first titled Take Me to Your Leader was held at the João Ferreira Gallery in Cape Town in 2006, followed by Never Say Never at the Derbylius Gallery in Milan in 2008. He has taken part in numerous group shows including Second to None at the South African National Gallery, Zeitgenössiche Fotokunst aus Südafrika at the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK) and VideoBrasil in São Paulo. In 2008, he was a MTN New Contemporaries selection, and completed two international residencies, one in Zürich and one in Rio de Janeiro. Most recently, he has been selected to participate in the 2009 Havana Biennale.
Solo Exhibitions
2008
* never say never, Derbylius Gallery, Milan, Italy^
2006
* Take Me To Your Leader, João Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town^
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
* Havanna Biennale, Havanna, Cuba
* US Exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Curated by Simon Njami & Bettina Malcomess, Johannesburg, South Africa
* Bamako FAIVA (Festivale Africain d’Images Virtuelles Artistique), Bamako, Mali
* Forward> March, Spier Arts Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
2008
* Big Wednesday, Whatiftheworld / Gallery, Cape Town
* MTN New Contemporaries, University of Johannesburg^
* Forty Years of Friendship: The Friends of The National Gallery: 1968-2008, South African
National Gallery, Cape Town
* Power Play, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town
* Prints + Editions, Whatiftheworld / Gallery, Cape Town
* Studio 2666: Ons Skrik vir Niks, Blank Projects, Cape Town^
2007
* Spier Contemporary, Spier Wine Estate Stellenbosch^
* 16th VideoBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil^
* The Inchoate Idiosynchratic Descent into Nihlism, Michaelis Gallery, University of Cape
Town
* The 2nd Cape Town Biennale, Blank Projects, Cape Town
* 3C Committee and Critics Choice, Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town
* Hell Yeah, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cape Town
* Zeitgenössiche Fotokunst aus Südafrika, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK), Berlin,
Germany
2006
* Second to None, South African National Gallery, Cape Town
* The Cape Town Biennale, Blank Projects, Cape Town
* The Last Braai 666, in collaboration with Christian Nerf and Ed Young. L/B’s
Lounge. Cape Town
* Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, Australia
* 15th Annual Art Salon at The Bay, Bay Hotel, Cape Town
2005
* Black and White Poster Project, Dirt Contemporary Art Space, Cape Town^
* 14th Annual Art Salon at The Bay, Bay Hotel, Cape Town
2004
* Contra Mundi, Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town
* Exchange Views on…/ Echange vues sur…, Espace Croix-Baragnon, France and Michaelis
* Gallery, University of Cape Town^
2003
* Picnic, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town^
* Meeting: Art in the Water Closet. Gallerie Puta. 2A Dysart Road, Cape Town
2001
* YDETAG, South African National Gallery, Cape Town
* Emergency, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
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