Cameron Platter
Available Works
About
Cameron Platter’s work filters, in a highly personal and idiosyncratic way, the enormous amount of information available today. Blurring the distinction between high and low, his eclectic and multi-disciplinary approach to art making, typically draws from everyday, unorthodox, transient, fragmented, disparate, over-looked sources
Born in 1978, Johannesburg, Cameron Platter has participated in numerous exhibitions around the world, including solo exhibitions “Drawings” at Tang Gallery Hong Kong, “Ba Dum Tssshh”, WHATIFTHEWORLD (South Africa, 2022); “I Wasn’t Made I Was Made“. Galerie Hussenot (France, 2021); You Look Like Your Face, Eric Hussenot, Paris; Salami at GNYP Gallery, Berlin; 13 Works, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco; “Teen Non_Fiction“, 1301PE (US, 2018); and “ZOL“, Blank Gallery (South Africa, 2017).
Recent Group exhibitions include: “Chaos Calm“, Bangkok Art Biennale 2022 (Thailand, 2022); “Memory, Playfulness, and Stream of Consciousness“, Tang Contemporary (Hong Kong, 2022); “Public Intimacy“, SF MoMA, (US, 2013); “Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now“, MoMA, (US, 2011)
Platter’s work has also been exhibited at MoMA, New York; SFMoMA; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Le Biennale de Dekar, Senegal; and the South African National Gallery.
His works appears in the permanent collection of MoMA, New York; The FRAC des Pays de la Loire, France; and the Iziko South African National Gallery.
His work has been highlighted in The Los Angeles Times, Artforum, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian ,Vice Magazine, NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, and Art South Africa.
He lives and works in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 | Ba Dum Tssshhh - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2020 | Solid Waste - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2019 | FR1000ID, Herman Mbamba & Cameron Platter, Blank Projects |
| 2018 | Teen_Non Fiction, 1301PE, Los Angeles |
| GALAXY AS0-730223NMJ-ZSDSSS, KZNSA, Durban | |
| 13 Works, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco | |
| You Look Like Your Face, Éric Hussenot, Paris | |
| Salami at GNYP Gallery, Berlin | |
| 2017 | Screaming Hallelujah, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco |
| 2016 | U-SAVED-ME, Depart Foundation, Los Angeles |
| 😱😱😱 - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town | |
| 2014 | I Saw This - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| Monster, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France | |
| 2013 | Everyday Apocalypse, Jack Bell Gallery, London. |
| 2012 | YOU, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France |
| Empty Promises, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria | |
| 2011 | Fucking Hell, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2010 | Hard Times, Great Expectations, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| The Old Fashion, Volta NY, New York | |
| I Am Lonelyness, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria | |
| 2009 | Black Up That White Ass II, YOUNGBLACKMAN, Cape Town |
| 2008 | Studio, KNSA Gallery, Durban |
| 3 Stories, KZNSA Gallery, Durban | |
| Too Much of Anything is Very Dangerous, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria | |
| 2006 | Party Time, Blank Projects, Cape Town |
| Beware the Curves, Labia Cinema, Cape Town |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2021 | Not Angels or Algorithms, Only Human Error - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| RESTUDIO, Cunningham Contemporary, Johannesburg | |
| 2020 | Arte contemporânea na Coleção Sindika Dokolo – You Love Me, You Love Not, Municipal Gallery Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal |
| 2019 | Gold Standard: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco |
| A Higher State of Consciousness, Éric Hussenot, Paris | |
| 2018 | Defying the Narrative: Contemporary Art from West and Southern Africa, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco |
| 2017 | Dans Un Ciel Ensoleille, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles |
| Atsala Tsala (A Selection of Contemporary African Art), Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland) | |
| 2016 | Screening Series – Satterwhite, Platter, Richmond, and Da Corte, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca |
| 2015 | Artist in Residence, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town |
| Imago Mundi, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice | |
| Brave New World…20 Years of Democracy, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town | |
| 2014 | Uncertain Terms - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| Public Intimacy, Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa, SFMOMA, San Francisco | |
| 2013 | Imaginary Fact: South African Art and the Archive, South African Pavillion, 55th Venice Biennale |
| 2012 | Beyond Apartheid: Sex, Race, and Politics in Contemporary Africa, Galeria Lunara, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| A Perfect Day, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam | |
| 2011 | Absent Heroes, Iziko South African National Gallery |
| Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, MoMA New York | |
| Rencontres Internationales, Haus Der Kultur, Berlin | |
| Coca- Colonized, Marte Museum, El Salvador | |
| Africa!, Galerie Hussenot, Paris | |
| New Positions, Art Cologne | |
| 2010 | Rencontres Internationales, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris |
| Coca- Colonized, Brot Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria | |
| Africa Assume Art Position, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan | |
| Contemporary Artists from South Africa, BEK, Norway | |
| Dak’Art 2010, Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal | |
| Twenty, 20 Years of South African Sculpture, Nirox Foundation, Gauteng | |
| 1910 - 2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective, South African National Gallery | |
| The Spirit is Not the Idea, Says the Penguin, CO-OP, Johannesburg | |
| Spier Contemporary, Travelling, Cape Town | |
| 2009 | Clair/ Obscur Film Festival, Basel, Switzerland |
| Manifesto, CO-OP, Johannesburg | |
| Word Up!, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Sing Into My Mouth, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town | |
| 2008 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria |
| Art 39 Basel, Hilger Contemporary | |
| 2007 | Love, South Beach Emporium, Miami, USA |
| 2006 | Tour, a slice of life, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria |
| Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland |
Art Fairs
| Cape Town Art Fair 2024 |
| Art Cologne 2023 |
| FNB Art Joburg 2023 |
| NOMAD Capri 2023 |
| Cape Town Art Fair 2022 |
Selected Publications
2014 I Saw This