Christopher Slack

CHRISTOPHER SLACK

Slack was born in Cape Town (1970) and studied at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, majoring in printmaking. Since 1996 he has held various solo exhibitions in Cape Town at the AVA Gallery, Blank Projects and UCA Gallery, and has participated in various group exhibitions around South Africa, including the recent ‘Fresh’ at Everard Read, Cape Town. He has exhibited at the Utrecht Art Fair in the Netherlands.

Slack is currently artist in residence at the Bijou Artists’ Studio in Observatory.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2009 - “The Exploits of the Incomparable Shamila” - UCA Gallery, Cape Town

2006 - “In Sector 17” – Blank Projects, Cape Town

2005 - “B-Grade” – Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

2000 - “Trans-Love Highways” – Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

1996 - “Recent Paintings” – Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2011 - “Fresh” – Everard Read, Cape Town

2010 - “The Creative Block”- Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

2009 - “Art and Violence”- Spier Estate, Stellenbosch

- “20 Artists, 20 Portraits”- UCA Gallery, Cape Town

2008 - “The Bijou Burns Again”, UCA Gallery, Cape Town

- Utrecht Art Fair, The Netherlands

2006 - “20 Artists 06” – Bell Roberts Contemporary, Cape Town

2003 - Africa Human Genome Initiative/What is Life? SA Museum, Cape Town

- “Chicks with Guns, part 2: Virgins in Paradise” – YDESIRE/Softserve 4, The

Castle, Cape Town

2002 - Group Exhibition – Bang the Gallery, Cape Town

2001 - “Chicks with Guns/Krishna Smiles, Flowers Bloom” – YDETAG/Softserve 3,

SA National Gallery, Cape Town

1999 - Group Exhibition – João Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town

1997 - “No Scratching”, Contemporary Printmaking, Tragically Hip Clothing, Cape

Town

1996 - “Sluice” – 3-piece Ensemble Performance – Good Hope Gallery, The Castle

Cape Town

- “Short Attention Spam”, Polaroid Exhibition – MAU MAU Gallery, Cape Town

1993 - “Aids Awareness” – SA Association of Arts/Artsstrip

- “Cape Town arrives in Johannesburg” – Anti-Gravity Gallery, Rosebank Mall,

Johannesburg

- “Hard-Ground Printmakers Association” – Dorp Street, Gallery, Stellenbosch

- “Arts Alive in August” – Anti-Gravity/Exclusive Books, Sandown, Johannesburg

- “Printmaking 1910-1993” – Michaelis Collection, Old Town House, Greenmarket

Square, Cape Town

AWARDS:

2003 - Africa Human Genome Initiative/What is Life? Competition – Joint 1st Prize

1992 - Michaelis – Katrine Harries Print Cabinet Prize

1990 - Michaelis – Simon Gerson Prize

- Irma Stern Award

1989 - Santam Scholarship for Art Students

- Cape Technikon – Merit Award for Outstanding Performance

- Cape Technikon – Bill Wilson Award for Form and Colour

1988 - Rondebosch Boys’ High School class prizes for Painting and Graphic Art

- Santam Scholarship for Art Students

EDUCATION:

1990-92 University of Cape Town Michaelis School of Fine Art – Dip Fine Art

1989 Cape Technikon – 1st year NA Dip Graphic Design

1988 Rondebosch Boys’ High School – Matriculation