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K A I . L O S S G O T T Transdisciplinary visual artist BIOGRAPHY Kai Lossgott works across media, investigating the inner workings of the human body and the personal element in green politics, most often in video, drawing and poetry. He has been widely exhibited in South Africa as a finalist for numerous South African art awards since 2004. The artist is represented in a number of top corporate and museum art collections both at home and abroad. He has exhibited video installations in Sweden, Italy and the USA, and been screened extensively at international museum and gallery events, as well as film festivals. Recently, he was a recipient of the Magmart Video Festival Award (2010, Naples). He is the curator of the CITY BREATH Festival of Video Poetry and Performance (2010), initiating and bringing together short interdisciplinary and experimental films from four South African cities. A selection was screened at the British Film Institute in London in May 2010, followed by an international tour, to popular and critical acclaim. Currently, in association with the COPART collective, he is curating LETTERS FROM THE SKY, an experimental film programme for the COP17 global climate summit in Durban in November 2011. The artist is also known for his public performance collaborations. Kai Lossgott holds a BJourn from Rhodes University (specialising in documentary filmmaking and dance theatre), an Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts from UNISA, and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town, all three cum laude. He has written and edited tertiary coursework and lectured at various South African universities, as well as facilitating community arts initiatives. German by birth (1980), South African by upbringing, Lossgott currently lives and works in Cape Town. |
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS 2011. Lexicography of the heart. Grande Provence Gallery Project Room, Franshoek, South Africa. 2008. Nothing with skin is blind. Gordart Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011. Boekrak. Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, South Africa. 2011. Time is Love. Kulter Gallery, Amsterdam. Sint-Lukas University College of Art & Design Gallery, Brussels. 2010. Mother Nature. SASOL Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 2009 - 2010. Dystopia. Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria. Museum Africa, Johannesburg. Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Mangaung. Jan Colle Galerij, Ghent, Belgium. 2009. Water Preserves. State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, New York. 2008. Print '08: Myth, Memory and the Archive. Bell-Roberts Gallery. Cape Town. ART COLLECTIONS SASOL Art Collection, Johannesburg. UNISA Permanent Collection, Pretoria. Nirox Foundation Collection, Johannesburg. The Sketchbook Library, New York. Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Casoria, Naples. INVIDEO Collection, Associazione Italiana Amici Cinema d'Essai (A.I.A.C.E.), Milan. Les Instants Vidéo Archive, Marseille. Various private collections. CURATORSHIP 2010 CITY BREATH Festival of Video Poetry and Performance. 4 South African cities. 20 short experimental films. 4 minutes each. Screenings: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Grahamstown (National Arts Festival Main Programme), London (British Film Institute), Vancouver, Marseille, Edinburgh, Berlin, Kharkiv (Ukraine).
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