born in Middleburg, South Africa, 1935
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 Unveiling of the ‘Mahlangu’ Rolls-Royce Phantom, Cape Town, SA
2020 Investec Cape Town Art Fair – Past/ Modern Section, Cape Town, SA
2020 ‘Dr Esther Mahlangu – Disrupting Patterns’, The Melrose Gallery, Cape Town, SA
2019 ‘Timeless’ Oliewenhuis Museum, Bloemfontein, SA
2019 ‘Timeless’ Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, SA
2017 A Tribute to Nelson Mandela, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2016 BMW Lounge, FRIEZE ART FAIR, London, UK
2015 Esther Mahlangu 80, UCT Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, SA
2014 Esther Mahlangu: An Artistic Residency, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia, USA
2012 Overlay, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
2010 Centro Espositivo St. Art, Calenzano, Italy
2008 Esther Mahlangu: Reacquiring, The Kyle Kauffman Gallery, New York, USA
2007 Esther Mahlangu 2007, 34LONG, Cape Town, SA
2007 Why Africa?, Fiat 500, Turin, Italy
2005 Esther Mahlangu, 34LONG, Cape Town, SA
2003 Esther Mahlangu 2003, UCT Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, SA
1998 Museum of Oceanian and African Art, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2019 Conflict Resolution Art, Athens, Greece
2019 ‘Timeless’, The Melrose Gallery Cape Town 2019 Limited edition Freshpak Rooibos tin
2018 Public Commission – 3 murals: The Market Theatre Foyer, Esther Mahlangu Boardroom at Windybrow Theatre, The Contemporary Market Square Complex, Johannesburg, SA
2018 Group Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
2018 Not A Single Story, Nirox Foundation Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind, SA
2016 South Africa The Art of a Nation, The British Museum, UK, 27 October 2016
2016 New design – Belvedere (RED), NY, USA
2015 Amref Health Africa Artball: Celebrating Contemporary Art, New York, USA
2015 Imibala Gallery, Somerset West, SA
2015 Sneaker design with Swedish Company Eytys, Paris Fashion Week, France
2015 40 years of BMW Art Cars, BMW Museum, Munchen, Germany
2014 Traditional African Murals, Museum of African Art, Belgrade, Serbia
2014 Look Mickey ! 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA 2014 Les Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2014 Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
2014 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, SA
2013 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK
2013 Urban Interpretation, Graffik Gallery, London, UK
2013 FourWalls, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
2012 Art Drive! Exhibition, Great Eastern Streetcar Park in Shoreditch, London, UK
2012 Urban Interpretation, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
2012 Blend, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
2011 Durban Tourism Indaba, Durban, SA
2011 Ensemble, 34FineArt, Cape Town, SA
2011 ArtMonaco’1 1 , Monaco
2011 Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
2010 Africa. Objetos y Sujetos, Teatro Fernan Gomez, Centro de Arte, Madrid, Spain
2010 ATASA Trust Southern Africa Handcraft & Ndebele Art Exhibition, Newtown, SA
2010 La mostra sulla Regina d’Africa Esther Mahlangu, Napoli, Italy
2010 Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA
2010 2010 Fine Art Collection, FIFA, South Africa
2009 Sortileges, Fondation pour L’art Contemporain, Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France
2009 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2009 2010 Africa? Una nuova storia, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Italy
2008 The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2008 Denver Museum of Art, Denver, Colorado, USA
2008 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
2007 Why Africa?, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
2007 Painted the New Fiat 500 – “Why Africa?”, The Pigozzi Collection, Italy
2007 SAArt — Signs, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007 Berlin and Beyond Art in Public Places, Florida, USA
2007 Berlin and Beyond Art in Public Places, Florida, USA
2007 Durban Art Gallery, Durban, SA
2007 Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, USA
2007 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2007 Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma, Washington, USA
2006 100% African; The Jean Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
2006 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 2006
2006 Memory Innovation Tradition, 34 LONG, Cape Town, SA 2006
2006 Roppongi Hills Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Beyond Lilith: The Sacred Feminine, Scuderie Aldobrandini Frascati, Roma, Italy
2005 Arts of Africa, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
2005 Yokohama Triennial, Japan
2005 New Identities Contemporary Art from South Africa, Pretoria Art Museum &
Johannesburg Art Gallery, SA
2005 Galleria Spacia, Italy
2005 South Africa-USA Native American Exchange Project, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, USA
2005 Project Row Houses, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
2005 African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, USA
2005 National Museum of African Art, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA
2004 New Identities Contemporary Art from South Africa, Museum Bochum, Germany
2004 New Orleans Jazz Festival, South African Stage, New Orleans, USA
2003 Dentro e Fuori le Mura, Fabbrica Eos, Milano, Italy
2002 Passport to South Africa, Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
2002 The Art of Colour, Knysna Fine Art Gallery, Knysna, SA
2001 Arte Africana Contemporanea, Galleria d’arte Spazia, Bologna, Italy
2001 Galleria Cavellini, Brescia, Italy
2001 South Africa Today, The Helsinki Fair Centre, Finland
2000 5th Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyons, France
2000 Dialogue of Cultures, EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany
1999 The Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, USA
1998 Solo Exhibition, Musee des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris, France
1998 Africa Africa: Vibrant New Art from a Dynamic Continent, Tobu Museum of Art,
Tokyo, Japan
1997 British Airways tail wing design, UK
1997 Exhibit Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
1997 York College, Los Angeles, California, USA
1997 Mural for National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
1997 Ndebele Images – Then and Now, National Arts Club, New York, USA
1997 Oog op Zuidelijke Afrika, Het Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, Netherlands
1997 Portal to America, Installation, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
1997 African Immigrant Folklife Festival, Washington D.C., USA
1996 Parish Gallery, Georgetown, USA
1996 Exhibition for the Congressional Black Caucus, Washington D.C., USA
1996 Armour J. Blackburn Centre, Howard University, Washington D.C., USA
1996 World Bank, Washington D.C., USA
1996 Mural – Ministry of Finance Building, Pretoria, SA
1996 Mural – Alexandra Township Stadium, Johannesburg, SA
1995 BMW Art Cars and Paintings Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
1995 Group Exhibition, Market Theatre, Johannesburg, SA
1994 BMW Art Cars Collection, National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
1994 Mural – National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
1994 Mural – Ndebele College of Education, KwaNdebele, SA
1994 Mural – African Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
1994 Mural – European Inventive Business Travel Meetings Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
1994 Out of Africa, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
1993 La Grande Verite, Les Astres Africains, Nantes Fine Arts Museum, Nantes, France
1993 European Inventive Business Travel Meetings Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal
1993 Geneva International Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
1992 Comme des Garcons, Tokyo, Japan; New York, USA; and Paris, France
1992 Comme des Garcons, Tokyo, Japan; New York, USA; and Paris, France
1992 Out of Africa, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
1992 Fire Screen, Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, SA
1992 BMW Art Cars, Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany
1992 Africa Hoy, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
1992 Africa Hoy, Cultural Centre of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, Mexico
1991 BMW Art Cars, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, SA
1991 BMW Art Cars Commission, Germany
1991 Painting columns in Building, Tokyo, Japan
1991 Fashion Collection, Tokyo, Japan
1991 Ny Afrikansk Billedkunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
1991 Africa Hoy, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, de Gran Canaria, Spain
1990 Caravan Auto Show, Lavante, France
1990 Bordeaux Festival, Bordeaux, France
1990 Mural Painting, Rosebank Shopping Centre, SA
1990 Mural Painting, Johannesburg School, SA
1989 Centre de la Villette, Paris, France
1989 Fine Arts Museum, Angouleme, France
1989 Mural Painting, Musee des Beaux Arts, France
1989 Les Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Collections
National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia, USA
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, SA Musee des Beaux Arts, France
Musee des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris, France Botshabelo Museum, Botshabelo,
BMW Art Cars Collection, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, Equatorial Guinea BHP
SA Roppongi Hills Art Museum, Japan Museum Bochum, Germany
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, SA University of Cape Town, SA
The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva, Switzerland Larry Warsh Collection
Ben Milstein Collection
Rupert Art Collection, Stellenbosch, SA
The Dean Collection (Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys) Usher
Trevor Noah
Oprah Winfrey
John Legend
Will Smith
Black Coffee
The Sovereign Art Foundation World Bank Collection, USA BROKER Art Collection, Belgium BOE Bank, Cape Town, SA
Johnnic Communications Management Services Collection, Johannesburg, SABilliton Collection, Johannesburg RE:CM Collection, Cape Town, SA