Dave Robertson Photography - Professional photographer in Cape Town, South Africa
 

I am a self-taught visual artist based in Cape Town.
My photographic work is primarily a form of social commentary.
Best known for a series of expressionist, hand-painted photographs of township scenes which     were  exhibited at galleries in Germany, the Netherlands and at the “Photo LA 2004”
in Los Angeles, USA.
More recently my work has been exhibited by several galleries in South Africa including the
Irma Stern Museum, the Bell-Roberts Gallery, Focus Contemporary and Kim Sacks Gallery.
I was an award winner at the Spier Contemporary 2010 for a documentary photographic project focussing on informal recyclers in Newtown, Johannesburg.

For the past 15 years, I have been working as a freelance art director in the film industry
and have recently retired to focus on becoming a full-time visual artist.

My first exhibition of large-scale abstract paintings was shown at Worldart Gallery,
Cape Town in early 2011. I am pleased to say that the show was very successful.

Recent  Exhibitions

2011 'concrete trails urban tales', Worldart Gallert, Cape Town
2010 ''Point of Focus'', (Group show),Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town.
2010 ''Bonani Africa Festival'', (Group show),Cape Town.
2010  Spier Contemporary 2010 : Award Winner for 'Paper Trails' documentary series.
2009 "Spirit of Ubuntu", (Group show), Exposure Gallery, Cape Town.
2008 "Rain", Focus Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town.
2007 "Abstract Egypt", Focus Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town.
2007 "CT 24", (Group show), Focus Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town.
2005 "Remember", Irma Stern Gallery, Cape Town.
2004 "De Dependance", Smelik & Stokking, Den Haag, Netherlands.
2004 "PhotoLA 2004",The Perfect Exposure Gallery, LA, USA.
2001 "Collaborative art", The Upstairs Gallery, Cape Town.
2001 "Absolut Cape Town", (Group show), Pinnacle Building, Cape Town.
2000 "Metaphysical photography", Upstairs Gallery, Cape Town.
2000 "Collaboration", (Group show), Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town.
1999 "Colour Spirit", Jazz Radio Station, Berlin, Germany.
1999  Exhibition of lithographs: Kim Sacks Gallery, Johannesburg.
1998 "Colour Spirit", Marzahn Library, Berlin, Germany.
1998 "Colour Spirit", ARTCO, Leipzig, Germany.
1998 "Colour Spirit", Jojo Centre, Berlin, Germany.
1998 "Colour Spirit", Ariadne Gallery, Pamos, Cyprus.




 
 
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