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ZAN LOUW
     
     

1983  Studied B.A.F.A at UCT
1985  Received the Irma Stern scholarship 
1985  Awarded the Simon Gerson Prize
1986  First student to major in woodblock printing, graduated with distinctions and received the Purchase Award for large scale
          prints depicting street scenes in Langa.
1986  Show at Hiddingh Hall Campus, UCT Images of South Africa (Towards a People’s Culture) which was banned by authorities.
1986  Work exhibited at the National Gallery on the Rolfe’s Impressions Competition. Won a bronze medal.
1986  Work accepted by the University of  Zululand for the African Arts Festival.
1986. Work bought for the Bruce Campbell Smith collection.
1987  Exhibited along with Pohl Huyzers at the Market Gallery, Johannesburg in celebration of their 10th year. 
1988  Solo show at the Art Space, Richmond, U.K. 
1988  Street scene series exhibited at The S.A. Community Cultural Centre, Amsterdam.
1988  Work included in Gavin Younge’s book, ‘Art of the South African Townships’.
1989  Group Show, ‘Aids and Safer Sex’ at the A,V.A. 
1989  Four works included on the 52nd Exhibition of the Society of Wood Engravers which toured London,
1990  Work included on the exhibition, ‘Art from South Africa’, which ran for over a year, visiting The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford,
          The Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, Aberdeen City Art Gallery, The Royal Festival Hall, London, Bolton Art Gallery, City 
          Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent and the Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham.
1990  Exhibited alongside Dylan Trull at The Rialto, Kronendal, Hout Bay
1990  Solo show at the Kunstkabinet, Windhoek in celebration of Namibia’s independence.
1992  Solo multimedia show at the 'Village Studio', Constantia.
1993  Group show, 'Made in Wood', at the National Gallery
1993. Photographs on a group show at The Grahamstown Festival
1994  Group show, ‘Peace’ at the Seef House Trust Gallery.    
1994. Group show at the British Council Resource Centre, CT.
1994  Group show, Brighton Festival, UK
1994. Gal de Ballens, Switzerland
1996  Work included on both sections of the, ‘Creative Clay, exhibition at the Castle
1997  A number of photos used in Susan Imrie Ross’s book, ’This is my world’
1998  Included in the book, ‘Collectors Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa’

Became disillusioned with the commercial art world but continued to create and have home shows. 

2001 solo show at the Ibis Gallery, Nieu Bethesda

2004  Accepted the invitation to participate in a workshop run at the Castle. The resulting , ‘Renaissance Printmakers Exhibition’ was held at The Cape Gallery. 

2004  My work was used for the poster to advertise a show at Michaelis and to my delight the work itself was hung right next to that of Cecil Skotnes who taught me the art of painting woodblocks.

2004  Met my spiritual teacher Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche who gave me the name, ‘Camerawoman’. With this blessing my photos were used on the cover of his book, ‘Restoring The Balance’ and two of my photos were included in the award winning film, ‘Akong - A Remarkable Life’ 

2006 Work included in the book of The Bruce Campbell smith Collection, 'Revisions, Expanding the Narrative of South African Art’.

Made woodcuts of Bhuddas which have been sold and auctioned to raise money for, ‘Circle of Nourishment’, a charity that provides food for pregnant moms at Mowbray Maternity Hospital and stork bundles for their newly born babies.

2011  Organised a group show of work by more than 30 artists to raise money for Cart Horse Protection Association which included artists such as Robert Slingsby, Peter Clarke, Heike Allerton - Davies and Samuel Allerton, all works using the horse as its theme.

Sometime between 2016 and 2019 my large scale triptych which belongs in the SANG collection was included in an exhibition, ‘ 60 Prints’. I felt honoured to have my work hanging alongside the likes of Picasso, Rousseau and the very German Expressionists who had inspired me to choose woodcut printing as my main medium. 

2020  Work exhibited at the Hout Bay Gallery

2023  Group Exhibition, ’Stoned’ - Remembering the 80s (guerrilla styled my way onto the show and then more work accepted for exhibition)
2023  Nelson Mandela Woodcut print exhibited at The Cape Gallery
2023  Nelson Mandela Woodcut print coloured with easter egg papers at the 3RD i Gallery.
2023 3 works included on Judy Woodborne’s show, ‘Lepus’ at the RK Contemporary.

2026 Exhibited at the Cape Gallery


emile manefeldt

Artist: ZAN LOUW
Title: Asian Moon 1/10
Size: 70 x 40 cm
Media: Monoprint
ID: 30094
Price: R 8 750 Framed

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