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Lyndi Sales
Born 1973 in Johannesburg
Graduated from University of Cape Town (BA.FA) with distinction in 1995
Graduated from University of Cape Town (MA.FA) with distinction in 2000
Currently lives and works in Cape Town
Solo exhibitions
2009 in transit, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco
2009 in transit, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
2008 TRANSIenT, Bell Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
2007 1 in 11 000 000 Chances & works at the Dieu Donne Papermill NY,
Gallery Momo, Johannesburg
2006 1 in 11 000 000 Chances, Bell Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
2003 Anomaly, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
2001 Ancestral Journeys, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2001 Ancestral Journeys, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
1996 Circus, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
Awards and achievements
2008 Selected to participate in the 2008 Holland Paper Biennale
2007 Merit award: 2007 ABSA L’Atelier
Recipient of the Vermont Studio Centre residency fellowship, USA
Awarded the PARTage residency in Mauritius
2006 Top ten finalist ABSA L’Atelier
2003 Top ten finalist ABSA L’Atelier
1996 Winner of the 1996 London Print Workshop
1995 Winner of the Amateurs graphics award, Bellville Art Association, Cape Town
1991 Merit winner: Sanlam
Collections
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, USA
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, USA
New York Public Library, USA
The FRAC de la Haute Normandie (the Regional Foundation for
Contemporary Art of the Upper Normandy)
University of Northern Illinois, Dekalb, USA
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Red Bull, Austria
ABSA, Ernst and Young, Hollard, Santam, Sasol,
South African Breweries, Telkom, Nando and UCT
Jack Ginsberg artist book collection, South Africa
Various private collections locally and abroad
Selected group shows
2009 Green and gold forests, Bie-Vadstrup Gallery, Copenhagen
Group show, KKNK, Oudtshoorn
Print, The South African Print Gallery, Cape Town
Dessin –Affirmatif!, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
2008 2008 Holland Paper Biennale, Museum Rijswijk, Holland
Between meaning and Matter, Bell-Roberts, Gallery Cape Town
Print'08, Bell- Roberts Cape Town
Intervention, UNISA Gallery, Pretoria
2007 Spier Contemporary, Spier Estate, Stellenbosch
Turbulence, Hangar-7 Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
South Africa on paper, GBK Gallery, Sydney, Australia
14th Tallinn Print triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
Rich and Strange, Newport, UK
Critics Choice, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
Greenhouse, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Somerset West
ABSA L’Atelier, Johannesburg
2006 20 Artists 06. Contemporary printing, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
Group show of prints, Art on Paper, Johannesburg
ABSA L’Atelier, Johannesburg
2005 Finding you, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
2004 Pulp, Bellville Art Association, Cape Town
Miniatures, Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg
ABSA L’Atelier, Johannesburg
2003 YDESIRE, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
ABSA L’Atelier, Johannesburg
2002 Book Arts, Pensacola Museum of Art, USA
Hoerikwaggo, South African National Gallery, Cape Town
2000 Soft Serve, South African National Gallery, Cape Town
1999 Postcards from South Africa, Axis Gallery, New York
1998 Printexchange, Print conference, Grahamstown
1998 4th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kotchi, Japan
1997 London Printmakers Council, London, United Kingdom
1996 London Print Workshop, London, United Kingdom