ATANG TSHIKARE

(b. 1980 Bloemfontein, South Africa)

Atang Tshikare is a Cape Town-based, self-taught multidisciplinary artist. Tshikare was influenced from a young age by the visual storytelling and graphic style of his father, an anti-Apartheid activist and illustrator for various pan-African publications and art magazines.

Through his practice, which spans art and design, Tshikare expresses his distinct, visionary African identity through a unique visual language, developed over the course of his internationally acclaimed career. 

Drawing on a deep connection to his own Tswana heritage and other southern African cultures, Tshikare’s Afrofuturistic, experimental approach to creating work includes various mediums, such as bronze, ceramics, glass, stone, and wood. His work takes inspiration from his fascination with zoomorphic shapes, biomorphic forms, vernacular architecture, and local landscapes. Each form strikes up a dialogue between natural and man-made materials that are organic, minimalistic and invite tactile curiosity. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Pula e ya na, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2023 Setlhare, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

2021 Peo e Atang, 196 Victoria, Cape Town, South Africa

2017 Oa Mpona, Woodstock Foundry, Cape Town, South Africa

2014 Not by a witch, World Art, Cape Town, South Africa

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

2024 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

        EXPO CHICAGO, with Everard Read, Chicago, USA

2023 What I Feel When I Think About The Cosmos, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

        The Object, group show, curated by Sean O’Toole, Under Projects, Cape Town, South Africa

        FNB Art Joburg, with Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

        Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

        ‘Hui! Gaeb’, commissioned sculpture for theV&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa

2022 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with The Fourth, Cape Town, South Africa

        Promenade pour un Objet d'Exception, Paris, France

2021 Dior Medallion chair, Superblue, Miami, USA

        Before yesterday we could fly, Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA

        Dior Medallion chair, Salone Del Mobile, Milan, Italy

        Art ‘n Dior, Shanghai, China

2020 Intersect, Southern Guild, Chicago, USA

        Inside Out, Kin And Company, New York, USA

        Apartment Vol 2, The Fourth, Cape Town, South Africa

        Closer Still, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

        Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

2019 Still Here Tomorrow to High Five You Yesterday, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa

        PAD, Southern Guild, London, UK

        Between the lines, THK Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 

2018 Colour field, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

        Extra Ordinary, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

        AfroVibes, Fierce POP, Amsterdam, Netherlands

        Foundry Proof, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

2017 100% Design SA, Cape Town, South Africa

        Okha, Metsing collection, Cape Town, South Africa

        Natural Selection, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

2016 Design Miami, Southern Guild, Miami, USA

2015 Design Discourse, Design Austria, Vienna, Austria

        GUILD, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

        Woodwork, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

2014 SA Art, New York, USA

        100%Design SA, featured artist, South Africa 

        Design Miami, Southern Guild, Miami, USA

2013 Heavy Metal, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

        Design Days Dubai, Southern Guild, Dubai 

        Young Visions in Motion, Kunstverein, Bremerhaven, Germany 

        Museum of African Design, Southern Guild, Johannesburg, South Africa 

2012 Everard Read / Southern Guild show, Johannesburg, South Africa