Lot 116 - Peter Mammes - Childhood
Gouache Paint and Gold Leaf on Paper
2022
A6 (15x10cm) Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
ARTIST INFO
About
Peter Mammes was born in Krugersdorp, South Africa on July 6, 1986, Into an Afrikaans-speaking community. He moved to Johannesburg at the age of 11 and attended the National School of the Arts in Braamfontein, where he received his only formal training in art. Interested predominantly in drawing and painting, he had his first solo exhibition at the age of 16.
Peter started working in isolation after high school, developing his drawing skills and making artworks based on medieval European woodcuts. He set up a studio in India in 2013 and later in Russia, where he researched and developed the themes that have become inherent in his work. In 2018 Peter set up a studio in Cairo, Egypt, where he made a series of drawings informed by his research into both ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphics and contemporary local politics.
Peter travels extensively around the world to find ideas and imagery for his work, collecting patterns that he finds on stone carvings and reliefs on temples, facades and graves. He was recently commissioned to design a commemorative coin for circulation for the South African mint, released in 2019.
Peter currently resides in London on an exceptional talent visa. His studio is in Whitechapel.
Select Exhibitions/Awards
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Presumed alive HOXTON 253 art project space London United Kingdom
2018 It’s Already Too Late Once The Soldiers Have Arrived Daville Baillie Gallery Johannesburg South Africa
2017 Dawn of the Anthropocene Toffee Gallery Darling South Africa
Ethics Priest Gallery Johannesburg South Africa
2016 Reprisal, subjective objects Fried Contemporary Art Gallery Pretoria South Africa
Nuances in a narrow spectrum 2.5 Luvey ‘n Rose Cape Town South Africa
Nuances in a narrow spectrum Lizamore & Associates Johannesburg South Africa
2014 Triumph Prosthetics for the People NIROX projects – Johannesburg South Africa
Iconography of the just Room Gallery & Projects Johannesburg South Africa
2010 Antagonistic Harmonies in First Arrangement Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) Johannesburg South Africa
Group Exhibitions
2020 Eternity is now // Akaretler // Istanbul // Turkey
Reveries // Espacio Gallery // London // United Kingdom
Knoop/Knot // University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery // Stellenbosch // South Africa
Punk 4 Mental Health // Stash Gallery // London // United Kingdom
2019 FUSION Vol. 2 // Eclectica contemporary // Cape Town // South Africa
Speculative Fiction // Candid Arts Trust // London United Kingdom
Visible Unreality // Museo civico di Castel Nuovo – Maschio Angioino // Naples // Italy
Art Below Chelsea // 2019 ArtBelow // London // United Kingdom
Incite // Deepestdarkest // Cape town // South Africa
SEAS// Brighton // United Kingdom
2018 Spring Salon // Lizamore & Associates // Johannesburg // South Africa
David Baille gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa
Untitled gallery // Cape Town // South Africa
Absa art Auction // Johannesburg // South Africa
Studio G // Cape town // South Africa
2017 Atelier 2017 // Absa Gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa
35 Years- Trailblazers // Lizamore & Associates // Johannesburg // South Africa
Confessional // Absa Gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa
Sixteen Hundred // No End Contemporary Art Space // Johannesburg // South Africa
Moore gallery // Franchhoek // South Africa
2016 Clash // Bag Factory // Johannesburg // South Africa
Skulls: a group exhibitions of skull interpretations // Fried Contemporary Art Gallery // Pretoria // South Africa
Performing Wo/man // Oliewenhuis Art Museum // Bloemfontein // South Africa
I had a dream last night (But I Can’t remember what it was about) // No End Contemporary Art Space // Johannesburg // South Africa
Fifteen Hundred // No End Contemporary Art Space // Johannesburg // South Africa
Death and Taxes // Fried Contemporary Art Gallery // Pretoria // South Africa
Creator/curator // Absa Gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa
Remain(s) // DF Contemporary // Cape town // South Africa
Art room // Johannesburg // South Africa
Basha Uhuru festival at Constitution Hill // Johannesburg // South Africa
1 Eloff street // Johannesburg // South Africa
ZERO // SOMA // Johannesburg // South Africa
2015 Equus: the Four Horseman // Cavalli Wine Estate and Gallery // Strand // South Africa
No End To This // No End Contemporary Art Space // Johannesburg // South Africa
Cross-Sections // Kalashnikovv Gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa
REVAMP // Priest Gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa
Macabre // Underculture Contemporary // Port Elizabeth // South Africa
Atelier Art competition // Absa Gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa
Die Burger 100 years of publication // Artscape Theatre Centre // Cape town// 2015
The art room // Johannesburg // South Africa
Transitions at the Transvaal Post office // Johannesburg // South Africa
Cross section at The Transvaal Post office // Johannesburg // 2015
Revamp at Priest // Johannesburg // South Africa
Twillsharp //Johannesburg // South Africa
Cabinets of curiosity // Capetown // South Africa
Fetish at Artec // Port Elizabeth // South Africa
Dirt at Rubixcube // Johannesburg // South Africa
2014 Lizamore And Associates Hosts Two Exhibitions In May // Lizamore & Associates // Johannesburg // South Africa
Vista // Carol Lee Fine Art // Johannesburg // South Africa
Diedericks/Faber fine art // Cape Town // South Africa
Rubixcube at arts on main // Johannesburg // South Africa
2013 Home is wherever I’m with you // Salon Ninety One // Cape Town // South Africa
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