BIOGRAPHY

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Born in 1974, South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.

 

EDUCATION

1998 

Masters of Fine Art (MFA) from The Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa

1995 

BA(FA) majoring in Printmaking from The Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & PUBLICATIONS

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2016

Rossouw, Chad. Lessons in Conversation. Artthrob.co.za. (Link)

2015

Awarded funding from The National Arts Council of South Africa towards Nosadella Due artist residency, Bologna, Italy, solo exhibition data: new print works by Katherine Bull and data capture_a muse

Awarded funding from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust for attending the Nosadella Due artist residency in Bologna and the Ampersand Fellowship to New York

2014

Katherine Bull. Technoetic Arts Journal. The art student as data capturer: Engaging multimedia technology in teaching drawing to Visual Arts students at a tertiary level. Dec 2014, Vol. 12 Issue 2/3 p251-262. (Link)

Warren Editions: Professional Printmaking studio in South Africa’s Heart, Gradado Y Edicion: Print and Art Edition Magazine. No. 46 2014 (pp 36-45) 

Siobhan Keam. Treading Softground. Art South Africa. vol 12 Issue 4. June 2014. Pg 81. 

Genna Gardini. Cape Times. The Restoring, reinterpreting power of paper: homage to a mobile medium. 24 April 2014, pg 11 (Link) 

Awarded the AIR Residency Scholarship to attend Nosadella Due, Bologna Italy

2011

Kristine Kronje. Litnet. Katherine Bull reflects on her exhibition performances data-capture: LOST & FOUND. 2011-09-02 (Link)

2010

Portfolio included in The Drawing Centre’s Online Viewing Program.

2008

Awarded funding from The National Arts Council of South Africa towards Nosadella Due artist residency, Bologna, Italy, solo exhibition data: new print works by Katherine Bull and data capture_a muse

2007

Awarded The Ampersand Fellowship, New York, Jan-Feb 2007

Awarded funding from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust for attending the Nosadella Due artist residency in Bologna and the Ampersand Fellowship to New York

2005

Robin Malan. (ed) 2005. Leaves to a Tree: beyond English Alive - a Celebration of writing in South Africa. David Philip Publishers: Cape Town 

I-JUSI: Language Edition, published by Garth Walker of Orange Juice Design

2000

Vergunst, N. November 2000 – April 2002. Hoerikwaggo: Images of Table Mountain. Published by the South African National Gallery: Cape Town.

2005

Hazel Friedman, Art South Africa. vol 03 issue 03 autumn 2005 (pg 73)

2004

The ID of South African artists, an exhibition and catalogue of works by SA artists in the Fortis Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, 2004

The Brett Kebble Awards two thousand and four catalogue. October 2004. Marulelo Communications: Cape Town

Liese van der Watt, Art South Africa. Vol02 issue 03 autumn 2004 (pg 70)

Awarded funding from The National Arts Council of South Africa towards Nosadella Due artist residency, Bologna, Italy, solo exhibition data: new print works by Katherine Bull and data capture_a muse

1997

McIver Scholarship, UCT

1996

McIver Scholarship, UCT

1995

Placed on Dean’s Merit List, UCT

McIver Scholarship, UCT

1994

Awarded the Santam Art Bursary

McIver Scholarship, UCT

1992

Class medal, UCT

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

2015 

data capture: In Search Of... performance and exhibition as part of Nosadella Due Residency, Atelier Si, Bologna, Italy

2005

data capture: in the field – exhibition and performance at the On Gallery, ul Fredry, Poznan, Poland

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS NATIONAL

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2021

Second Nature, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2020

Drawing Breath (as part of the Cubicle series), Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

#WhereDoIBegin, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2019

Afterimage, Smith Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2016

Lessons in transformation, Michaelis Galleries, Hiddingh campus, University of Cape Town

2011

data capture_LOST & FOUND - Blank Projects, Cape Town, South Africa

2008

data capture: a muse – solo exhibition, Blank Projects, Cape Town, South Africa

2004

Data: new print works by Katherine Bull - solo exhibition, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

1999

Positioning the Cape: a spatial engraving a shifting frontier - solo exhibition, at the Association for Visual Arts Metropolitan Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

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2008

data capture: in the field III, produced and exhibited during the Dwayer International Workshop for Women, Alexandria, Egypt

2004

Work included in The ID of South African artists, an exhibition and catalogue of works by SA artists in the Fortis Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, The Hague, to accompany the Dutch production of ‘The Lion King.’

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS NATIONAL

 

2020

           Homework, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2018

Rendezvous. Smith Studio Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

6.99. 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Nano 1.2. Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2017

Nano 1.1. Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Closer Than Ever. Collaboration with Emmanuel de Montbron & group event exhibition. Gallery Momo project space

Folly. Group exhibition & performance

Am I Ever Alone: dancing to someone else’s tune. Smith Studio Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2016

Dinner Collection. Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Liminal Geographies. Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Nano. Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2015

TWO. Smith Studio Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

1515: Rhinos are coming. Simultaneous Exhibitions of Printmaking – Brazil, Poland, Portugal & South Africa, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa

‘Forming Impressions: The Ghost in the Machine’. An exhibition of original prints from the Artist Proof Studio and Warren Editions. AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2014

DO IT. Michaelis Gallery, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Paint Matters. Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Treading Softground in collaboration with Warren Editions, Cape Town, South Africa

Suspicious Minds: Artists’ exploration of Mind and Matter. Annex Gallery, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

data capture_DISCOVERY. Live painting performance for Discovery Health Leadership Summit, curated by Julia Meintjies, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

2013

Suspicious Minds: Artists’ exploration of Mind and Matter. Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2012

Re-Sample. Curated by Stephan Erasmus for Absa Bank. Traveling exhibition, Johannesburg, Pretoria & Bloemfontein, South Africa 

2010

data capture_portal, mixed media drawing performance as part of Own Goal, a group exhibition at the Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa

Data capture_counterpane #1, mixed media drawing performance as part of / + = X, a group exhibition curated by Christian Nerf & Spunk Siepel at Serialworks, Cape Town, South Africa

2009

Bad Form, Blank Projects, Johannesburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

2008

Print 08: Myth Memory & the Archive, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Woodstock, Cape Town 13 Aug- 5 Sept.

2007

Print 07, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Lourensford Estate, Somerset West, South Africa

Absa group exhibition, Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees, Oudthoorn, South Africa

2006

Spit II, exhibition of a print portfolio by the staff of the Visual Arts Department, University of Stellenbosch, US Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa

2005

Absa Atelier Awards, a group exhibition of selected finalists, Absa Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa

printtttt – group exhibition curated by Andrew Lamprecht, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town,  South Africa

Girls night out – group exhibition curated by Tracy Lindner Gander as part of the Cape Town Month of Photography, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town,  South Africa

2004

The unveiling of the public sculpture Come to Pass - a work created in collaboration with Fritha Langerman as winners of the Third Cape Town Public Sculpture Competition 2002 (sponsored by J.K Gross Trust in collaboration with The Association for Visual Arts).

Brett Kebble Art Awards, a group exhibition of selected finalists, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town,  South Africa

De rebus & noord-suid hartklop, Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

2003

curated and contributed to - Print works from the Fine Arts Department, University of Stellenbosch, US Gallery, Dorp Street: Stellenbosch, South Africa

2002

Flounce, in collaboration with Tracy Gander, at the Joáo Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Photo/art, works by staff & students of the Fine Arts Department, University of Stellenbosch as part of the Cape Town Month of Photography Festival,Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Mountain/Berg: A 350 Commemorative Project, The Arts Association of Belville, South Africa

2001

Katherine Bull & Fritha Langerman at the US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Hoerikwaggo Images of Table Mountain, curated by Nicolaas Verghunst, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Aarsel/Waver, group exhibition organized by the Belville Art Gallery in collaboration with Theo Kleynhansfor the Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees.

2000

Emergency, curated by John Murray, Doreen Southwood & Julia Clark, at the Bell-Roberts Gallery, CapeTown, South Africa

1999

Anima (l) – identity personified, curated by Wilner Coetzer & Sandra Hanekom, Arts Association of Belville Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

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COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS & PERFORMANCES

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2015

Lessons in Transformation_The Speech. Collaboration & performance with Warren Editions as part of Open Design Festival, Cape Town City Hall, Cape Town,  South Africa

2014

Treading Softground. Drawing & etching performance in collaboration with Zhane Warren at Warren Editions, Cape Town,  South Africa

Digital drawing performance as part of Albatross, an interdisciplinary performance of poetry, dance and visual art with spoken word band The Buckfever Underground and Darkroom Contemporary dance collective, Cape Town, South Africa

2012

data_CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, a digital drawing performance as part of Christian Nerf’s Believe You Me (LIVE ARTS FESTIVAL, 4 December, Cape Town City Hall, Cape Town, South Africa)

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COMPETITIONS

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2009

Finalist in the Absa Atelier competition exhibition, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2005 

Merit Award Winner in the Absa Atelier competition, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg,  South Africa

2004

Finalist in the Brett Kebble Awards, April 2003, an exhibition at CTICC, Cape Town,  South Africa

2002

Winner - in collaboration with Fritha Langerman of the Third Cape Town Public Sculpture Competition 2002 (sponsored by J.K Gross Trust in collaboration with The Association for Visual Arts.)

2001 

Finalist in the Absa Atelier competition exhibition, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg,  South Africa

2000

Finalist in the Absa Atelier competition exhibition, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg,  South Africa