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

2026

Mowa, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

2025

Puruma, Wanås Konst, Knislinge, Sweden

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

2026

GUT FEELING, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

Winter Collection, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

The Armory Show, with Everard Read, New York, USA

Matereality V2, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, SA

2025

The Armory Show, with Everard Read, New York, USA

EXPO CHICAGO, with Everard Read, Chicago, USA

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

2024

Inner Sanctum, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

Fallow Ground, Reservoir Projects & PSM Gallery, Spaced Out, Kerkow, Germany

iSenzo Sak'dala- indlela ibuzwa kwaba phambili, curated by Lebo Kekana, Reservoir Projects, Cape Town, South Africa

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 the V&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 fl y, 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

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Wanås Konst, Knislinge, Sweden
Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Delaire Graff Estate / Laurence Graff Collection, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Xigera Safari Lodge / Tollman Collection, Botswana