BIOGRAPHY
KEVIN ROBERTS
(b. 1965, Rustenburg, South Africa)
Kevin Roberts was born in 1965 in Rustenburg, South Africa. His serene, balanced and carefully constructed paintings and sculptures have received widespread acclaim. Winner of several awards with his distinctive style of rhythmic patterns and recurring symbols, he is one of South Africa’s most admired artists. He lived and worked in Johannesburg, lecturing part-time on painting and ceramics around Pretoria. Roberts passed away in 2009. He will be missed.
EDUCATION
1982
Matriculated at Grenville High School
1988
1988
National Diploma in Fine Arts - Technikon Pretoria
1990
1990
National Higher Diploma in Fine Arts - with Distinction
AWARDS
1987
AWARDS
1987
Schweickerdt Prize for most promising student
1988
1988
Innes Aab-Tamsen Prize - painting
1994
1994
One of the winners of the 1994 Volkskas Atelier
1995
1995
Third Prize at Kempton Park 95
1995
1995
Winner of the 1995 Volkskas Atelier
1996
1996
Winner of the 1996 Kempton Park/Tembisa Fine Art Award
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1988 / 1989 / 1993 / 1995
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1988 / 1989 / 1993 / 1995
Volkskas Atelier
1989
1989
Rolles Impressions
1988/89
1988/89
New Signatures
1993 /1994 / 1995
1993 /1994 / 1995
Arts Alive
1994
1994
Angels and Trees, SA Association of Arts
1995
1995
Pretoria at the Johannesburg Biennale
We the People United for a Global Environment (Pretoria Art Museum) Mmabatho
1995 / 1996
We the People United for a Global Environment (Pretoria Art Museum) Mmabatho
1995 / 1996
Kempton Park / Tembisa Fine Art Award
1996
1996
South African Art in Egypt, Cairo
1997
1997
Executive Art, SA Association of Arts
1999
1999
artLONDON, June ’99 Fair, Chelsea
2000
2000
Summer 2000 - Group show Everard Read, Cape Town
2004
2004
Pretoria, A selection of Painters and Sculptures from the Nation’s Capital. Everard Read, Cape Town
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1993
SA Association of Arts (N.Tvl)
1996
1996
Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1997
1997
Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2001
2001
One man exhibition, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
2004
2004
One Man Exhibition, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
SASOL
Klerksdorp Municipality Collection
Department of Foreign Affairs
ABSA Bank Collection
Pretoria Art Museum
Anderson Consulting
Telkom
Consol Glass
Pretoria Technikon
Gauteng Government
Sanlam
Unisa
Kempton Park / Tembisa City Council
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Kevin Roberts affirms the visual, or let us call it the ‘beautiful,’ as the essence of his art…. His paintings explore beauty, craftsmanship, pattern and image as part of an integrated whole. In this he too becomes part of a tapestry of painting stretching from the traditional to the contemporary.
Ingrid Stevens
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
SASOL
Klerksdorp Municipality Collection
Department of Foreign Affairs
ABSA Bank Collection
Pretoria Art Museum
Anderson Consulting
Telkom
Consol Glass
Pretoria Technikon
Gauteng Government
Sanlam
Unisa
Kempton Park / Tembisa City Council
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Kevin Roberts affirms the visual, or let us call it the ‘beautiful,’ as the essence of his art…. His paintings explore beauty, craftsmanship, pattern and image as part of an integrated whole. In this he too becomes part of a tapestry of painting stretching from the traditional to the contemporary.
Ingrid Stevens
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