BIOGRAPHY

SWAIN HOOGERVORST
(b. 1988 Cape Town, South Africa)
Swain Hoogervorst obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from Vega (2010). He was selected as a top 100 finalist in the Absa l’Atelier Competition in both 2013 and 2015, as well as for residencies in the Netherlands (2013) and Finland (2015). His work has been shown in group exhibitions nationally and internationally, with his first solo exhibition taking place at the AVA Gallery in Cape Town (2014), titled ‘Inside Out’. His second solo ‘Searching Eudaimonia’ (2017) was held by the Everard Read Gallery in Cape Town and was his debut show with the Gallery. Hoogervorst lives in Cape Town.
As an artist, his interest is in the relationships between paintings and photographs, and paintings with one another, creating a conversation which viewers can join in by applying their focus.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
In Between Spaces, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2018
Making Pictures, CUBICLE Series, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2017
Searching Eudaimonia, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2014
Inside Out, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
RESIDENCIES
2019
Mas des Graviers, Pourrières, France
2015
Arteles Creative Centre, Haukijärvi, Finland
2013
Schildersweek, Domburg, the Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Flower Show, Gallery Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
STILL, digital exhibition, Everard Read, UK & South Africa
2019
Summer Show, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
Land and Sea, Art on Avenues, Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa
New Small Paintings, Pop Up Exhibition, Roodebloem Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
Winter Show, Everard Read CIRCA, Cape Town, South Africa
2018
Summer Show, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
Nano 1.2, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Making Pictures, Cubicle Series, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
Winter Show, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
In the forests of the night, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2017
Nano 1.1, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Spectrum, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
2016
Liminal Geographies, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Line and Shadow, Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Death of the old, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Stars and Tracks, The Project Room, Windhoek, Namibia
For what it’s worth, No End Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa
Pastoral Abstraction, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2015
Defining the Narrative, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa
Homage, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2014
Pool Party, Alma Martha Project Space, Cape Town, South Africa
Golden Haze, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa
/SCAPE, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa
2013
One in a Million, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa
Absa l’Atelier, Best 100 exhibition, Johannesburg, South Africa
Schildersweek, Domburg, Netherlands
2012
Summer Show, Salon91, Cape Town, South Africa
{Impression; Sunset} Salon91, Cape Town, South Africa
PUBLICATIONS
2015
Art Needs You, The Barclays L'Atelier Award, Dr Paul Bayliss
2014
Art South Africa Volume 13 issue 02 The Controversy Issue, Brendon and Suzette Bell-Roberts
2013
Imagine the untapped talent of the subconscious, The Absa L'Atelier Award
REVIEWS & FEATURES
Art Pod E13 - Interview with Swain Hoogervorst
https//www.facebook.com/blendedpodcasts/videos/470156690282740/
Ends and Means Swain Hoogervorst's 'Searching Eudaemonia' (2017)
https//artthrob.co.za/2017/05/25/ends-and-means-swain-hoogervorsts-searching-eudaimonia/
Investing in Art Swain Hoogervorst (2016)
http//tailsofamermaid.com/2016/02/investing-in-art-swain-hoogervorst.html
In Finland with Swain Hoogervorst (2015)
https//soundcloud.com/los_individuos/situational-radio-in-finland-with-swain-hoogervorst
Bright Young Things Swain Hoogervorst (2014)
http//artafricamagazine.org/december-2014-swain-hoogervorst/
Inside Out, an Exhibition of Paintings by Swain Hoogervorst (2014)
http//10and5.com/2014/05/16/inside-out-an-exhibition-of-paintings-by-swain-hoogervorst/
Featured Swain Hoogervorst (2013)
http//10and5.com/2013/09/17/featured-swain-hoogervorst/
Ray-Ban Presents The #envisionseries (2013)