Candice Breitz

Born in Johannesburg in 1972, Breitz has lived and worked in Berlin since 2002. She holds degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg), University of Chicago and Columbia University (NYC). She has participated in the Whitney Museum’s Independent Studio Program and ran the Palais de Tokyo’s Le Pavillon residency as a visiting artist during the year 2005-2006. She has been a tenured professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Braunschweig since 2007. In recent years, major exhibitions of her work have been hosted by the Kunsthaus Bregenz, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Humlebæk), The Power Plant (Toronto), San Francisco MoMA and White Cube (London). Breitz has participated in biennales in Johannesburg (1997), São Paulo (1998), Istanbul (1999), Taipei (2000), Kwangju (2000), Tirana (2001), Venice (2005), New Orleans (2008) and Singapore (2011). Selected group exhibitions include 'New Frontier' (Sundance Film Festival, 2009), 'The Cinema Effect' (Hirshhorn Museum + Sculpture Garden, 2008), 'Made in Germany' (Kunstverein Hannover, 2007), 'Superstars' (Kunsthalle Wien, 2005) and 'Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop' (Tate Liverpool, 2002).

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