ALASTAIR WHITTON: CURRICULUM VITAE
B. 1969, Glasgow, UK; lives and works in Cape Town, ZA
CITIZENSHIP
Dual: British / South African
EDUCATION
1995 Glasgow School of Art, UK
1993-1994 Natal Technikon School of Fine Art, ZA
1992 University of South Africa (UNISA), ZA
1990-1991 Natal Technikon School of Fine Art, ZA
1989 Natal Technikon School of Graphic Design, ZA
1988 University of South Africa (UNISA), ZA
1983-1986 Michaelhouse, ZA
AWARDS
2025 Ampersand Foundation Fellowship, ZA
2009 PUMA Grant: 8th African Photography Biennale, ML
1994 Emma Smith International Scholarship Award Winner, ZA
1994 Absa L’Atelier Merit Award Winner, ZA
1993 South African Youth Arts Merit Award Winner, ZA
COLLECTIONS
2025 National Arts Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2023 Orms Heritage Collection, Cape Town, ZA
2020 The Kilbourn Collection, Cape Town, ZA
2019 Aperture Foundation Library Collection, New York City, USA
2019 M&C Saatchi Abel Collection, Cape Town, ZA
2015 Luciano Benetton Collection, Venice, IT
2014 Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, WITS Art Museum (WAM), Johannesburg, ZA
2013 University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, ZA
2010 Ellerman House Collection, Cape Town, ZA
2009 National Museum of Mali, Bamako, ML
2001 South African Centre for Photography, Cape Town, ZA
1995 Durban Art Museum, Durban, ZA
1994 Natal Technikon School of Art & Design, Durban, ZA
PUBLISHED PHOTO BOOKS
2022 Alastair Whitton: Metropolis, Black Box Publishing, Cape Town, ZA
2020 Alastair Whitton: A Foreign Land, Black Box Publishing, Cape Town, ZA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2022 Photo London, UK
2020 Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2020 Photo London (online)
2019 AKAA, Paris, FR
2014 Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2009 Brundyn & Gonsalves, Cape Town, ZA
2009 David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, ZA
1995 Durban Centre for Photography, Durban, ZA
1994 Natal Technikon, Durban, ZA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 ORMS Heritage Collection (forthcoming), ORMS, Cape Town
2024 Between Worlds, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2024 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, International Conference Centre, Cape Town, ZA
2023 Echo, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2023 6th Collector Focus: The Kilbourn Collection, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, ZA
2023 Contemporary Art from the M&C Saatchi Abel Collection, Aspire Art, Cape Town, ZA
2022 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, International Conference Centre, Cape Town, ZA
2021 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2021 Home is where the art is, Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), Cape Town, ZA
2020 Cape Town Art Book Fair, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, ZA
2020 Fly your Flag, Elliott Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Hopes & Dreams, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town (online)
2020 Homework, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town (online)
2020 Hello from the inside, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town (online)
2020 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, International Conference Centre, Cape Town, ZA
2019 Six stories for a colour, Galeria Victor Lope, Barcelona, ES
2019 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2019 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, International Conference Centre, Cape Town, ZA
2019 Monochrome, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2018 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2018 AKAA - Also Known As Africa, Carreaux du Temple, Paris, FR
2018 Autumn Salon, David Krut Projects, New York, US
2018 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, International Conference Centre, Cape Town, ZA
2017 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2017 AKAA - Also Known As Africa, Carreaux du Temple, Paris, FR
2017 Revolve:R - Edition 2, University for the Creative Arts, Farnahm, UK
2017 Booknesses: South African Artist’s Books, FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg, ZA
2017 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, International Conference Centre, Cape Town, ZA
2016 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2016 The Art of Humanity, Pratt Institute, New York, US
2016 Liminal Geographies, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2016 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, International Conference Centre, Cape Town, ZA
2015 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2015 Map of the New Art, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT
2015 Picture & Paper, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2015 Host Editions: Open Design Festival, City Hall, Cape Town, ZA
2015 Then & Now: Conversations in Time, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2015 Cape Town Art Fair, International Conference Centre, Cape Town, ZA
2014 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2014 Imago Mundi: The Art of Humanity, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome, IT
2014 Beyond the Personal Art Library: Collectors Creating the Canon, The Center for Book Arts, New York, US
2014 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, ZA
2014 Imago Mundi: The Art of Humanity, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, IT
2014 Revolve: R - Edition 1, Choisi Gallery, Lugano, CH
2014 Cape Town Art Fair, BMW Pavillion, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, ZA
2013 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2013 Exposed: Contemporary South African Photographers, Head on Photo Festival, Sydney, AU
2013 Prints from the David Krut Workshop, Editions: Artists’ Book Fair, New York, US
2013 Expose: Works in Polymer Photogravure, Warren Editions, Cape Town, ZA
2013 Cape Town Art Fair, The Lookout, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, ZA
2013 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, ZA
2013 Point of View: Contemporary South African Photography, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2013 Changing Faces: Profiling Portraits in South African Art, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2012 Cross-Currents, David Krut Projects, Cape Town, ZA
2012 Landscape Re-Orientation, David Krut Projects, Cape Town, ZA
2011 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, ZA
2011 Imprint: Editions and Works on Paper, David Krut Projects, Cape Town, ZA
2011 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennale, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT
2011 Conflict Zones:The Language of War, David Krut Projects, Cape Town, ZA
2011 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennale, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, PT
2010 Works in Series: William Kentridge, Diane Victor & Alastair Whitton, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, ZA
2010 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennale, IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2010 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, ZA
2010 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennale, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, ZA
2010 Less tussen die lyne, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, ZA
2010 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennale, Fotomuseum, Antwerp, BE
2009 Prints from the David Krut Workshop, Editions: Artists’ Book Fair, New York City, USA
2009 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, ZA
2009 Prints from the David Krut Workshop, University of South Africa, Pretoria, ZA
2009 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennale, Musee National du Mali, Bamako, ML
2007 Recent Prints from DKW, David Krut Projects, Cape Town, ZA
2006 Leading South African Artists, Rose Korber Fine Art, Cape Town, ZA
2006 Recent Prints from DKW, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, ZA
2005 Leading South African Artists, Rose Korber Fine Art, Cape Town, ZA
2005 South-East: Contemporary Art from China, Japan & South Africa, 34 Fine Art, Cape Town, ZA
2004 Leading South African Artists, Rose Korber Fine Art, Cape Town, ZA
2002 Topographies, South African Centre for Photography, Cape Town, ZA
2001 Contemporary South African Photography, Zimbabwean National Gallery, Harare, ZW
1999 ABSA L’Atelier Award Winners 1986-1999, ABSA Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, ZA
1998 Kraal (Alastair Whitton & Neville Gabie), Gasworks, London, UK
1998 Dis-ease: Young South African Contemporaries, Axiom Arts Centre , Cheltenham, UK
1997 Books as Art: International Literary Festival, Cheltenham College of Art & Design, UK
1997 Lifetimes: Contemporary Southern African Art, Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich, DE
1997 Material Evidence (Alastair Whitton & Neville Gabie), Africus: Institute for Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, ZA
1997 Photosynthesis: Contemporary South African Photography, IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
1997 Material Evidence (Alastair Whitton & Neville Gabie), Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, ZA
1997 Material Evidence (Alastair Whitton & Neville Gabie), Kwa Zulu Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA), Durban, ZA
1997 Photosynthesis: Contemporary South African Photography, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, ZA
1996 Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, ZA
1995 Artists invite Artists, Durban Art Museum, Durban, ZA
1995 Selected Kwa Zulu Natal Artists, Thompson Gallery, Johannesburg, ZA
1994 Forms of the Future, Durban Art Museum, Durban, ZA
1994 Emma Smith Scholarship Award, Technikon Natal Durban, ZA
1994 Absa L’Atelier Award Winners, Absa Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, ZA
1993 Face to Face: South African Youth Arts Award Winners, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, ZA
