TOMMY MOTSWAI SUMMER HOLIDAYS PAINTING

TOMMY MOTSAI

SUMMER HOLIDAYS, BLOUBERGSTRAND

OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AND DATED 2008, 

790 X 1190MM

Tommy Trevor Seth Motswai, born 27 May 1963 in Soweto, Johannesburg.

Education

Schooling

• 1968 - 1979: Attended Kutlwanong School for the Deaf.

Art Training

• 1980 - 1982: Training at Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA)
• Johannesburg Art Foundation (JAF)
• Bill Ainslie's Art Studio
• FUBA gallery

1982 - 1983: Assistant to Kurt Lossgott

1985: Santam Bursary

Solo Exhibitions

• 1988: Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
• 1990: Natalie Knight Gallery.
• 1992: Received the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award Work exhibited at the Grahamstown Festival Nation-wide year long tour.
• 2000: Solo Exhibition - Potchefstroom Museum
• 1999: Solo exhibition at the opening of the new Tourism Information and Development Centre in Rustenburg.

Awards

• 1985: Santam Bursary Award
• 1987: Volkskas Atelier Merit Prize
• 1987: Sol Plaatjies Art Award; Excelsior Award
• 1988: Vita Art Now Award - Winner of the 1st Quarterly Fine Art
• 1989; Vita Art Now Award - Merit Award
• 1992: Standard Bank Young Artist Award
• 1992: Four Outstanding Young South Africans "FOYSA" 92

Public Collections

• Johannesburg Art Gallery
• SA National Gallery Cape Town
• University of South Africa (UNISA)
• University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)
• Sasol Art Collection
• Trust Bank Art Collection
• Pretoria Art Museum
• Durban Art Museum
• King George VI Art Museum, Port Elizabeth

• Humour in the Contemporary Artwork of Tommy Motswai by Bhavisha Laxmi Panchia, Master in Arts (History of Art) Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, November 2011.