
A woman must serve her God, her Father, and her Husband
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And then God went mad from staring at atoms
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Bring it on (I have no fear of myself)
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Don't wait for Life. It won't wait for you.
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I love her you see, and if she took up golf...
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Just wait you'll see. They'll send someone.
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The landscape of time is criss-crossed by scars
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The Madonna of Lake Tanganyika
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To dream of being seen - if only for a moment - by the things in
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My dear Edward. There are creatures beyond the reach of
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BORN: 1972 in Johannesburg
EDUCATION: 1989 Matriculated from SACS with full academic colours
EXHIBITIONS: SOLO
2004 ‘10' - Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town & Community Arts Workshop -ten professional artists from diverse backgrounds gathered in a communal studio at the Castle of Good Hope . Their purpose was to explore and evaluate, through the process of working together, the first ten years of democracy in South Africa.
2003 ‘Peter van Straten’s Intimate History of Everything’ - Knysna Fine Art, Knysna
2002 ‘Buckle your Seat-belt, Dorothy .....’, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna
2001 Obs Café, Observatory, Cape Town
Namaste, Observatory, part of ‘Walking the Street’ Festival
2000 Third I Gallery
1999 ‘To Hell with Reality’ - Intecaf, Observatory, Cape Town
‘Clouds’ - Amani Wine Farm, Stellenbosch
Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg
1998 Chalk Farm Gallery, London
Labuschagne Residence, Durbanville
1997 Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg
1993 Mellville Visual Arts Foundation, Melville
GROUP
2001 Grafiti Gallery, Cape Town
‘Telling Tales’ - Third I Gallery
‘Tastings’ - Klarity Gallery
2000 ‘Artists from The Cape’ - Old Arts Gallery, University of Pretoria
‘Catharsis’ - Johannesburg
‘Falling Awake’ - collaborated with Heel Arts Collective for the Once City Many Cultures Festival, Cape Town
1999 Peter Visser Antiques
Exhibition of Whale paintings - Grobellaar Hall, Hermanus & Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town
‘Year 2000' - Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg
Arts Association, Bellville
1999 Lightworkers Conference - New York, USA
1998 Peter Visser Gallery, Cape Town
1996 ‘Ad-verts’ - Primart, Claremont
1995 With Gail Catlin - Primart, Claremont
1992 Grahamstown Festival
AWARDS: 1992 Murati Award for Best Student
1989 Sanlam Student Art Award
COMMISSIONS: 2000 Statue of the Virgin for the Roman Catholic Church, Kimberley
1997 Two works for the home of Mr Mac Maharaj
FEATURES: 2001 - Opening episode of ‘Innertainment’, SABC
- First ‘Artist of the Week’, launch of Global Arts Information
- Featured Artist in first publications of AHUM magazine
- Launched satirical newspaper, ‘The Observer’ and appointed editor and Director of Arts
Fund. Interviewed with Louw Venter, for DSTV in this capacity
BOOKS: 2001 Short stories included in ‘Urban One’, published by Spearhead
1993 Wrote ‘Tales from the Fish Hypnotist’, ‘The Complete and Scrumptious Tales of Sir Alfred Laughingdale’ and ‘Corpus Greep’
Peter van Straten has also written songs and performed with two bands, ‘Funkaberry’ and ‘Psycho-Pop’. He lives and works in Cape Town. |