CURRICULUM VITAE / Cameron Platter
Born 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Shaka’s Rock, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Hard Times, Great Expectations, Whatiftheworld/ Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
The Old Fashion, Volta NY, New York, USA
I Am Lonelyness, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2009
Black Up That White Ass II, YOUNGBLACKMAN, Cape Town, South Africa
2008
Studio, KNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
3 Stories, KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Too Much of Anything is Very Dangerous, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2006
Party Time, Blank Projects, Cape Town, South Africa
Beware the Curves, Labia Cinema, Cape Town, South Africa
2005
Life Is Very Interesting, Bell- Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2004
Storm, NSA Gallery, Durban, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa
The Love is Approaching, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, MoMA New York
Africa!, Galerie Hussenot, Paris
New Positions, Art Cologne
2010
Rencontres Internationales, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Coca- Colonized, Brot Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Africa Assume Art Position, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan
Contemporary Artists from South Africa, BEK, Norway
Dak’Art 2010, Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
Twenty, 20 Years of South African Sculpture, Nirox Foundation, Gauteng
1910 - 2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective, South African National Gallery
The Spirit is Not the Idea, Says the Penguin, CO-OP, Johannesburg
Spier Contemporary, Travelling, South Africa
2009
Clair/ Obscur Film Festival, Basel, Switzerland
Manifesto, CO-OP, Johannesburg, South Africa
Word Up!, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Sing Into My Mouth, Whatiftheworld/ Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2008
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Art 39 Basel, Hilger Contemporary
2007
Love, South Beach Emporium, Miami, USA
2006
Tour, a slice of life, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
2005
KO Video/ 1st Durban Video Festival, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
2004
Negotiate; Conciliation Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Contra Mundi, AVA gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Exchange views on..., Espace Croix- Baragon, Toulouse, France
2003
Picnic, Bell- Roberts, Cape Town, South Africa
Art as Usual, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Galerie Puta, 2a Dysart Road, Cape Town, South Africa
2001
YDETAG, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Stolen Painting, Art Night Out, Cape Town, South Africa
2000
Returning the Gaze, One City, Many Cultures, Cape Town, South Africa
Emergency, Bell- Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Permanent Collections
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) New York
Margulies Collection, Miami, USA
Sagamore Collection, Miami, USA
Selected Publications
Chad Rossouw, Cameron Platter, Vice Magazine, December 2010
Sarah Jayne Fell, Transvestite Killer Zebras (And Other Stories), One Small Seed Magazine, Issue 20, November 2010
Yuan Di, Cameron Platter: The Interview, Jia Za Zhi Magazine, September 2010
Rike Sitas, Cameron Platter Artbio, Artthrob, September 2010
Sue Williamson, Spier Contemporary, Artthrob.co.za April 2010
Emanuela Mirabelli, (S)Platter Movies, Marie Claire Italia, August 2010
Delia De Villiers, 20Q: Cameron Platter, Design Indaba Magazine, August 2010
Geoff Cook, Interview with Artist Cameron Platter, BASE Magazine. June 2010
Patrick Buhler, Cameron Platter, Splatterpunk Magazine, March 2010
Chad Rossouw, The Sound of a Zip on Red Latex Boots, Hard Times/ Great Expectations (cat) March 2010
David Kaufman, Soho Style in Johannesburg, New York Times, 14 March 2010
Carolina Wheat, Text as Fine Art Signage, ChicagoNow, February 6, 2010
Richard Hart, Here and There, Mail & Guardian, 24 February 2010
Alex Sudheim, Cameron Platter, Art South Africa, Vol07 Issue 03, 2009
Carol Brown, Best of 2008, www.artthrob.co.za, Feb 2009
Peter Machen, Cameron Platter’s Studio at KZNSA Gallery, www.artthrob.co.za, December 2008
Robert Sloon, In Conversation with Cameron Platter, www.artheat.net, 20 November 2008
Brenton Maart, Have Fun Before it Ends, Art South Africa, Vol7 Issue 02, 2009
Peter Machen, It’s a Wooden World, Mail & Guardian, 7 November 2008
Peter Machen, The Wooden World of Cameron Platter, Weekend Witness, 25 October 2008
Alex Sudheim, Apocalyptically Prolific, Mail&Guardian, October 17 2008
Carol Brown, Delinquent Outsider, www.artthrob.co.za, May 2008
Peter Machen, Zebras from Space and Other Oddities, Witness, Feburary 2008
Alex Sudheim, Tarantino meets Dr Suess, Mail&Guardian, April 2008
Manisha Jothady, Gott tragt Nikes und gar nichts wird gut, Die Presse, Feburary 2008
Greg Baker, Peepshow Surprise, Miami New Times, December 2007
Desne Masie, What Works for You, Financial Times, December 2007
Stephen Hurst, Love, Miami Bourbaki Blogspot
Hazel Friedman, “Cameron Platter” Art South Africa, May 2007
Sean O’Toole, “Out of the Shadows” DAMN Magazine, March/ April 2007
Robert Sloon, “Party Time” artheat.blogspot.com, November 2006
Andrew Lamprecht, “Don’t Talk to Me Talk to My Lawyer” Life is Very Interesting Catalogue, November 2006
Andrew Lamprecht, “Animals that One Loves” Life is Very Interesting Catalogue, November 2006
Jane Mayne, 20<Artists>06, Business Day, February 2006
Jacki McInnes, “Beast Intentions” The Big Issue, February 2006
Lisa Witepski, “Enjoy investing in Art” The South Africa Magazine, February 2006
Carine Zaayman, “Cameron Platter” Art South Africa, December 2005
Caspar Greeff, “Breaking the Waves” Sunday Times, December 2005
Linda Stupart, “Cameron Platter at Bell-Roberts” www.artthrob.co.za November 2005
Melvyn Minnaar, “Eye-catching artworks are goofy with gall” Cape Times, October 5, 2005
Miles Keylock, “Big Themes: Pick of the Week” Mail&Guardian, October 2005
Kristina Melville, “Joburg Diary” Sawubona
Andrew Lamprecht, “Cameron Platter” 10 Years 100 Artists
Andrew Lamprecht, “Bling- bling wildlife” Timeout 2005
Alba Poretti, “Goodall and Platter” Art South Africa, December 2004
Virginia MacKenny, “Configuring culture- art is what you make of it” BKAA catalogue 2004
James Cunningham, “Cameron Platter: Director, Animator” The Callsheet,
Media Reporter, “Young SA lions roar in Cannes” Saturday Star, July 3 2004
Peter Machen, "Gallery of Whores Visits Durban" The Independent on Saturday, 22 May 2004
Rober Bodil, "Simply Assassinating" Daily News, 21 May 2004
Andrew Lamprecht, “Flash, Aha” Art South Africa, March 2004
Tracey Murinik, “Picnic” Art South Africa, March 2004
Melvyn Minnaar, “Smart, Sassy Solo Show Succeeds” Cape Times 19 January 2004
Paul Edmunds, “ Cameron Platter at Joao Ferreira” www.artthrob.co.za
January 2004
Zachary Yorke, “Dada and Development in Cape Town” Thisday 20 November 2003
Michael Stevenson, “Playfully Subversive” Movements in Time and Space, June 2003
Tracey Murinik, “Meeting in the Water Closet” www.artthrob.co.za, June 2003
Tracey Murinik, “Bright Young Things” Art South Africa, March 2003
Sue Williamson, “Sue Williamson’s Diary” www.artthrob.co.za, March 2003
Tracey Murinik, “Michaelis Exhibition 2001”www.artthrob.co.zaDecember 2001
Mgcineni Sobopha, “Returning the Gaze” NKA Journal of Contemporary Art, 13/ 14
Judy Damon, “Artists Seek Stolen Painting” Cape Times 4 October 2000
Sue Williamson, “New on the Block” www.artthrob.co.zaOctober 2000
Paul Edmunds, “Emergency at the Bell-Roberts” www.artthrob.co.zaJuly 2000
Filmography
The Old Fashion 2010
Black Up That White Ass II 2009
Dr Bombaka Presents… 2009
Color Blind (Vivid Raw) Vol 2 2008
The Stripper and the Zebras; Mr Muafangejo and the Lion; and the Crocodile and God (Also known as 3 Stories) 2008
How the Crocodile Got his Shoes and Other Collected Stories 2007
Beware the Curves 2006
My BM is Bigger Than Yours (Also known as When Days Are Dark Friends Are Few) 2005
Strangers in the Dark and Stormy Night 2004
Vexation Island 2004
Jealous is the Freedom of Fools 2004
The Love is Approaching 2004
The Attack of the Killer Zebras from Outer Space 2004
