Biographie

b. South Africa, 1976

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2007
+ Pieter Hugo, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
+ Extraspazio in Rome, Italy
+ Looking Aside, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2006
+ Presence, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa; Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland
+ Looking Aside, Warren Siebrits Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa
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2004
+ Fabrica Features, Lisbon, Portugal
+ Museum of Modern Art, Rome, Italy
+ Rwanda 2004: Vestiges of a Genocide, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
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2002
+ Margin, the Cold Room Photographic Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2007
+ Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
+ Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
+ Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
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2006
+ Como Viver Junto, 27th Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil
+ Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago de Chile, Chile
+ Street: Behind the Cliché, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
+ Pingyao International Photographic Festival (PIP), Pingyao, China
+ Tour - Cape Town to Miami: Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Nie Meer, De Warande in Turnhout, Belgium
+ Rivers of Suffering, Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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2005
+ Re:Generation. 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY; Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
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2003
+ Staged Realities—The Studio in African Photography, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
+ From Chaos to Order and Back, DDD Gallery, Osaka, Japan; Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2002
+ Positions on South African Photography—Today, OMC Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
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SELECTED AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
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2007
+ Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art
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2006
+ First Prize Portraits section of the 2006 World Press Photo
+ Getty Images Young Photographers
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2007
+ Hugo, Pieter. Looking Aside: South African studio portraits 2003-2006. Punctum Editions, 2006.
+ Law-Viljoen, Bronwyn. “Pieter Hugo: The Critical Zone of Engagement.” Aperture Spring 2007.
+ Trainor, James. “How to Live Together.” Frieze January 2007.
+ Weinstein, Steve. “Peter Hugo: Stephen Cohen Gallery.” Focus Magazine May 2007.
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2006
+ Bester, Rory. “Pieter Hugo: Outsider/Outsiders”. Portfolio: Contemporary Photography in Britain December 2006.
+ Smith, Roberta. “Regeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow [Review]”. The New York Times 9 June 2006.
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2005
+ “100 Artists on the Cusp of International Success.” Art Review [UK] December 2005.
+ “Men and Hyenas: The Photos of Pieter Hugo.” Internazionale [IT] 27 October – 4 November 2005.
+ O’Toole, Sean. “The Outsider.” Creative Review [UK] June 2005.
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2004
+ Checchi, Rosanna. “Pieter Hugo.” Zoom [Italy] May 2004.