Berni Searle (South African, born )

Timeline

1990–1993
B.A. (Hons) Fine Art [MFA equivalent], Univ. of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Jhb.
1993–1994
Annia Milman Scholarship for overseas travel, Wits
1994-pres.
Manager, Market Theatre Galleries, Jhb.
1995-pres.
Lecturer, S.A. School of Film, Television and Dramatic Art, Jhb.
1996
Institute Français d'Afrique du Sud Bursary, Study Tour, Paris

Exhibitions

2000
Emotions and Relations, Sandton Civic Gallery, Jhb.
Pissing Man, (neon installation), Copulating Couple, (animation), and Emotions and Relations, in Oudshoorn Arts Festival, SA
Pissing Man, for Fuori Uso 2000, (curator Hu Hanru), Pescara, Italy. Catalogue
1998–1999
Erased Markings cnr. Bezuidenhout and Jeppe Streets, Jhb, artist's pages in: Blank_Architecture, Apartheid and After, (Hilton Judin and Ivan Vladislavic (eds.)) (solo)
1999
54 Storeys, short film, premiere and interview: www.artthrob.co.za (solo)
Unlimited.Nl, artist's page for Metropolis M, Issue #1 (Netherlands) (solo)
Seeing is believing, artist's pages for Casco Project, Issue #5 (Netherlands) (solo)
Permanent Collection Exhibition, , Sandton Civic Art Gallery, Jhb. 1999 Channel, video, Assoc. for Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town
Documents II, Casco Project Space, Utrecht, Netherlands
1997–1998
MS, video, in , Hong Kong Etc, (curator Hou Hanru) at Second Jhb, Biennale, Market Theatre Galleries. Catalogue (p. 361)
On Interesting Spaces, video, in Purple and Green, (curator Abrie Fourie), Pretoria Art Museum
1997
Croisee des Artistes, (with Christelle Familiari) for Fin de Siéecle à Jhb, (curator Patricia Solini), Nantes Festival, France. Catalogue.
Photosynthesis, (curator Kathy Grundlingh ) at Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown , SA. Catalogue (p. 6)
Contemporary South African Art: The Gencor Collection, (curator Kendell Geers), Sandton Civic Gallery. Catalogue.
Hitch-Hiker, (curator Clive Kellner), Generator Art Space, Jhb.
3X10: A group exhibition in three parts, Hänel Gallery, Cape Town
1996
The Young and the Restless (without permission), Sandton Civic Art Gallery , Jhb.
AUDIOVISUAL, in Videos and Cartoons from South Africa, (curator Antonio Campos) at Culturgest Film Festival, Lisbon , Portugal. Catalogue
The Body Politic, (curators Colin Richards and Pitika Ntuli) , at Africus Biennale, Gertrude Posel Gallery. Catalogue.

Literature

2001
Annie E. Coombes. 'Skin Deep/Bodies of Evidence: The Work of Bernie [sic] Searle' in: Authentic/Ex-Centric: Conceptualism in Contemporary African Art (Hassan, S. and Oguibe, O. (eds.))
2000
Untitled Blurb, (newspaper), Contributing Designer and Editor (publisher: Creative Cities Initiative, SA Dept. Arts, Culture, Science and Technology.)
1999
Brenda Atkinson (Ed.). WASH. Limited Edition Artist Magazine. Chalkham Hill Press, Rivonia. 1999.
Torque of the TownÑA User's Guide to a Dysfunctional City, limited edition catalogue (publisher: Mark Coetzee Fine Art Cabinet, Cape Town) and website: www.cabinet.co.za
1998
What makes this day different from any other, in WASH #3, (publisher: Chalkam Hill Press , Jhb.)
1996
Grey Area, (publisher: French Institute of South Africa)
English (US)

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