Pieter Hugo

(South African, born 1976)

mummy ahmadu and a snake charmer with a rock python, abuja, nigeria by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Mummy Ahmadu and a Snake Charmer with a Rock Python, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005

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emeka, motorcyclist and abdullahi ahmadu, asaba, nigeria by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Emeka, Motorcyclist and Abdullahi Ahmadu, Asaba, Nigeria, 2007

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mohammed rabiu with jamis, asaba, nigeria by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Mohammed Rabiu with Jamis, Asaba, Nigeria, 2007

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portrait #1, rwanda by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Portrait #1, Rwanda, 2014

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portrait #12, rwanda by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Portrait #12, Rwanda, 2015

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portrait #13, rwanda by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Portrait #13, Rwanda, 2014

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portrait #16, south africa by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Portrait #16, South Africa, 2016

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portrait #17, south africa by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Portrait #17, South Africa, 2016

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muxe portrait #3, junchitán de zaragoza by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Muxe Portrait #3, Junchitán de Zaragoza, 2018

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the hero prop, mexico city by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

The Hero Prop, Mexico City, 2019

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burning bush, oaxaca de juarez by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

Burning Bush, Oaxaca de Juarez, 2018

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the asylum seeker, hermosillo by pieter hugo

Pieter Hugo

The Asylum Seeker, Hermosillo, 2019

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Biography

Timeline

1976
Born in Cape Town, South Africa
2002 - 2003
Two-year Residency at Fabrica, Treviso, Italy
2005
First Prize Portraits section of the 2005 World Press Photo
2006
Getty Images Young Photographer Award
2007
Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art
2008
KLM Paul Huf Award, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Discovery Award, Rencontres d’Arles Festival
KLM Paul Huf Award, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
2011
Seydou Keita Award, 9th Recontres de Bamako African Photography Biennial, Mali
FOTOGRAFIA - The Road to Contemporary Art, Rome

Exhibitions

2017
Good Hope. South Africa & The Netherlands, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (solo)
Peripheral Dispatches, | PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2016
Pieter Hugo: Thirteen Works, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
1994, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)
In Focus, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (solo)
Pieter Hugo | KIN, | PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Kin, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, France (solo)
In Focus’ artist during the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London (solo)
Corporeality, | PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany (solo)

Public Collections

The Walther Collection, Burlafingen, Germany
Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Modena, Italy
FRAC Réunion, Reunion Island, France
Fundación Forvm per a la Fotografia, Tarragona, Spain
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Johanesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

Literature

2007
MESSINA/MUSINA,photographs by Pieter Hugo. Transcript of a conversationbetween Pieter Hugo and Joanna Lehan. Text by Stacy Hardy Punctum Editions
THE HYENA AND OTHER MEN, photographs by Pieter Hugo. Prestel, 2007. Text by Adekotunbo Abiola
2006
LOOKING ASIDE, photographs by Pieter Hugo. Text by Antjie Krog. Punctum
FACE: the New Photographic Portrait, edited by William A. Ewing. Thames & Hudson
Black, Brown, White. Photography from South Africa. Kunsthalle Wien
2005
Regeneration: 50 photographers of tomorrow. Aperture and Thames and Hudson