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1972 Born in Johannesburg, Currently based in New York.
Education

1996- 1997 Whitney Independent Studio Program - Whitney Museum (NYC)
1998 Doctoral Candidate in Art History - Columbia University (NYC)
1997 M.Phil. in Art History - Columbia University (NYC)
1995 M.A. in Art History - University of Chicago (Chicago)
1993 B.A. (Fine Arts) - University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg)

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2001 -Kunstmuseum St. Gallen ( St. Gallen )-O. K. Centrum Fur Gegenwartskunst (Linz)-Roger Bjorkholmen ( Stockholm )-Galeria Joao Graca ( Lisbon )
2000 -New Museum of Conteporary Art ( New York )-Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneve (Geneva) - Juin 2000-Art + Public ( Geneva )-Francesca Kaufmann ( Milan )-Chicago Project Room (Chicago) - Opens 10 March 2000
1999 -Rudiger Schottle Gallery (Munich)-Roger Bjorkholmen (Stockholm)-6th International Istambul Biennale (Curator: Paolo Colombo) - 17 September to 30 Octobre 1999.-Neue Galerie Graz in cooperation with Kunsthaus Murzzuschlag: "The Anagrammatical Body" (Curator Peter Weibel ) - 9 October 1999 to March 2000.-Museum Ludwig Koln, "Global Art 2000", (Curators: Marc Scheps / Yilmaz Dziewior) - 5 November 1999 to 5 March 2000.-Gallery Roger Bjorkholmen, Stockholm- 25 November 1999 to 19 December 1999.
1998 Johnen & Schottle (Cologne)Sala Mendoza (Caracas) - catalogue.Chicago Project Room (Chicago)Roger Bjorkholmen (Stockholm)
1997 Craig Krull Gallery (Los Angeles)Silverstein Gallery (New York)Rudiger Schottle Gallery (Munich)
1996 The Space Gallery (Johannesburg) - `The Rainbow Show'
1995 Cochrane Woods Art Center (University of Chicago) - `Tourist Works'
1994 Institute of Contemporary Art (Johannesburg) - `Serial Corpses'

Selected Group Exhibitions

2000 Kwangju Biennale Korea 2000 - curated by Rene BlockKunstverein Munchen - 'The Wounded Diva' - MunichMuseum Fridricianum - ' Das Lied von der Erde ' - KasselFotogalerie Wien - ViennaJoao Ferreira Gallery - Cape TownRare Art - ' Tomorrow ' - New YorkWhite Columns 30th Anniversary Benefit - New YorkAkdamie Wien - ' Day Against Racial Diserimination 'ViennaBard Center for Curatorial Studies - ' Translations ' - New York
1999 6th International Istanbul Biennial - curated by Paolo Colombo Neue Galerie Graz / Kunsthaus Murzzuschlag - `The Anagrammatical Body' Museum Ludwig Koln - 'Art-Worlds in Dialogue'

1998 XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo - 'Roteiros, Roteiros…' Canal de Isabel II - `Interferences' - Madrid (cf. catalogue). Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno - `Transatlantico' - Canary Islands (cf. catalogue).

1997 Artist's Space - `Permutations' - New York P.S.1 - `Heaven: A Private View' - New York Johannesburg Biennale '97 - `Graft' - Cape Town (cf. catalogue). Ten in One Gallery - `Funny Pictures' - Chicago Clementine Gallery - `Me' - New York. Silverstein Gallery - June Show '97- New York. Espacio 204 - 'Tran sonic' - Caracas

1996 Thread Waxing Space - `Romper Room' - New York (cf. catalogue). Reininghaus - `Inclusion/Exclusion' - Graz (cf. catalogue). Kunstforeningen - `Interzones' - Copenhagen (cf. catalogue). Gramercy Art Fair - (Juana de Aizpuru Gallery - Madrid) - New York. The Space Gallery - Opening Exhibition - Johannesburg.

1995 Africana Museum - `Black Looks/White Myths' - Johannesburg (cf. catalogue). Gertrude Posel Gallery - Taking Liberties: The Body Politic (Johannesburg Biennale).

Selected Bibliography

1999 Atkinson, Brenda and Breitz, Candice. Grey Areas: Representation, Identity and Politics in Contemporary South African Art. (Johannesburg: Chalkham Hill Press, 1999). Dziewior, Yilmaz. `Candice Breitz: Galerie Johnen & Schottle,' Artforum (March 1999). Oliv, Freia. 'Galeriespaziergang: Von Mimmo Paladino uber Candice Breitz bis Michaela Melian,' Munchner Merkur (March 30, 1999) Sonna, Birgit. 'Namen sind nur Schall und Rauch,' Suddeutsche Zeitung (Munich: March 31, 1999). .

1998 Allerholm, Milou. `Blicken aterfors till betraktarens begar,' Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm: November 23, 1998) . Axel, Brian. `Disembodiment and the Total Body,' Third Text 44 (Autumn, 1998). Bydler, Charlotte. 'The Democratic Image,' Aftonbladet (Stockholm: September 1, 1998). Gallero, Jose Luis. `Reivindicacion de la Intrascendencia,' ABC de las Artes (Madrid: April 10, 1998). Hill, Rowena. 'La fotografia y el cirujano,' El Universal (Caracas: February 8, 1998). Kohler, Stefan. 'Sao Paulo's Window to Unseen Art,' The Japan Times (Saturday, November 28, 1998). Herkenhoff, Paulo and Pedrosa, Adriano. XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo: "Roteiros," (Sao Paulo: Takano Editora Grafica Ltda, 1998) . Monsalve, Yasmin. 'Dialogo entre pornografia y etnografia,' El Universal (Caracas: January 16, 1998). Zaya, Octavio. Interferencias (catalogue). (Madrid: Tabapress, 1998). Zaya, Octavio. `Reflections on Candice Breitz's Rorschach Series,' TRANS (New York: Winter, 1998). Leon, Vicglamar Torres. 'Etnografia y pornografia en la mirada fotografica,' El Globo (Caracas: January 16, 1998). Sonna, Birgit. 'Cindy Shermans kleine Schwestern,' Suddeutsche Zeitung (Munich: August 26, 1998).

1997 Campbell, Clayton. `Candice Breitz, David Levinthal, and David McGee at Craig Krull,' Flash Art (No. 195: Summer 1997). Dattenberger, Simone. 'Schwarze Sacke am Firmament,' Munchner Merkur 210 (Munich: September 12, 1997). Enwezor, Okwui. `Reframing the Black Subject: Ideology and Fantasy in Contemporary South African Representation,' Third Text (Autumn, 1997). Enwezor, Okwui and DeBord, Matthew. Trade Routes: History and Geography. (2nd Johannesburg Biennale Catalogue, 1997). Geers, Kendell. `Dangers inherent in foreign curating,' The STAR Tonite! (Johannesburg: 19 March, 1997). Hoffmann, Justin. `Inklusion: Exklusion,' Kunstforum (No. 136: February - May 1997). Kandel, Susan. `Feminine Perspective,' Los Angeles Times (Friday, April 18, 1997). Kravagna, Christian. 'Curatorial Globe-Trotting,' Die Beute (2/97). Kravagna, Christian. 'Mr. Livingstone, I presume...,' Springer (Vienna: Band III, Heft 2/97) Oguibe, Olu. `Beyond Visual Pleasures: A Brief Reflection on the Work of Contemporary African Women Artists,' in Hassan, Salah (editor). Gendered Visions. (New Jersey: African World Press, 1997). Weibel, Peter (editor). Inklusion/Exklusion: Art in the Age of Postcolonialism and Global Migration. (Cologne: Dumont, 1997).

1996 Accone, Darryl. `Breitz ticks off the viewers with a colour balance that disturbs the rainbow nation,' The Sunday Independent (Johannesburg: September 15, 1996). Atkinson, Brenda. `Rethinking Pornography: Imaging Desire (Candice Breitz interviewed by Brenda Atkinson,' Camera Austria (No 56: 1996). Behr, Martin. `Erlebnisreiche Reise zu postkolonialer Kunst,' Salzburger Nachrichten (September 24, 1996). Chang, Danielle (curator). Romper Room. (New York, November 1996). Enwezor, Okwui and Zaya, Octavio. `Moving In: Eight Contemporary African Artists,' Flash Art (No. 186: January - February, 1996). Friedman, Hazel. `Skin Graft,' The Weekly Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg: August 23-29, 1996). Greig, Robert. `Unmasking the Self in Grotequeries of the Other,' The Sunday Independent (Johannesburg: September 8, 1996). Hutter, Frida. `Welt-Nachrichten,' Kleine Zeitung (Graz: September 21, 1996). Krumpl, Doris. `Rand-Zonen und die Kunst der Landvermessung,' Der Standard (Graz: September 23, 1996). Marchart, Oliver. `Geschuttelt, nicht geruhrt,' Falter Verlag (Vienna: October 3, 1996). Michelson, Anders and Zaya, Octavio (editors). `Project for Interzones,' Interzones: A Work In Progress. (Kunstforeningen: Copenhagen, 22 June - 25 August, 1996). Sirmans, Franklin. `Steirischer Herbst '96: Barfly Theory at the Show,' Flash Art (No. 191: Nov - Dec, 1996). Spiegl, Andreas. `Inklusion/Exklusion: Kunst im Zeitalter von Postkolonialismus und globaler Migration,' Springer (Vienna: Band II, Heft 4/96). Zaya, Octavio. `An Interview with Candice Breitz: Racial Politics, Pornography and Representation,' Arude (Volume 2: Issue 2, 1996). Zaya, Octavio. `Candice Breitz (GLOBAL ART),' Flash Art (No. 191: Nov - Dec, 1996).

1995 Gilman, Sander. `Truth Seeking, Memory and Art: Comments Following Four Weeks of Life in the New South Africa,' Johannesburg Biennale Catalogue (Johannesburg: 1995). Michelson, Anders. Black Looks: White Myths,' Flash Art (No. 183: Summer, 1995).

1994 Powell, Ivor. `Watch This Artist,' The Weekly Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg: March 18-24, 1994).