Paul Stopforth

1984-1985

SCC (one year post graduate), Royal College of Art, London

1964-1968

NATD (four year course), Johannesburg College of Art

2007

"Gate" The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2006

'Being here and Not There: Fragments and Reliquaries From Robben Island'
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, HarvardUniversity

2004

The Island, David Krut Projects, New York, NY

2002

"Slip Slide, "Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA

2001

"Crossing", Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA

2000

"Fragments", Groton School, Groton, MA

"Scatterlings", Hampden Gallery, U. Mass, Amherst

1999

"Figuring" Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA

1998

"Essential Gestures" Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA

1996

"Love’s Body", Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA

1995

"Alchemist", Holzwasser Gallery, New Art Center, Newton, MA

1993

"Offerings", Akin Gallery, Boston, MA

1992

"African Herbs", McQuade Library Art Gallery, Merrimack College, Andover, MA

1988

Gallery II, Tufts University, Medford, MA

New Art Center, Newton, MA

Gallerie Sandoz, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

1987

Association of Arts Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

1986

Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1983

Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1981

Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1980

Guest Artist, Johannesburg Art Gallery

1979

Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1978

Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1976

Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban, South Africa

1974

Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban, South Africa

1971

Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban, South Africa

2007/8

Apartheid. The South African Mirror. Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona.
Curated by Pep Subiros

2007

Art Now Fair. Miami. Florida

2005

"Four Person Exhibition", Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA

"Rust-en-Vrede Gallery", Cape Town, South Africa

2004

"Excavation and Reconstruction in Contemporary African Art"
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

2003

Four Person Exhibition, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2002

"Faculty Exhibition", Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

"A Continent Away: Multiple Identities in Contemporary African Art", Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA

"Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa", University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon, AZ

2001

"Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa", Iris and B. Gerald
Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford, CA

"Faculty Choice", Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver,
CO

2000

"Drawings & Photographs", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
"Day Without Art", Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
"Inside/Out", Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
"Awake", Harbor Gallery, U. Mass, Boston, MA

1999

"Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa", The Museum for African Art, New York, NY

"Postcards from South Africa", Axis Gallery, New York, NY

"Destination/Place", Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA

1998

Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA

"The Contemporary Artist as Observer and Observed", The Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Market Mills, Lowell, MA

1988

"Recent American Portraits", George Sherman Union Gallery, Boston University, MA

1996-97

"Eighth Triennial", Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA

1996

"Visiting Faculty Exhibition", Carpenter Center, Harvard University,Cambridge, MA

"Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa", Malmo Kunsthall, Malmo, Sweden

1995

"Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa", Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England

"Siyawela", Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England

"Taking Liberties: The Body Politic", Africus Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg

"Something Human", Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA

1994

"BOSTON (in dialogue) NOW", Institute for Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA

"Visual Arts Showcase", Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA

"Faculty Exhibition", New Art Center, Newton, MA

"Faculty Exhibition", Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA

1993

"Anything but Paper Prayers" (by invitation), Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA

"Christmas Exhibition", New Art Center, Newton, MA

"Faculty Exhibition", School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1992

"Symphony of Prosperity", Akin Gallery, Boston, MA

"Faculty Exhibition", New Art Center, Newton, MA

"Salon", Akin Gallery, Boston, MA

"Autopia", Akin Gallery, Boston, MA

1991

"Faculty Biennial", Starr Gallery, Grossman Campus, Newton, MA

"Confronting Political and Social Evil", Tufts University, Medford, MA

1990

"The Body Politic": Three Figurative Artists, McQuade Library Art Gallery, Merrimack College, Andover

"Let the Voices be Heard", Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

"Faculty Exhibition", New Art Center, Newton, MA

"Voices from South Africa", Stuart Levy Gallery, New York, NY

1989

"Three Person Exhibition", Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

"Faculty Exhibition", School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1988

"Culture in Another South Africa", Amsterdam, Holland

"Detention Without Trial: 100 Artists Protest", Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1987

"Five South African Artists", Boston, MA

"P.O.W"., Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

"Vita Awards Exhibition", Johannesburg Art Gallery

"Director’s Exhibition", Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2004

Residency, The Robben Island Museum, South Africa

2003

Delivered the Ruth First Memorial Lecture at Brandies University

Ohio Arts Council Jury for OHC Fellowship Awards

2000

Residency, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT

1998

Juror, The Copley Society of Boston

1987

Judge for the Federated Union of Black Artists, National Student Exhibition

1995

Juror, Worcester Art Association, Worcester, MA

1994

Curator, The Copley Society of Boston, Holiday Invitational Exhibition

Juror, New Hampshire Individual artist Fellowship: Visual Art Panel

1993

Engelhard Fellowship at Bequia, West Indies

1987

Judge for the Federated Union of Black Artists, National Student Exhibition

1986

The Ian Haggie Award for best Artist, "Visions", Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1985

The Rodney Burn Award for Figurative Drawing, Royal College of Art, London, England

1984

British Council Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom

1977-84

Director, Market Theatre Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1980

External Examiner for Drawing, UNISA, Department of Fine Arts, Pretoria, South Africa

1972

Member, Editorial Board of “Reality” (Current Affairs Journal, Editor, Alan Paton)

1971

Institute of Race Relations Award, South Africa

1970

Member, Theatre Council of Natal (TECON), Non-Racial Theatre Group

1967

Student Representative Council Award for Best Student, Johannesburg School of Art, Johannesburg, South Africa

2007

"Paintings With a Silvery Mood". Cate McQuaid. Boston Globe (August 23)

2006

"Paul Stopforth: PORTRAIT" The Harvard Crimson, April 20, 2006 By Zoe M. Savitsky

2005

"First Word: Excavation and Reconstruction in Contemporary African Art", Mark Auslander, African Arts, Spring 2005

2004

"Sacred fragments: Looking Back at the Art of Paul Stopforth", Sandra Klopper,
African Arts, Winter 2004

2002

"Experiments with Truth: Transitional Justice and the Processes of Truth and Reconcilliation", Trauma and Truth, Rory Bester, Edited by Okwui Enwezor Carlos Basualdo, Ute Meta Bauer, Susanne Ghez, Sarat Maharaj, Mark Nash, Octavio Zaya, DOCUMENTA11_ PLATFORM2

"An Anthology of African Art: The Twentieth Century,"Edited by N’Gone Fall & Jean Loup Pivin, Revue Noir Editions: African Contemporary Art: Paris

“This New Body of Work is Beautifully Abstract,” Christine Temin,
BOSTON GLOBE, August 10

“arts MEDIA,” April 15—May 15, 2002

“African art brings themes from ‘A Continent Away,’” Cate McQuaid,
BOSTON GLOBE, April 19

2001

“Stopforth Expands,” Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, August 15

"BAD BEHAVIOR", Bill Haywood, Rizzoli Publishing

1999

“Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa,” Christine Temin,
BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, November 26

“South Africans, Isolated No More,” Holland Cotter, NEW YORK TIMES, September 24

"Postcards from South Africa," Holland Cotter, NEW YORK TIMES, September 10

“Truth and the Art of Healing,” Christine Temin, BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, January 3

“Destination/? Place,” Michael Carroll and Jim Cory, SCHOOLHOUSE CENTER PUBLICATION

Free Show, Sal Randolph, SCHOOLHOUSE CENTER PUBLICATION

1998

“The Superb and the Shoddy: Best Art 1988, Christine Temin, BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE

“Paul Stopforth’s Eloquent Mimes,” Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, October 7

1997

“Contemporary South African Art 1985-1995 from the South African National Gallery Permanent Collection,” SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL GALLERY

1996

Returning the Curve: Africa 95, Teng, and “Seven Stories,” AFRICANARTS, Summer 96

”Profile: Paul Stopforth,” Lois Tarlow, ART NEW ENGLAND, April/May

”Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa,” Jean Fisher, ARTFORUM, January

“Stopforth’s Bodies Bear Their Souls,” Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, September 10

1995

“Star Attraction,” Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, November 15

”Always Something New Out of Africa,” Richard Cork, TIMES, London, October 24

”Africa Now,” Margaret Garlake, ART MONTHLY, November

”Die Veelheid van Een Verhaal,” Peter Vantyghen, DE STANDAARD, Belgium, October 13

”Africa Today,” Judith Bumpus, ROYAL ACADEMY MAGAZINE, Autumn 1995

"Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa," CATALOGUE WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY, London, England, September to December:
MALMO KUNSTHALL, Malmo, Sweden, January to March

Moving from Clenched Fists to Open Arms," Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, May 12

1994

"EducaArtist," Frederick H. Kalil, TUFTS JOURNAL, Novemberting the

"Strong Art, Weak Premise in ICA Show," Nancy Stapen, BOSTON GLOBE, August 5

"Market Gallery," Ivor Powell, THE WEEKLY MAIL AND GUARDIAN, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 10-16

1993

"Paul Stopforth," Nancy Stapen, ARTNEWS, Summer 1993

"Paul Stopforth: Offerings," Meredith Fife Day, ART NEW ENGLAND, June/July

"In '93 Galleries Put Ingenuity on Display," Nancy Stapen, BOSTON GLOBE, December 30

1992

"Autopia," Nancy Stapen, BOSTON GLOBE, February 27

"Paul Stopforth," Cathy Crossman, PRISMA: A MULTICULTURAL FORUM, Winter

1989 RESISTANCE ART IN SOUTH AFRICA, Sue Williamson, St. Martin's Press, NY

"Confronting the Anguish: Paul Stopforth Shines a Harsh Light on South Africa's Oppression," Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, October 3

150 MASTERPIECES OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTING, Barbara Clarke, Struik Publisher, Cape Town, South Africa

1986

"A Subtle New Stopforth Moves Beyond the Literal," Ivor Powell, THE WEEKLY MAIL, October 9

1981

1981 "Enigmatic Comment on Society's Harshness: Paul Stopforth and Michael Goldberg at the Market Theatre Gallery," Anne Pogrund, RAND DAILY MAIL, November

"No Show as Govt. Bars Biko Art," Bev Mortimer, RAND DAILY MAIL, October

1980

"A Response to Violence: Paul Stopforth Exhibition of Drawings," Anne Sassoon,
RAND DAILY MAIL, August 14

"Local Artist Paul Leaves Sentiment Way Behind," Joyce Ozynski, SUNDAY EXPRESS, September 17

"CONVERSATIONS", Avril Herber, Bateleur Press

1979

ART AND ARTISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA, Esme Berman, Revised edition,
Johnathan Cape Publisher

1978

"Statement on Torture," Anne Pogrund, RAND DAILY MAIL, September 21

"The Hidden Horror-in-Open View," Miriam Jacob, WEEKEND WORLD, September 25

1976

"Stopforth is Mixing Politics and Palettes," Joyce Ozynski, SUNDAY EXPRESS, May 12

2004

"Excavation and Reconstruction in Contemporary South African Art",
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

2003

"Art on a Tightrope, Contemporary Cultural Production in South Africa",
The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University.

2001

"Liberated Voices Symposium", Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts,
Stanford University, CA

1999

"Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa", PANEL,
The Museum for African Art, New York, NY

1997

"African Celebration": Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI

"Panel": "Panoramas of Passage, Changing Landscapes of South Africa,"
Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT

1996

"Public Lecture": Visiting Faculty, Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1995

"The Road to Mecca/ The Road to Boston" LECTURE: Silvermine Guild Arts Center,
New Canaan, CT

1992,1991

"In the Face of That Place" (Survival Tactics in South African Art), Lecture

1990,1988

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Leventhal-Sidman Community Center, Newton, MA

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Summer Program, Boston, MA

Castleton State College, Castleton, VT

ASEAN Auditorium, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Newton Arts Center, Newtonville, MA

Rutgers University, NJ (Invitation of Leon Golub)

Wessell Library, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Boston University, Boston, MA

1989

"International Artists Symposium" Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1988

Panelist "Surviving Visions" Symposium: Art and Social Responsibility," Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

"Politics, Culture and the Struggle for Liberation" Paper delivered:
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Tufts University, Medford, MA

South-Eastern Massachusetts University, MA

1981

"Art and Society" University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

"Art and Social Change" University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

1979

"The State of Art in South Africa" Conference at University of Cape Town,
Cape Town, South Africa

Harvard University Film Archive

Constitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tufts University, Medford, MA

The Council House Gallery, Wisconsin, USA

The Kaufman Handel Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Holland

National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Durban Art Museum, Durban, South Africa

Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

University of the Witwatersrand Art Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa

Natal Technikon, Durban, South Africa

UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

Pretoria Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

Total Systems Services, Columbus, Georgia

Goodwin Proctor, Boston, MA

Biogen, Massachusetts