// MJ Lourens
// Artist Bio
MJ Lourens was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1973.
He studied Fine Art Sculpture at the University of Pretoria from 1992 to 1996.
His body of work includes paintings, sculptures and film, having exhibited in several prominent galleries around South Africa.
MJ has also directed and produced films such as DIE RIT/THE DRIVE (2009), PROGNOSE/PROGNOSIS (2008) and PA/FATHER (2006), which was screened at the Commonwealth Film Festival and was in the official selection of the African International Film Festival, Tariva, Spain. MJ's films can be viewed at www.prefab.co.za.
MJ lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.
// Awards
1995 Winner of the Sasol New Signatures Competition | Pretoria Art Gallery, Pretoria, SA.
// Collections
Slow Lounge — Cape Town International Airport
Nando’s UK
South African Reserve Bank
Telkom SA
De Grendel
Tronox — Stanford, USA
Unisa – Pretoria
Wapnick Collection — Pretoria
Webber and Wenzel Attorneys
Pretoria Art Museum
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) — South Africa
// Solo exhibitions
2023 - SEGMENTATION, 131 A Gallery, Cape Town
2022 - TIME AND PLACE/ TYD EN PLEK, 131 A Gallery, Cape Town
2021 - THIS PLACE/ DIE PLEK, 131 A Gallery, Cape Town
2019 - LAND REWOVEN, Pierneef Museum, Franschhoek
2019 - SHIFT/ VERSKUIF, 50th Anniversary of the earthquake,Tulbagh Arts Festival
2018 - VIEWS ON ENTROPY, Barnard, Cape Town
2017 - IN SITU, Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg
2016 - PROXIMITY BY PROXY, Barnard, Cape Town
2015 - WERK DIE LAND, Stephan Weltz & Co, Cape Town
2012 - PENINSULA, Christopher Moller Gallery, Cape Town
2011 - AGO / GELEDE, Art Space, Johannesburg
2011 - VERWAGTINGE / EXPECTATIONS, Gallery Grande Provence, Franschhoek
2009 - STATES IN SPACES, Everard Read, Cape Town
2008 - DUSK, Everard Read, Cape Town
2007 - DURBAN AT DUSK, Gallery 415, Durban, SA
2006 - BEWOON:/INHABIT, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria, SA
2000 - NIGHT 2, Gallery 88, Sasolburg, SA
1998 - NIGHT, Millenium Gallery, Pretoria, SA.