Chris Soal è nato nel 1992. Vive e lavora a Cape Town, ZA.
Chris Soal è prevalentemente uno scultore. Attraverso l'uso di oggetti effimeri scartati e banali, come stuzzicadenti e tappi di bottiglia, insieme a cemento, tondo per cemento armato, cavi per recinzioni elettriche, carta vetrata e altri materiali industriali, attraverso i mezzi più semplici crea forme poetiche al di là dei preconcetti sociali fondamentali di valore e gerarchia dei materiali usati. In questo è sottesa dall’altro una poetica del riciclo, dall’altro le sue forme in qualche modo richiamano gli eventi/disastri naturali/climatici che caratterizzano quest’epoca.
PERSONALI:
2024 THE ARMORY SHOW, Whatiftheworld Gallery stand, New York, US
2024 VESTIGE, Eduardo Secci Gallery, Pietrasanta, IT
2024 SURFACE TENSION, Whatiftheworld, Cape Town, ZA
2023 FINDS TAKEN FOR WONDERS, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, US
2022 REMAINS TO BE SEEN, Eduardo Secci Gallery, Milano, Italy
2022 SOLO PRESENTATION AT ART BRUSSELS, Whatiftheworld Gallery stand, Brussels, B
2021 ELEGY, Nirox Foundation, Johannesburg, ZA
2021 AS BELOW SO ABOVE, Whatiftheworld Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2019 FIELD OF VISION, Whatiftheworld Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2019 SOLO PRESENTATION AT TOMORROWS/TODAY, a cura di Tumelo Mosaka, Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, ZA
COLLETTIVE
2023 L’ART DE RIEN, Centrale, Brussels, B
2022 TO WHISTLE BACK, Oude Leeskamer, Stellenbosch,ZA
2022 A QUIET NEW FOCUS, Villa Legodi Centre for Sculpture, Johannesburg, ZA
2022 SEEDS OF THE FIG, Krone x Whatiftheworld, a cura di Resevoir, Tulbagh, ZA
2022 EARTH POWER! Montoro 12, Brussels, B
2022 THE NORVAL SOVEREIGN AFRICAN ART PRIZE FINALISTS EXHIBITION, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, ZA
2021 IN TIMES LIKE THESE...AND OTHER STORIES, Whatiftheworld Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2021 WITNESS, a cura di Natasha Becker, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, US
2021 40 UNDER 40, a cura di Igsaan Martin. Twee Jonge Gezellen Wine Estate, Krone x Whatiftheworld, Tulbagh, ZA
2021 MARGINS OF ERROR, Nirox Sculpture Park, Johannesburg, ZA
2020 MATEREALITY, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2019 PROCESS, BKhz, Braamfontein, ZA
2019 IL EST UNE FOIS À L’OUEST, Frac NouvelleAquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux, FR
2018 GERMINATION, RAW Material Company Dakar, SN
2018 FORWARD? A cura di Ulrich Wolff and Elizabeth MillerVermeulen, Stellenbosch, University Museum, Stellenbosch, ZA
2018 FRESH VOICES, Guns and Rain Gallery Johannesburg, ZA
2017 NEWWORK19, Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, ZA
2016 ACTIVATE/CAPTIVATE: COLLECTIONS REENGAGEMENT, Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, ZA
COLLABORAZIONI
2020 Selected as one of ten contemporary artists to participate in the 5th edition of the Dior Lady Art project.
PREMI
2024 African Leadership Initiative Young Leaders Fellow (5th Class).
2021 Finalist, Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, Cape Town, South Africa.
2020 Recipient of The Claire & Edoardo Villa Will Trust Grant.
2019 SEED Award, Presented by the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art (SAFFCA). For career acknolwedgment.
2018 PPC Imaginarium Award, Overall winner, and winner of the Sculpture category.