Michael Thomas
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1958 Born in Carletonville Transvaal (Gauteng) South Africa.
1976 Ended schooling at Graeme College Grahamstown in the eastern Cape.
1977/1978 Military Service Voortrekker Hoogte Pretoria.
1980 Ended Studies at the Johannesburg Art School.
1981 Spent one year on the Kibbutz Yiftah in northern Israel where I also presented the works done during this stay (small self-contained environments using natural materials such as raw cotten and wood).
1982 Exhibition in Mbabane Swaziland (sculpture and drawings). "As smooth as a ravens claw".
1983 Military Service Johannesburg.
1984/1987 Group Exhibitions and one-man shows at the Market Gallery Johannesburg.
1987/1988 Stayed at the "Kunsthaus Selk" Schleswig Holstein as an invited guest, which culminated in a closing exhibition.
1989/1990 First exhibition in Hamburg Nullkommanix Gallery.
1991 Exhibition in the Abriss Gallery Hamburg "BLINDSCHNITT".
1992 Exhibition Abriss Gallery "SCHALUNGEN".
1993/1996 Exhibition of welded metal objects K.O. 1 Gallery Hamburg.
1995/1997 was based simultaniously in Dresden and on a farm on the west coast of France (Bretagne).
1998 First exhibition in Dresden at the Kunsthaus Raskolnikow "JERICHO - modus operandi".
1999 Raskolnikow, "Durchsicht: Werkstoff Glas", group show as guest of the Künstlerbund Dresden. An installation using glass,neon-light and tape recording, title "LAGOON".
2000 IV Austellung der Werke von Künstlern der Euroregion Neiße.
2001 "orts.wechsel" - Dresden.
2002 "ground zero" - a 'virtual' project based on the principle of Dualism.
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2003 "squarings" - National Arts Festival Grahamstown in South Africa. From 27. Juni- 5. Juli 2003.
-fringe exhibition," horror vacui" ( squarings) Victoria Exhibition Centre,UH 1 The exhibition was based on a text from "The heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.
Juli 2003 Diagnose Akute Leukämie www.dkms.de
10.Oktober 2003 in der Universitätsklinik Dresden gestorben. 24. Dezember 2003 Überführung nach Süd Afrika.
Trauerrede - by PD Dr. phil. habil. Theda Rehbock
Birth of my first child, a daughter, Anuschka Rosemarie...
Joined the political group Jodac and worked on various group projects involving performances and Adjit Prop. (The aim of the cultural projects were to bridge the social/political divide between black and white. As a result of the State of Emergency and the blanket censorship of all media we as artists, poets, musicians, actors, and writers felt it our responsibility to break the silence).
Birth of my second child, a son, Noël Siboniso...
Completed a three month project on the North Sea island of Föhr which involved the design and construction of an Amphi Theater for the new Cultural Centre of Wyk.
Group exhibition in Schleswig organized by the "Kunsthaus Selk".
Birth of my third child, a daughter, Natascha Gweneth...
Group exhibition also in the Abriss Gallery "Fragile Monuments".
stayed in Rotterdam and took part in various Performance-Art projects.
arrived in Dresden and took up residence at the Festspielhause Hellerau.
Group exhibition in the Galerie Horschik & Schultz Dresden.
Project at a seminar "South Africa after the elections".
Art 'otel, Dresden, as part of the "Sommerakademie-Kulturverein riesa efau", an installation using glass, sledge-hammers, title "Co-operation".
Am spending most of my time, at the moment, building this web-site...
"horror vacui" - Dresden. I question the basic idea of neutrality and accept that we are principly political.
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