ATANG TSHIKARE

(b. 1980 Bloemfontein, South Africa)

Atang Tshikare is a Cape Town-based, self-taught multidisciplinary artist. Born in Bloemfontein in 1980, Atang was influenced from a young age by the visual storytelling and graphic style of his father, an anti-Apartheid activist and illustrator for various pan-African publications and art magazines.

Through his practice, Tshikare expresses his distinct, visionary African identity through a unique visual language, developed over his career. Over the last twenty years, his practice has evolved from street art and drawings to limited edition collectible design, intersecting sculptural furniture and functional art, moving more recently to three-dimensional visual art.

Drawing on a deep connection to his own Tswana heritage and other southern African cultures, Tshikare’s experimental approach to creating work includes various mediums, such as bronze, ceramics, glass, stone, and wood. His work takes inspiration from his fascination with zoomorphic shapes, biomorphic forms, vernacular architecture, and local landscapes. Each form strikes up a dialogue between natural and man-made materials that are organic, minimalistic and invite tactile curiosity.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Pula e ya na, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2023 Setlhare, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

2021 Peo e Atang, 196 Victoria, Cape Town, South Africa

2017 Oa Mpona, Woodstock Foundry, Cape Town, South Africa

2014 Not by a witch, World Art, Cape Town, South Africa

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

2024

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2023

What I Feel When I Think About The Cosmos, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

The Object, group show, curated by Sean O’Toole, Under Projects, Cape Town, South Africa

FNB Art Joburg, with Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2022

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with The Fourth, Cape Town, South Africa

Promenade pour un Objet d'Exception, Paris, France

2021

Dior Medallion chair, Superblue, Miami, USA

Before yesterday we could fly, Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA

Dior Medallion chair, Salone Del Mobile, Milan, Italy

Art ‘n Dior, Shanghai, China

2020    

Intersect, Southern Guild, Chicago, USA

Inside Out, Kin And Company, New York, USA

Apartment Vol 2, The Fourth, Cape Town, South Africa

Closer Still, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

2019    

Still Here Tomorrow, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa

PAD, Southern Guild, London, UK

Between the lines, THK Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 

2018    

Colour field, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

Extra Ordinary, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

AfroVibes, Fierce POP, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Foundry Proof, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

2017    

100% Design SA, Cape Town, South Africa

Okha, Metsing collection, Cape Town, South Africa

Natural Selection, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

2016    

Design Miami, Southern Guild, Miami, USA

2015    

Design Discourse, Design Austria, Vienna, Austria

GUILD, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

Woodwork, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

2014    

SA Art, New York, USA

100%Design SA, featured artist, South Africa 

Design Miami, Southern Guild, Miami, USA

2013    

Heavy Metal, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa

Design Days Dubai, Southern Guild, Dubai 

Young Visions in Motion, Kunstverein, Bremerhaven, Germany 

Museum of African Design, Southern Guild, Johannesburg, South Africa 

2012    

Everard Read / Southern Guild show, Johannesburg, South Africa

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2022

MilkX magazine, Hong Kong, - online / May

Design Joburg, Johannesburg – online / May

Salone Milano magazine, Milan – online / April

2021

Cultured magazine, New York – online/ December

V Magazine, New York – online / December

Forbes magazine, New York – online / November

Architectural Digest, New York – online / September

House & Garden, Cape Town- print / September

The Glass magazine, London – online / September

VISI magazine, Cape Town – print / July

Blue Door magazine, Orange County -online / March

Architectural Digest, New York - print / March

2020

Galarie magazine, New York – online /November

Khôra magazine, Brazil – online / October

POCC Magazine, Australia - online / September

Surface Magazine, New York - online /August

iDeia Magazine, Brazil -online / March

VISI magazine, Cape Town - print / April

Ideat magazine, Hamburg- print / February 

2019

VISI magazine, Cape Town - print / March  

African Generation - coffee table book / May

The design edit, New York - online / May

VISI magazine, Cape Town - print / May

TL magazine Belgium - online / September

Elle Décor, India - print / October

Interiors Russia - online / October

Elle Décor, UK - online / Nov

Architectural Digest, France - online / October

Boca do lobo, Portugal - online / October

Coveted – online / October

Art Newspaper Frieze Daily – print / October

2018

House & Garden, Cape Town - print / May

Domus design, Kiev - print (Cover) / June

House and Leisure, Cape Town - print / July

Sawubona, Johannesburg - print / August

Nataal, New York - print / October           

Domus design, Kiev - online / November

VISI, Cape Town - print / December

2017

Elle décor, Cape Town - print / April

VISI, Cape Town - print / May

Elle décor, Cape Town - print / November

2016

Elle décor, Cape Town - print / March

VISI, Cape Town - print / November

The Lake, Cape Town - print (Cover) / December

Domus design, Kiev - online / December

2015

VISI, Cape Town - print / February

VISI, Cape Town - print / April

Pin Up, New York - print / Summer

VISI, Cape Town - print / November

2014

GQ South Africa, Johannesburg - print / Autumn

VISI, Cape Town - print / August

House & Garden, Cape Town - print / August

Elle Décor, Johannesburg - print / October

2013

Classic Feel, Johannesburg - print (Cover) / April

VISI, Cape Town - print / October

2012

Elle Décor, Johannesburg – print / April

Wanted, Johannesburg – print / August

Elle Décor, Johannesburg - print / October