CYRIL KUMALO
Temba Cyril Mokhethi Kumalo
b. 1950
Sculptures in terracotta and bronze, Paintings
Cyril KUMALO in 1981 (img. © Ding's Studio, Johannesburg)
Brief C.V.
Born in December, 1950, Western Native Township, Johannesburg - studied 1963 to 1966 at Jubilee Social Art Centre, Eloff Street, Johannesburg, under Ezrom Legae and Bill Hart.
1969 concentrated on terracotta sculptures at the Academy of Arts run by Peter Haden in Craighall, Johannesburg
1975 further studies in fine arts at the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA USA
1976/1979 art instructor at Mofolo Art Centre, Soweto (one of his well-known students was Lucas Seage)
Mofolo Art Centre Soweto in 1980 (comp. pic.© The Haenggi Foundation Inc.)
Selected Solo and Group Shows
1969 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (solo show)
1972 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (2nd solo show)
1981 Gallery 21, Johannesburg ("South Africa Now") (12th July)
1982 Picturedrome, Bedfordview Gardens, Johannesburg (group)
Awards
1974 Awarded the Ernest Oppenheimer Study Grant to study fine arts at the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, USA
1981 Winner of "The PELMAMA Prize" - "South Africa Now" (The Haenggi Foundation National Art Competition 1981 for Black Artists and Art Students), Johannesburg
Selected sculptures
"Head", 1969 - terracotta - 41cm H, base d=15cm, base C=47cm - Private Coll., Melbourne AUS
Additional sculptures in bronze - please click on link!
Public Collections
University of Fort Hare, Alice (PELMAMA Permanent Art Collection)
Selected Works sold on auction
Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 7th September, 2009 - Lot 57 (bronze)
Russell Kaplan, Johannesburg - 18th February, 2012 - Lot P80 (bronze)
Stephan Welz & Co., Cape Town - 10th June, 2014 - Lot 111 (bronze)
Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 8th February, 2016 - Lot 124 (pen & ink drawing)
Publications
ARTLOOK 27, Johannesburg, 1969 (February), p.19 ("On sculpture by Chris Bell", ill.)
"Gallery", Johannesburg, 1982 (Spring) - ill.
"The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors" (Read Publ.) (Ogilvie), 1988 - ISBN 0 620 12663 9
"Images of Man" (UFH) (de Jager), 1992, cat. 156, p. 141 - ISBN 1-86810-015-4
Newspaper articles
Sowetan, Johannesburg - 16th February, 1996 -"Dreams of yesteryear", illustrated
The Star, Johannesburg - abt. 1985, undated - "He wants to help would-be artists", illustrated (pic. by Gideon Mendel)
Weblinks
https://thabomokone678.wordpress.com - mentioned
http://www.pelmama.org/KUMALO_Cyril.htm
PELMAMA's Youtube channel - pos. 0'42" on this link
Updated 16th February, 2016
