Givan Lötz (1982) is interested in spaces of emotional resonance. In his work, he manipulates the capacity for paint to render organic forms and natural cycles of growth and decay. This process forms part of a personal visual shorthand – a painterly proficiency borne from tacit learning.
He says: “With my work I hope to trace a connection with the land itself, finding a solace in the regenerative cycles of nature by binding outer place (landscape) and inner world (mind-state).”
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Exhibitions & Residencies: *Solo | ^Project Space
2024 * A Middle Distance CAPE TOWN ART RESIDENCY - CPT
2024 Summer Session CAPE TOWN ART RESIDENCY - CPT
2022 Path DOVETAIL: THE NICHE - Curated by Kate Mothes (YoungSpace) - UK
2022 * Murmurs KALASHNIKOVV GALLERY - JHB
2021 * Close But Not Too Close SPACE BY THE FOURTH - CPT
2020 * Unearthly ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL ARTS GALLERY - CPT
2020 Cape Town Art Fair ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL ARTS GALLERY - CPT
2018 * Memory Exposure HAZARD CONTEMPORARY - JHB
2018 Spring Session RESIDENCY 108 - NEW YORK, USA
2017 Turbine Art Fair NO END CONTEMPORARY - JHB
2017 All The Voices FRIED CONTEMPORARY - PTA
2017 Silence Awareness RESIDENCY ARTELES CREATIVE CENTER - FINLAND
2016 Turbine Art Fair NO END CONTEMPORARY - JHB
2015 Vampyr NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL - PE
2015 Design Days Dubai SOUTHERN GUILD - DUBAI
2014 Play NIROX SCULPTURE PARK - MULDERSDRIFT
2014 RePrinted BAYLISS GALLERY - JHB
2014 I Take it All Back NIROX PROJECT SPACE - JHB
2014 Design Days Dubai SOUTHERN GUILD - DUBAI
2014 L’Atelier Top 100 ABSA GALLERY - JHB
2013 Southern Guild MUSEUM OF AFRICAN DESIGN - JHB
2013 ^ True Colours TONIC SHOWROOM - JHB
2013 L’Atelier Top 100 ABSA GALLERY - JHB
2012 cmyk CIRCA - JHB
2012 Southern Guild EVERARD READ - JHB
2012 Delft JHB ARTFAIR - Curated by Gavin Rooke - JHB
2012 L’Atelier Top 100 ABSA GALLERY - JHB
2011 ^ The Special Danger OUTLET PROJECT ROOM - JHB
2010 Them & Us Curated by Richard Hart - CPT / DBN / STH / LDN
2010 Asymptote FNB DANCE UMBRELLA - JHB
2010 Undoing NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL- PE
2010 Johannesburg Art Fair SOUTHERN GUILD - JHB
2010 ^ Endless Glee TONIC SHOWROOM - JHB
2009 X-Store CO-OP - JHB
2009 Lab Research ADDICT LAB - JHB
2008 Drawing Show DAVID KRUT - Curated by Michael MacGarry - JHB / CPT
2008 Good Luck/Bad Luck ELLO GALLERY - NYC
2007 Collagist THE GALLERY PREMISES - JHB
2006 Thought Traffic THE GALLERY PREMISES - JHB
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