Candice Breitz (born 1972) is a South African white artist who works primarily in video and photography.White Cube
She won a 2007 Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize. Her work is often characterized by multi-channel moving image installations, with a focus on the “attention economy” of contemporary media and culture, often represented in the parallelism of the identification with fictional characters and celebrity figures and widespread indifference to global issues. In 2017, she was selected to represent South Africa at the

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Life

Breitz was born in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...

. She currently lives in Berlin, and has been a tenured professor at the

Braunschweig University of Art The Braunschweig University of Art (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, HBK) is the second largest College of Fine Arts in Germany. History The history goes back to the “Zeichnen-Instithut” (Drawing Institute) founded by the Brun ...

since 2007. Breitz uses found video footage, appropriating video from popular culture. Breitz is represented by KOW (Berlin), Kaufmann Repetto (Milan / NYC) and the Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg / Cape Town / London). Breitz holds degrees from the

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( or ). The university ...

, the

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, and

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. She has been holding lectures and workshops at institutions such as

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, Stony Brook Manhattan,

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, and the mentorship program Forecast.

Work

Breitz's 2016 seven-channel installation, ''Love Story'', shares the personal narratives of six individuals who have fled their countries in response to a range of oppressive conditions: Sarah Ezzat Mardini, who escaped war-torn Syria; José Maria João, a former child soldier from Angola; Mamy Maloba Langa, a survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Shabeena Francis Saveri, a transgender activist from India; Luis Ernesto Nava Molero, a political dissident from Venezuela; and Farah Abdi Mohamed, an idealistic young atheist from Somalia.

Exhibitions

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, "''Him + Her''", New York, 2009 *

Kunsthaus Bregenz The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz, Vorarlberg (Austria). History Commissioned by the State of Vorarlberg and designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the Kunsthaus B ...

, "''Candice Breitz: The Scripted Life''", Bregenz, 2010 *

Iziko South African National Gallery The Iziko South African National Gallery is the national art gallery of South Africa located in Cape Town. It became part of the Iziko collection of museums – as managed by the Department of Arts and Culture – in 2001. It then became an agenc ...

and Standard Bank Gallery, "''Candice Breitz: Extra!''", Johannesburg, 2012 * Australian Centre for the Moving Image, "''Candice Breitz: The Character''", Melbourne, 2013 * Museum of Fine Arts, ''Candice Breitz: Love Story'', Boston, 2016 *

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is a contemporary and modern art museum in Stuttgart, Germany, built and opened in 2005. Description The cubic museum building with 5000 m2 of display space was designed by Berlin architects Hascher and Jehle. During ...

, "''Candice Breitz: Ponderosa''", Stuttgart, 2016

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Candice Breitz at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
{{DEFAULTSORT:Breitz, Candice Living people 1972 births South African video artists South African contemporary artists 20th-century South African women artists 21st-century South African women artists People from Johannesburg Jewish artists Braunschweig University of Art faculty

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