Jeannette Unite

Jeannette Unite ( bɛ dɔɣɔ la silimiingoli  January bɛɣu pishi dali,  yuuni  1964) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ  South Africa nucheeni tuun tumdi so   ŋun laɣim silimiingi ni boli shɛŋa ni ; oxides, metal salts ni saɣari din yina  mine, heritage n ti pahi binyɛra malibu shɛhi,    ni o zaŋli mali peenta,  pastel , ni  glass. 

O vihigu tuma nima

 Education and community work 
Unite nyɛla ŋun naagi shikuru yuli booni Michaelis School of Fine Art  yuuni  1986, ka daa lan bɔhim yuma anahi pahi . Binshɛɣu din gbaagi yuuni  1987 hali ni yuuni  1997 puuni,  o daa nyɛla ŋun wuhi nucheeni tuma shikuru yuli booni Frank Joubert Art Centre. 

Selected exhibitions
Source:

2017
MEASURING MODERNITY, Borderline Art Space, Iasi, Romania

COMPLICIT GEOGRAPHIES, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town

2016

35th International Geology Congress, Invited Earth mining artist, CTICC

TERRA, Museum Am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany

Mining Our Heritage | Bergbau Unser Erbe – Germany Preview, Abalone Hermanus Fynarts

In Plain Sight: Social Life in South Africa and Romania before and after 1989, Aparte Gallery of George Enescu Uni of Arts, Iasi & Borderline Art Space, Iasi, Romania

Out of the Fire, Into the Light, Dr Ingram Anderson, Glass exhibition, AVA, Pretoria

STRATA two-woman show with Isabel Mertz at ISart, Franscchhoek

Colori sotto il Visuvio (The Colours of Vesuvius), Il ramo d'oro Centre of Arts and Culture, Naples, Italy

2015

Bi-Centenary William 'Strata' Smith, Innovation Centre, University of Exeter

PREVIEW Bi-Centenary William 'Strata' Smith, Jo'burg Art Fair Fringe curated by Carol Brown, Mboneng, Johannesburg

LAW & ORE, Youngblood Foundation Gallery, Cape Town

Between Democracies curated By Judy Peter, Karen von Vey & Richard Gregor, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg

Fear & Loss in the Industrial Karoo, Curator Katie Du Toit, Oliewenhuis, Bloemfontein | Pretoria Art Museum | Graaff-Rennet

Blowing in the Wind, curator Carol Brown, KZNSA Gallery, Durban and University of the Orange Free State, Art Museum.

Between Conceptual and Spiritual, curated by Ortrud Mulder, Abalone Gallery, part of FynArts Festival, Hermanus

2014

LAW & ORE, Abalone Gallery, Hermanus

EXTRACT, Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town and Cologne, Germany

COMPLICIT GEOGRAPHIES, Fine Arts master's degree exhibition, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town (MFA with Distinction)

2013

HERE / THERE, UCT and WITS Masters students, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town

HAWK Guerrilla Video Projections on land and group Art Intervention, (curator Lien Botha) Overstrand, Western Cape

2012

Residuum: Mines & Machines Installation at the Western Cape Archives & Records Service, Old Gaol, Roeland Street, Cape Town

Exhibition & Presentation: 9th IMHC International Mining History Conference, Johannesburg

HAWK Group Art Intervention, (curated by Lien Botha) Overberg, Western Cape (project printed map)

Return to the Archive, Museum Africa, Johannesburg

2011

Paradox of Plenty, Michaelis Galleries, University of Cape Town - Installation of mining archive & artist-in-residency

Mining the African Industrial Landscape: Presentation; Conflicts & Natural Resources: African Studies Conference, AEGIS, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Artists Visual Response to the Industrial Landscape: Presentation The Paradox of Plenty, Joburg Art Fair, September

On the Surface: The Heritage of Mines and Mining; conference University Innsbruck, Austria

Iizkhwepha Zhetu / Shaping our Minds, (curated by Phumzile Dlamini) Durban Art Gallery (catalogue)

3 Parts: More Harmony, South African, United Arab Emirates & Mozambique artists (curated by Phumzile Dlamini), Durban Art Gallery (catalogue)

Alumni Exhibition & Auction, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town (catalogue)

2010

6 Meters Under, 4th Beijing International Art Biennale, China

The Lie of the Land: Representations of the South African Landscape,(curated by Michael Godby), Michaelis Collection, Old Town House Museum (catalogue)

TERRA: Above Below, Oliewenhuis Museum, Bloemfontein (Catalogue)

Mineral Resources and Residues of Power in the African Industrial Landscape, Presentation at ICACD (3rd International Conference on African Cultural Development) Cultural Imperatives for Development: 50 Years Post Independent Africa, Kumasi, Ghana

2009

Headgears, 9th Tashkent Biennale, Central Asia, Uzbekistan

Presentation ‘The Colonial Gaze’ Scientific conference, Urban Philosophy: Anthropological Landscape’, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Earthscars: Mining the African Landscape: Presentation AngloGold Ashanti, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg

Headgear, Inaugural solo exhibition, AngloGold HQ, Turbine Hall, JHB

Earthscars: Mining African Landscape, XLIIIrd AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Congress, The Relations Between Art and Science: Complicity, Criticality, Knowledge, Dublin Castle, Ireland

On Top of the World, (curated by Andre Vorster) (catalogue)

Earthscars, 20:20 Presentation at VANSA, Spin Street, Cape Town

2008

Remembering the Future, Western Cape Archives and Records Service, Old Gaol, Roeland Street, Cape Town

Re-structuring the Colonial, Group Exhibition, Thompson Gallery, Johannesburg

2007

Hot Earth, Artworks in response to travels to copper mines of Namaqualand. Thompson Gallery, Johannesburg

Visions of Africa, (curated by Dirk Oegema) Pretoria Art Museum

2006

HERM: Boundaries Between the Wild and Cultivated, collaboration Cumbria Institute of Arts, Ann Bryant Art Museum, East London

2005

Gunfree South Africa, Constitution Hill Auction, Johannesburg

2004

Earthscars: A Visual Mining Exploration, William Humphreys Art Museum, Kimberley

Earthscars: A Visual Mining Exploration, Mozambique National Gallery, Maputo, Mozambique

Earthscars: A Visual Mining Exploration, Irma Stern Museum Gallery, University of Cape Town

Surfacing, with Lynne Lomofsky, Unite Studio, Cape Town

2003

S.U.M., Bag Factory Residency Exhibition, Fordsburg Art Studios, Johannesburg (catalogue)

Sentences & Gestures, Zebra II, Hampstead, London

South African Artists, Old Mutual Place, London

2001

Sentences, Bell-Roberts Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town (catalogue)

Heart For Art, Red Cross Fundraiser, The Foundry, Cape Town

SA Today, Signature Artist, (curator Patrick Lagus), Fair Centre, Helsinki

Blue Danube, animated projection, edited by Koeka Stander, concert with Sibelius Orchestra, Helsinki, Finland

2000

Sentences, art animation film, 8 minutes, edited by Koeka Stander

Artichoke, Multimedia event, Sandton Civic Centre, Johannesburg

1999

Thresholds, Irma Stern Museum Gallery, University of Cape Town

Inaugural Group Exhibition, National Library of South Africa, Cape Town

Softserve, Public Eye Event, IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town

Thupela Workshop, IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town

1994

Print Triennial, Musee d’Art Contemporain Internationale, Lyon, France

1993

South Africa in Black and White, Print exhibition (curated by Ray Maylen), South African National Gallery, Cape Town

Aids Awareness, AVA Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

Brides, (curated by Christopher Peter), Irma Stern Museum Gallery, University of Cape Town

1992

Art Now, AVA Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

1990

Critics’ Choice, AVA Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

1981

Young Artists’ Exhibition, 1st Prize, Kellogg's Foundation (catalogue)

Publications and texts
 COMPLICIT GEOGRAPHIES, 2016, Edited by Ivor Powell. 400 page monograph on artwork by Jeannette Unite investigating how wealth from land and Earth is divided, measured and allocated and global cycles of extraction, consumption and waste.
 TERRA, 2012, Edited by Andrew Lamprecht and Ivor Powell with contributions by Ashraf Jamal, Kathryn Smith, Marian Tredoux and Bongani Ndodana-Breen. 192 page monograph surveying twenty years of Unite's practice and research.
 ‘Headgear: Mining Engineering Drawings’, Critical Interventions, USA 6: 91-101, Spring 2010.
 ‘TERRA: Sands and Detritus Soiled with History’, Art South Africa, 9(1):  98-9, Spring 2010.
 ‘Exploring the Visual Residues of Colonial Exploitation’, Nukta Art: Contemporary Art Magazine of Pakistan. 5 (1): 80-85, 2010.

O kpaŋmaŋ pina
Mzansi Golden Economy Grant, SA Department Arts and Culture (funding for TERRA in Dortmund, Germany and COMPLICIT GEOGRAPHIES, CCANW, Exeter University, Devon) yuuni 2016
MacIver Scholarship, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. Yuuni 2013
Twamley Postgraduate Bursary, University of Cape Town. Yuuni 2013
Jules Kramer Travel Award, University of Cape Town. Yuuni 2012
Academic Bursary from Michaelis School of Fine Arts, University of Cape Town  yuuni 2012
CCA (Center for Curating the Archive), University of Cape Town. Yuuni 2012
Fellowship Artist-in-Residency, Michaelis Galleries, University of Cape Town yuuni 2011
AEGIS - African Travel Grant for African resource conference closing presentation, University Autonoma, Madrid Spain Yuuni  2011
Art Moves Africa (AMA) Research Grant for Travel in Africa yuuni 2009
Tashkent Biennial (merit award for original use of natural materials) yuuni 2009
CSIR, Awarded Public Art Competition /Glass Wall Installation, Department Science and Technology Buildings, Pretoria yuuni 2006
Bag Factory, Fordsburg Artists’ Studios (Triangle Network) Johannesburg yuui 2003
Constitution Hill (Glass & Steel Water History Sculpture) Finalist yuuni 2003
Thupela Workshop, South African National Gallery Annex. Yuuni  2000
Thupela Workshop, South African National Gallery Annex. Yuuni 1999
Kellogg's Young Artists Award, First Prize National Art Competition. Prize: (Four year all-inclusive international art scholarship.) Yuuni 1981

Bibliography












 Yuuni 2001 Emslie, A., 'Jeannette Unite: Sentences', (Catalogue), Cape Town: Bell-Roberts Contemporary.
 Yuuni 2002 Riitta-Eiilisa, L., ‘Straussin musiikki juhlistiuuden vuodenpaivaa Helsingissa Finland’, Helsingin Sanomat, January.
 Yuuni 2003 S.U.M residency exhibition, Bag Factory, Studios, (Catalogue).
 Yuuni 2004 Minnaar, M., ‘Energy, Emotion and Eco-Morality’, Cape Times: Independent Newspapers, 25 February.
 Yuuni 2004 Roper, C., ‘Art Pick of the Week’, Mail & Guardian, 20–26 February.
 Yuuni 2004 Smith, K., ‘Art Pick of the Week’, Mail & Guardian, 10–16 December.
 yuuni 2005 Smith, K., ‘Art of 2 Cities’, Art News, London, 2nd quarter.
 Yuuni 2007 Lamprecht, B., ‘Hot Earth’, Die Beeld, October.
 yuuni 2008 Davenport, J., ‘One-person Cape Town Exhibition Explores Aesthetic Appeal of Mining’, Mining Weekly, October.
 yuuni 2008 Keylock, M., ‘Mining the Past’, Mail & Guardian, September.
 Yuuni 2008 Bryant, J., 'Archive exhibit', Design Ways Magazine, 2 September.
 Yuuni 2008 Wilkinson, V., ’Africa's Heritage True Grit’, Weekend Argus, 21 September.
 Yuuni 2009 Lange. J., ‘Mined over Matter’, Design Magazine Creative Economy.
 yuuni 2009 Lambrecht, B., ’Die Mens en Sy Opgewing’, De Kat, September.
 Yuuni 2009 Knox, B., 'Headgear: an Exhibition by Jeannette Unite', Look Away, Johannesburg, Issue 13 Quarter 4: 24.
 yuuni 2009 Prinsloo, L. , ‘Gold-Mining Major Hosts Mining-Themed Exhibition’, Engineering News Magazine, 10 July.
 Yuuni 2009 Lamprecht, A., 'Artist Bio', Artthrob, Online 
 yuuni 2010 Thurman, C., ‘Mines, Headgear & the Mind’, 18 February.
 Yuuni 2010 Unite, J., 'Earthscars: Above Below', (Catalogue), Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein.
 yuuni 2010 Godby, M., ‘The Lie of the Land’, (Catalogue), Michaelis Collection, IZIKO Museum.
 Yuuni 2010 Beijing Biennial, Chinese Artists Association, (Catalogue).
 yuuni 2011 Bell, S., ‘Resourceful Artist Digs Deep’, Cape Times, March.
 Yuuni 2011 Van Bosch, C., ‘Vlook Myne’, Die Burger, March.
 Yuuni 2012 Thurman, C., "'Subterranean meets the surface' as art", Business Day, 22 November.
 Yuuni 2012 Powell, I., ‘Mines, Machines and Residual Power’, Cape Times, 3 August.
 Yuuni 2012 MacKenny, V., 'Land Matters - a Visual Exploration of Land, Mining and Resources in South Africa', Art South Africa, Vol 11 Issue 4: 25,  5 December.
 Yuuni 2012 Martin, W., ‘Mining Artists Digs Deep for Material’, The Good Weekend, Weekend Argus, Sunday, July 15.
 Yuuni 2012 Adams, S., ‘Book Review: TERRA’, Amandla, September Issue no. 26/27. Unite's artwork used for special Marikana issue.
 Yuuni 2013 'HERE/THERE: WITS UCT Masters Exhibition', (Catalogue).
 Yuuni 2013 Headgear used for cover image for the seminal mining history book Digging Deep by Jade Davenport.Davenport, J., Digging Deep: A History of Mining in South Africa, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Ebook Online 
 Yuuni 2014 Jolly, L., ‘Paradoxical Beauty of Toxic Minerals’ Review, Cape Times, July 24.
 Yuuni 2014 DeKATV, Gerald Scholtz Interview for Arts feature, October.
 Yuuni 2014 'New Contrast', South African Literary Journal, Volume 42 No. 3.
 Yuuni 2014 Daehnke, N., ‘South Africa: 10x12’, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection.
 Yuuni 2014 Top Billing Episode featuring Unite's work, 3 September.
 Yuuni 2014 ‘Pringle Bay Dream Drowns in Red Tape’, Noseweek, Issue 176, June.
 Yuuni 2014 Collison, C., ‘An Artist's Quest for Creative Gold’, Atlantic Sun, July 17.
 Yuuni 2015 Mkhwanazi, K., 'Artists who drill below the obvious', The M&G Online.
 Yuuni 2015 Nel, A., 'Seeds Remind Jeannette Unite of the Wonder of our Planet', Wanted profile feature, Business Day, October, Online 
 Yuuni 2015 Aupias, L., ‘An Alchemist's Eye’, Private Edition, issue 27 April.
 Yuuni 2015 CCTV, China Central TV, Episode featuring Unite's work, February.
 Yuuni 2015 Kolver, L., ‘Artist advocates for art representation at Indaba’, Mining Weekly, 6 March.
 Yuuni 2015 Roets, A., 'Jeannette Unite's Soils of War', The Citizen, 11 September, Online 

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External links
  Official website 
  Artist's blog
 http://asai.co.za/artist/jeannette-unite/

Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century South African women artists
Category:21st-century South African women artists
Category:20th-century women photographers
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Category:South African contemporary artists
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Category:South African animators
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Category:Environmental artists