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.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023
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
Peo e Atang, solo, 196 Victoria, Cape Town, South Africa
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
Oa Mpona, solo, 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
World Art Gallery, solo show, Cape Town, South Africa

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