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Peter Mammes Childhood, 2022 Gouache Paint and Gold Leaf on Paper Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) About Peter Mammes was born in Krugersdorp, South Africa on July 6, 1986, Into an Afrikaans-speaking community. He moved to Johannesburg at the age of 11 and attended the National School of the Arts in Braamfontein, where he received his only formal training in art. Interested predominantly in drawing and painting, he had his first solo exhibition at the age of 16. Peter started working in isolation after high school, developing his drawing skills and making artworks based on medieval European woodcuts. He set up a studio in India in 2013 and later in Russia, where he researched and developed the themes that have become inherent in his work. In 2018 Peter set up a studio in Cairo, Egypt, where he made a series of drawings informed by his research into both ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphics and contemporary local politics. Peter travels extensively around the world to find ideas and imagery for his work, collecting patterns that he finds on stone carvings and reliefs on temples, facades and graves. He was recently commissioned to design a commemorative coin for circulation for the South African mint, released in 2019. Peter currently resides in London on an exceptional talent visa. His studio is in Whitechapel. Select Exhibitions/Awards Solo Exhibitions 2019 Presumed alive HOXTON 253 art project space London United Kingdom 2018 It's Already Too Late Once The Soldiers Have Arrived Daville Baillie Gallery Johannesburg South Africa 2017 Dawn of the Anthropocene Toffee Gallery Darling South Africa Ethics Priest Gallery Johannesburg South Africa 2016 Reprisal, subjective objects Fried Contemporary Art Gallery Pretoria South Africa Nuances in a narrow spectrum 2.5 Luvey 'n Rose Cape Town South Africa Nuances in a narrow spectrum Lizamore & Associates Johannesburg South Africa 2014 Triumph Prosthetics for the People NIROX projects - Johannesburg South Africa Iconography of the just Room Gallery & Projects Johannesburg South Africa 2010 Antagonistic Harmonies in First Arrangement Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) Johannesburg South Africa Group Exhibitions 2020 Eternity is now // Akaretler // Istanbul // Turkey Reveries // Espacio Gallery // London // United Kingdom Knoop/Knot // University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery // Stellenbosch // South Africa Punk 4 Mental Health // Stash Gallery // London // United Kingdom 2019 FUSION Vol. 2 // Eclectica contemporary // Cape Town // South Africa Speculative Fiction // Candid Arts Trust // London United Kingdom Visible Unreality // Museo civico di Castel Nuovo - Maschio Angioino // Naples // Italy Art Below Chelsea // 2019 ArtBelow // London // United Kingdom Incite // Deepestdarkest // Cape town // South Africa SEAS// Brighton // United Kingdom 2018 Spring Salon // Lizamore & Associates // Johannesburg // South Africa David Baille gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa Untitled gallery // Cape Town // South Africa Absa art Auction // Johannesburg // South Africa Studio G // Cape town // South Africa 2017 Atelier 2017 // Absa Gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa 35 Years- Trailblazers // Lizamore & Associates // Johannesburg // South Africa Confessional // Absa Gallery // Johannesburg // South Africa Sixteen Hundred // No End Contemporary Art Space // Johannesburg // South Africa Moore gallery // Franchhoek // South Africa 2016 Clash // Bag Factory // Johannesburg // South Africa Skulls: a group exhibitions of skull interpretations // Fried Contemporary Art Gallery // Pretoria // South Africa Performing Wo/man // Oliewenhuis Art Museum // Bloemfontein // South Africa I had a dream last night (But I Can't remember what it was about) // No End Contemporary Art Space // Johannesburg // South Africa Fifteen Hundred // No End Contemporary Art Space // Johannesburg // South Africa Death and Taxes // Fried Contemporary Art Gallery // Pretoria // South Africa Creator/curator // Absa Gallery //