Andre Hess
St Albans
Concepts
Andre Hess makes simple shapes that are both familiar and fugitive. Shapes that require the viewer to question what the pieces mean rather than what they resemble or represent. The making process informs the meaning of the work. He uses technique that fulfils the requirement. Surface treatment serves only to qualify what is already there.Career path
Qualifications:
Modern Art Practices and Debates, the Open University, passed with distinction
Understanding Western Art, the Open College of the Arts
Batchelor of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Areas of work:
Exhibiting
Collections:
National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
University of Pretoria, South Africa
The Clay Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
The South African High Commissoin, London
Altech/Altron Group, Johannesburg, South Africa
Solo exhibitions
1994 - In the window, Contemporary Ceramics, London
Group exhibitions
1999 - Ceramics Monthly International Competition, USA
1999 - Two person show with John Higgins, Contemporary Ceramics, London
1998 - Celebration, Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight
1998 - Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, New Zealand
1998 - South African Ceramics Biennale, Johannesburg
1997 - Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, New Zealand
1997 - Kaleidoscope, the opening of the new Contemporary Ceramics, London
1996 - Fireworks III, Contemporary Ceramics, London
1996 - Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, New Zealand
1996 - International ceramics biennale, Belgium
1996 - What's Brewing, Connoisseur Gallery, London
1995 - Aylesbury County Museum
1995 - Britain in Greece Festival, Athens, Greece
1995 - Connoisseur Gallery, London
1994 - Fireworks II, Contemporary Ceramics, London
1994 - Studio ceramcis 94, Victoria and Albet Museum, London
1993 - Craft Potters Association, London
1993 - Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, New Zealand
1993 - The South African Embassy, London
1990 - Corobrik National Competition, Port Elizabeth
1990 - Corobrik Regional Competition, Cape Town
1990 - Invited Ceramists exhibition, Cly Museum, Cape Town
1990 - South African Ceramics Awards Competition
1989 - Corobrik National Competition, Pretoria
1989 - Corobrik Regional Competition, Cape Town
1989 - National Clay Festival
1988 - Corobrik National Competition, Durban
1988 - Corobrik Regional Competition, Cape Town
1988 - Primart Gallery, Cape Town
1987 - Contemporary South African Ceramics, National Gallery, Cape Town
1987 - Corobrik National Competition, Cape Town
1987 - Corobrik Regional Competition, Cape Town
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