2011
Artisan Gallery Durban 
Strydom Gallery, George

2010 
Selected for the Natal ARTs Trusts’ Jabulisa.
Strydom Gallery, George

2009 
Strydom Gallery, George

2008 
Winchester Fine Art, Hillcrest

2007 
Winchester Fine Art, Hillcrest

2006 
Seattle, USA
Solo Exhibition at the Bonisa Gallery, Kloof, Durban

2004 
The Art Room, Durban
Solo Exhibition at the Bonisa Gallery, Kloof, Durban
The Heritage Arts Festival at Kizo Gallery, Durban
Strydom Gallery, George
Solo Exhibition at the Gallery on the Square, Sandton

2003 
Sculptors at the Van Vouw Museum, Pretoria
Landscape, Pretoria
Art for Conservation, ICC. Durban

2002 
Jesterburg, Germany

2000 
Christies, London, UK

1999 
Postcards from South Africa, Axis Gallery, New York, USA
Christies, London UK

1998 
SA sculpture today, Oudtshoorrn Arts Festival, Klien Karoo Kunsfees

1997 
Brandwacht Estate, Cape Town

1996 
2 person show at Guild gallery Pretoria
National festival of the Arts, Grahamstown
Jabulisa, Durban Art Gallery
NSA Gala exhibition, Durban
Groundswell, Blackfriars, London
BMW Customer Centre, Pretoria

1995 
Artists invite Artists at the Durban Art Museum
Everard Read
Global d’ Co, Belguim
Anthea Martin gallery, Durban

1994 
Jack Heath Gallery Pietermaritzburg
Two persons Exhibition at the National art festival, Grahamstown
Three person exhibition at Anthea Martin’s Gallery, Durban

1993 
Invited guest of the African Art Centre Exhibition, Durban
G.A.P. Exhibition, Grahamstown
Selected for the Natal Arts Trust Biennale 5
Vita Art Now Exhibition at the Grass Roots Gallery, Durban

1992 
Volkas Regional exhibition, Durban
University of Durban-Westville, Fine Art Department, Staff Exhibition
Sculpture Symposium Exhibition, Natal Technikon
Three Institutions Exhibition, Pietermaritzburg
Invited Artists at the Grass Roots Gallery, Durban

1991 
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
Selected for the Cape Town Triennial Exhibition
The first National Sculpture Symposium Exhibition
Three Institutions Exhibition, Durban

1990 
Three Institutions Exhibition, Durban
4 person Exhibition at the N.S.A. gallery, Durban

1988 
G.A.P. Exhibition
Two person exhibition at Rhodes University

1987 
EPFSA

1986 
Rhodes Art School

1985
G.A.P. Exhibition
Corobrick regional and national exhibition
Eastern Province Fine Art Society, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth.
Triennial

1984 
A national exhibition of Universities and Technikons

Durban Art Gallery
Tatham Art Gallery
Pretoria Art Museum
Natal Provincial Administration Collection
Rhodes University Collection
Natal Technikon Collection
Ann Bryant Art Gallery
ABSA Bank Collection
Oliewenhuis Art Gallery

“I was born in Bristol, England, in 1957. My father was a pilot and my mother was a physical training instructor in the RAF. The year I was born, my father was sent to Germany as part of the NATO occupational forces, where he crashed his jet and died during an exercise. My sister Anya was two years old. My mother, my sister and I travelled to South Africa to live near my grandparents. It was in South Africa that my mother met and later married my father’s brother, Theo Rautenbach. We went to live with him in Kitwe, Zambia, and later Benoni, Newcastle and then Pretoria in South Africa. He was a smoker and after several years of unhappy marriage died of lung cancer. I had gained Louise and André – simultaneously my step-siblings, my cousins and brother and sister.

On a voyage back from visiting friends and family in England, my mother met Robbie (Arthur) Roberts. They were married in Durban, Robbie adopted me and my three siblings and we all moved to Tanga, Tanzania. After a relatively stable four and a half years we moved to East London, South Africa. It was here that I finished my schooling by failing matric.”

“I became a fireman in East London simply because my dad kicked me out of the house and the fire department was a short distance away and came with accommodation. After two years I resigned and went to Phalaborwa to visit a friend. There I worked as an assistant in a dairy for five months, but when my friend resigned, so did I. I went back to East London. I had inherited a small amount of money from my grandmother, so managed to do very little but fish, dive, hang around pubs and drink beer for seven months. When the money was spent I went to Durban. I joined the railways and drove extra heavy trucks long distance. By hanging around the depot all day and driving all night, I managed to accrue a lot of overtime.

Unable to spend all the money I’d earned, I decided to go to university. I visualised a sort of long holiday, with lots of socialising at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. I never expected to succeed, and a university drop-out is better than a failed matriculant. I initially registered for a Journalism degree and had to obtain special permission to take extra subjects: Fine Art and Philosophy. This time at Rhodes changed my life. I was interested in and excited about my studies and I worked hard. I was respected. I discovered that I was not as stupid as I had thought and not everyone who went to university was a genius. I became confident. I had a great social life and was in one town for 9 years. I was fulfilled and happy.”

“Passing my first year presented a dilemma. I had planned to drop out and now was about to run out of money. The problem was solved as in my first year in art school I learned pottery. Art in the Park in Port Elizabeth provided an outlet and the income derived from my flops, experiments and early efforts surprised me and was able to sustain me. In my fourth year I was given a job running a seismograph, which greatly eased the financial uncertainty.”

“I graduated from Rhodes in 1985, winning the Purvis Prize for the best student, and was given academic half colours. On graduating I became a graduate assistant and later a junior lecturer at Rhodes University. Since then I have lectured in the Fine Art Departments at the Universities of Durban-Westville and for a short period the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. In 1993 I received my Masters’ Degree in Fine Art. All in all, I lectured for eight years.”