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Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.

For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy street scenes and other displays of togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.

With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.

In the last 20 years, Nelson Makamo’s (B. 1982, Limpopo) signature style and subject matter have steadily placed him on the global stage. 

More Information:

1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR

439 West 127th St, New York 10027

18- 20 May 11am-7pm

21 May 11am-5pm

Ticket required


HIGH LINE NINE

Gallery 7, 507 W 27th St, New York 10001

17 - 21 May 11am-6pm

Opening reception 6-8pm 17 May

RSVP essential for opening: rsvp@riseart.com

 Living and working in Johannesburg, he is known for his paintings and drawings that redress decades of images that have portrayed African children as destitute. This two-venue presentation of his work will re-introduce the New York audience to Makamo. 

On show as part of the Special Projects section of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will be a large-scale tapestry created by the artist in collaboration with a team of artisans, displayed here for the first time outside of South Africa. The work, which combines Makamo’s painterly style with the gridlike precision of weaving, features a child who towers above the viewer and looks out at them through round glasses with a mixture of melancholy and hope.

This monumental work will be contextualised by a selection of new paintings and works on paper, which will comprise a parallel presentation at High Line Nine. These pieces are a continuation of a new body of work where, alongside in solo portraits, Makamo portrays his subjects in situ, as members of a wider community. The emotional intensity of the artist’s work has not disappeared, but the added context brings a new level of detail to his world.

Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.

For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy streets scenes and other displays of togetherness. 

togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.

With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.

FURTHER READING

EMERGENCE

GROUP EXHIBITION

Opening Reception 21 July 6-8pm

Oil on panel - 30 x 30cm

VIEW EXHIBITION

NELSON

SOLO EXHIBITION


MAKAMO


Group Exhibition

SATELLITES

Opening Reception

Thursday 18 November, 6-8pm

19 Nov – 17 Dec 2021

22 JULY - 25 AUGUST 2022

NELSON


MAKAMO

SOLO EXHIBITION


NELSON


MAKAMO

SOLO EXHIBITION


VENUE: 67 GREAT TITCHFIELD ST. LONDON W1W 7PT

OPENING RECEPTION   

21 JULY 6-8PM 

22 JULY - 25 AUG

OPENING RECEPTION 

THURSDAY 21 JULY 6-8PM

OPENING RECEPTION 

21 JULY 6-8PM

NELSON


MAKAMO

SOLO EXHIBITION


SOLO EXHIBITION


NELSON

MAKAMO

NELSON MAKAMO

TWO VENUE PRESENTATION, NY

BBC Interview Nelson Makamo: Celebrating children from rural South Africa 

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TWO VENUE PRESENTATION, NEW YORK

This exhibition is now closed.

Available artworks can be found on our website.

NELSON

MAKAMO

NELSON MAKAMO

VENUE: 67 Great Titchfield St. London W1W 7PT

GALLERY OPENING TIMES: 

Monday - Saturday 11am -6pm

Thursday 11am -8pm

Sunday by appointment only

ARTWORKSARTIST'S CVBIO

EMERGENCE

GROUP EXHIBITION

Opening Reception 21 July 6-8pm

Oil on panel - 30 x 30cm

VIEW EXHIBITION

NELSON

SOLO EXHIBITION


MAKAMO


Group Exhibition

SATELLITES

Opening Reception

Thursday 18 November, 6-8pm

19 Nov – 17 Dec 2021

22 JULY - 25 AUGUST 2022

NELSON


MAKAMO

SOLO EXHIBITION


NELSON


MAKAMO

SOLO EXHIBITION


VENUE: 67 GREAT TITCHFIELD ST. LONDON W1W 7PT

OPENING RECEPTION   

21 JULY 6-8PM 

22 JULY - 25 AUG

OPENING RECEPTION 

THURSDAY 21 JULY 6-8PM

OPENING RECEPTION 

21 JULY 6-8PM

NELSON


MAKAMO

SOLO EXHIBITION


SOLO EXHIBITION


NELSON

MAKAMO

NELSON MAKAMO

SOLO EXHIBITION


OPENING RECEPTION

THURSDAY 21 JULY 6-8PM

GALLERY OPENING TIMES: 

Monday - Saturday 11am-6pm

Thursday 11-8PM

Sunday by appointment only. Book here

SOLO EXHIBITION


VENUE: 67 Great Titchfield St. London W1W 7PT

GALLERY OPENING TIMES: 

Monday - Saturday 11am -6pm

Thursday 11am -8pm

Sunday by appointment only

22 JULY - 25 AUG 2022

GALLERY OPENING TIMES: 

Monday - Saturday 11am -6pm

Thursday 11am -8pm

Sunday by appointment only

This presentation follows:

MAKAMO'S 2022 LONDON SOLO EXHIBITION WITH RISE ART

19-21 MARCH

1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR, 

Harlem  | Ticket required

17-21 MARCH

HIGH LINE NINE, 

Chelsea  | RSVP for opening

Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.

For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy street scenes and other displays of togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.

With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.

The stereotype of the lonely artist does not apply to South African painter and draftsman Nelson Makamo. 

This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.

With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.

Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.

For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy streets scenes and other displays of togetherness.

Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.

For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy streets scenes and other displays of togetherness. 

togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.

With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.

ARTWORKSBIOARTIST'S CV
ARTWORKSBIOARTIST'S CV

Untitled, 2023

Handwoven tapestry   |  300 x 224 cm

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1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN  ART FAIR 

HIGH LINE NINE GALLERY


This exhibition is now closed. Please contact us for available works.


HIGH LINE NINE 

Chelsea  | 17 - 21 May 


Modernist II, 2022

Oil on Belgian linen   |  45 x 45 cm

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Modernist I, 2022

Oil on Belgian linen   |  45 x 45 cm

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Moon Walk, 2021

Charcoal, acrylic and pastel on paper   |  160 x 120 cm

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Untitled, 2021

Charcoal on paper  |  160 x 120 cm

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Placid Blue, 2022

Oil on Belgian linen   |  45 x 45 cm

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Connectin Allys, 2023

Charcoal, acrylic and oil pastel on paper   |  120 x 160 cm

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Untitled, 2021

Charcoal, acrylic and oil pastel on paper  |  160 x 120 cm

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1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN  ART FAIR 

HIGH LINE NINE GALLERY


This exhibition is now closed. Please contact us for available works.


HIGH LINE NINE 

Chelsea  | 17 - 21 May 


In the last 20 years, Nelson Makamo’s (B. 1982, Limpopo) signature style and subject matter have steadily placed him on the global stage. 

More Information:

1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR

439 West 127th St, New York 10027

18 - 20 May 11am-7pm

21 May 11am-5pm

Ticket required


HIGH LINE NINE

Gallery 7, 507 W 27th St, New York 10001

17 - 21 May 11am-6pm

Opening reception 6-8pm 17 May

RSVP essential for opening: rsvp@riseart.com

 Living and working in Johannesburg, he is known for his paintings and drawings that redress decades of images that have portrayed African children as destitute. This two-venue presentation of his work will re-introduce the New York audience to Makamo. 

On show as part of the Special Projects section of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will be a large-scale tapestry created by the artist in collaboration with a team of artisans, displayed here for the first time outside of South Africa. The work, which combines Makamo’s painterly style with the gridlike precision of weaving, features a child who towers above the viewer and looks out at them through round glasses with a mixture of melancholy and hope.

This monumental work will be contextualised by a selection of new paintings and works on paper, which will comprise a parallel presentation at High Line Nine. These pieces are a continuation of a new body of work where, alongside in solo portraits, Makamo portrays his subjects in situ, as members of a wider community. The emotional intensity of the artist’s work has not disappeared, but the added context brings a new level of detail to his world.

This presentation follows:

MAKAMO'S 2022 LONDON SOLO EXHIBITION WITH RISE ART