MORGAN MAHAPE

Belonging (2020)

Glass beads on mono fish line strings

on walnut solid wood frame

120 x 75 cm


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    Nini Nanini (2021) 

    Glass beads on mono fish line strings on walnut solid wood frame

    100 X 75 cm

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    Iqabunga Elisha (2021) 

    Glass beads on mono fish line strings on walnut solid wood frame

    120 X 95 cm

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    Girl with a Kite (2020)  

    Glass beads on mono fish line strings on walnut solid wood frame

    107 X 75 cm

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    Sobabile (2021) 

    Glass beads on mono fish line strings on walnut solid wood frame

    75 X 65 cm

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    Uthando (2020)

    Perles de verre sur cordon de mono-fil de pêche, sur cadre en bois massif de noyer

    250 x 150 cm

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    Focus on the glass beads

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Morgan Mahape is a self-taught artist born in 1983 in Umlazi,

Durban, South Africa.


Morgan Mahape's artworks are inspired by nature where vegetation is a symbol of life and development.


"I work with glass beads on strings. Those are fishline strings. First, I cut out a piece of wood and use nails to hang the strings and then I put the beads one by one. Every string is independent. If you put all the strings together, you get a full picture because the technique itself is a concept of unity. Each bead represents an individual and then the beads on the strings represent a group of people. [...]"


"I really love that idea of love, the concept of love. It goes along with the idea of my beadwork and how I do it."


Morgan Mahape


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    BAD+, Bordeaux 2022

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    BAD+, Bordeaux 2022

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    Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022

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    Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022

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    Musée Bargoin, LOVE etc, 2019

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GROUP SHOWS


2022 :

  • AKAA Art & Design Art Fair, Paris, France - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
  • 1-54 Art Fair, Harlem Parish, New York, USA - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
  • Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski


2020 : Love etc, Musée Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski


2019 :

  • AKAA Art & Design Art Fair, Paris, France - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
  • African spirits group exhibition (Yossi gallery) New-York, USA


2018 :

  • Scream exhibition (African art center) Durban, South Africa
  • Art Bank exhibition (Durban Art gallery), South Africa
  • Amasosha art movement group exhibition (inkomkhulu gallery) Durban, South Africa


2016 : Art in the park fair. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

2012 : PPC young sculpture finalist (KZNSA gallery). Durban, South Africa

2011 : COP17 art exhibition (gallery 405) Durban, South Africa


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