SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Batlhaping Ba Re!, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South AFrica Tears of Africa, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2017
They Are Greeting, Standard Bank Gallery, Albany Museum, Makhanda, South Africa
2016
Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi: An exhibition of paintings and prints, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa
They Are Greeting, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
2005
Solo, Oman
2003
The Artificial Shelter Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands
1990
Helen Sebidi, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Irma Stern Museum, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Association of Arts, Namibia
1989
Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winner exhibition, toured South Africa, Namibia & Zimbabwe until 1992
Solo, London, UK
Solo, Hamburg, Germany
Solo, Museo Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
1985
Federated Union of Black Artists, Johannesburg, South Africa
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2023
When we see us: A century of Black figuration in painting, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa When Rain Clouds Gather: Black South African Women Artists 1940 – 2000, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
Mapping Another Route, Goodman, London, UK
Rembrandt in the Karoo, Jan Rupert Art Centre, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
2022
Ancestors & Dreams in African Art, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa & Jacaranda, New York, USA
Her…,Sanlam Art Gallery, Bellville, South Africa
Yakhal’ Inkomo, the Bongi Dhlomo Collection, Javett-UP, Pretoria, South Africa
2021
My whole body changed into something else, Stevenson, Cape Town & Johannesburg, South Africa
Oasis: 25th anniversary exhibition, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
Bag Factory 30 Years: So Far, The Future, FADA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2020
Staring Straight to the Future, online exhibition, Everard Read, UK & South Africa
The Portrait Show, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
We’ve Come to Take You Home #1, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa
2019
Mellon Foundation Residency exhibition, Javett-UP, Pretoria, South Africa
2018
Crossing the Night, Idris Naim Foundation and the National Institute of Fine Arts, Oaxaca, Mexico
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
32nd Biennial of São Paolo
The People’s Art, collaboration between Iziko South African National Gallery and Orms, Cape Town, South Africa
2017
FNB Art Joburg, with Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
A Painting Today, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
2016
The Quiet Violence of Dreams, group exhibition, Stevenson, Cape Town & Johannesburg, South Africa
Fundação Bienal de Sāo Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013
Centenary Exhibition, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
2009
Great South African Nude, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
2008
Joburg Art Fair,with Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
2006
Mapping the Route from the 60s, Goodman, Johannesburg, South Africa
2005
Telkom exhibition, South Africa
Artists in Conversation, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
2004
Visible Visions, Hagen, Essen, Berlin, Osnabrück (Germany); Tilburg (Netherlands)
Resistance, Reconciliation and Reconstruction, MTN Collection, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
2002
Visible Visions, Electric Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
2001
The Markers, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Land, group exhibition, Unisa Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa
2000
Axis Gallery, New York, USA
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Krannert Art Museum & Kinkead Pavilion, USA
1999
Human Rights Institute Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Changing Screens Exhibition, The Firs, Rosebank, South Africa
Judging of competition at Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa
1998
Lisbon Expo, Lisbon, South Africa
World Wide Workshop & Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
1996
Thupelo Art workshop and exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa
Biennale in Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Finders Keepers, Sunday Times, Iziko SA National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
The Laager included in a group exhibition, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Santiago, Chile
Centre of the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, USA
South Africa’s Finest Painters, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
Common and Uncommon Ground, South African Art to Atlanta, City Gallery East, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Origin, Hamburg, Germany
1995
Objects of Defiance, Spaces of Contemplation, Africus: Johannesburg Biennale, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Women’s Day exhibition, Paarl Museum, Paarl, South Africa
Siyawela: Love, Loss & Liberation in Art from South Africa, Birmingham Gas Street Museum, Birmingham, UK
Africa95, Royal Academy, London, UK
1994
Six Women from Southern Africa, Lisbon, Portugal
Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1993
Il Croce del Sud, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Graphics Exhibition, Jyväskylä, Finland; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Il Croce Del Sud, Rome, Italy
African Hei-ti-@e, Uranienborgveien, Oslo, Norway
Women From Africa, Savannah Gallery of Modern Art, Bethnal Green, London, Uk
Three person show with Noria Mabasa & Lucky Sibiya, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
1992
Future Realms, The Africa Futuristic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Art from South Africa, South Africa National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1991
A Grain of Wheat, Art Gallery of the Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
The Challenge of Colonisation, 4th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1990
Art from South Africa, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
National Art Museum, Maputo, Mozambique
Zabalaza Festival, South African Festival, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
1989
Ten Years of Collecting, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa
Pachipamwe II: the avant garde in Africa, Cyrene Mission, Zimbabwe
Johannesburg Biennale, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Finders Keepers, South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa’s Finest Painters, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
Common and Uncommon Ground, City Gallery East, Atlanta, USA
1988
The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Art Images in Southern Africa, group show, Stockholm, Sweden
SA Potters Association
Cape Town Triennial, toured South Africa
Art Images in Southern Africa, Stockholm, Sweden
1987
Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Delfiri/FUBA Creative Quest Exhibition, FUBA
FUBA (Seven Woman Artists)
Thupelo Workshop exhibition, Johannesburg Art Foundation, Johannesburg & NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Economic Contemporary Artists Fund exhibition, USA
1986
Art for Alexandra, Johannesburg Art Foundation (Sotheby’s South Africa Limited), Johannesburg, South Africa
Thupelo Workshop Exhibition, Johannesburg Art Foundation, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa
Rembrandt Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1985
South African Potter’s Association, Johannesburg, South Africa
1980-8
Brush and Chisel Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
1980-1
Washington, USA (organised by a private collector)
1977-88
Artists under the Sun, Johannesburg, South Africa
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Africana Museum, South Africa
Art Workshop, UK
Sasol, South Africa
Unisa, South Africa
North-West University, South Africa
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Tatham Art Gallery, South Africa
Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
Centre for Africa Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Iziko South African National Gallery, South Africa
1820 Settlers Foundation, South Africa
Standard Bank Collection, South Africa
Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Price Forbes, South Africa
Federated Insurance Co., South Africa
Department of Education and Training, South Africa
Galerie Adriana Schmidt, Germany
University of Wolverhampton, UK
H. Roque Investments, South Africa
ABSA Bank, South Africa
World Bank, South Africa
South African Broadcasting Corporation, South Africa
Gencor, South Africa
First National Bank, South Africa
SA Permanent Bank, South Africa
Government of Australia
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, USA
Aboriginal Art Museum, Australia
Art Bank, South Africa
Spier Art Collection, South Africa
Bongi Dhlomo Collection, South Africa
AWARDS
2016
Goethe-Institut Vila Sul residency, Brazil
2015
Mbokodo Award, South Africa
2011
Arts and Culture Trust Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Art, South Africa
2005
Nomination for ILKSSA: National Heritage Council, National Living Treasure Award, South Africa
Oman Association of the Arts Award, Oman
2004
Order of Ikhamanga Silver Award given by the Presidency, South Africa
2002
Nomination for the Human Sciences Research Council Living Treasure Award, South Africa
1990
Vita Fine Art Award, South Africa
1989
Fulbright Scholarship, USA
Standard Bank Young Artist Award, South Africa
1988
Star Woman of the Year finalist, South Africa
