Abrie FOURIE (b. 1969)
End Of The World: Cape Point, South Africa
2004
Duratrans triptych, lightbox installation
420 x 100 cm
Pile Of Bikes (Dam Square Amsterdam)
2000
Duratrans print
156.5 x 125 cm
BIOGRAPHY
Abrie Fourie was born in Pretoria, South Africa where he lived, studied and worked until emigrating to Germany in 2007. He is currently based in Berlin. His practice is photography based, but he is also active in teaching, publishing and curatorial projects.
Whilst lecturing at the Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa (1993 – 2007), he established outlet (2002 – 2007), an experimental exhibition space. He was also the curator and facilitator for Modern Art Projects South Africa.
Curatorial projects include Mine, a travelling exhibition of South African video art which has been shown internationally. A revised version of Mine titled The Film Will Always Be You: South African Artists On Screen was staged at Tate Modern, London as part of SA–UK Seasons 2014 – 2015.
Fourie has exhibited in group exhibitions including 1910 – 2010 From Pierneef to Gugulective: A Fresh Look at a Century of South African Art, curated by Riason Naidoo, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2010); Positioning Osmotic Impulses, curated by Pauline Doutreluingne and Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Prison Neukölln, Berlin, Germany (2012); The Space Between Us, curated by Marie-Hélène Gutberlet, a project by IFA, public space of Berlin (2013) & Stuttgart (2014) and The Day Will Come When Photography Revises, curated by Bettina Steinbrügge and Amelie Zadeh, Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Germany (2015).
Solo exhibitions centred around an ongoing project titled Oblique have been shown at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany (2012); Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa (2012); Iwalewa House, Bayreuth, Germany (2012); SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2013); SCAD, Savannah, USA (2013); SCAD, Atlanta, USA (2014) & Fried Contemporary, Pretoria, South Africa (2016).