Dane Stops
About
Dane Stops is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Durban, South Africa. He works both indoors, as an exhibiting fine artist, and outdoors, as a contemporary muralist/graffiti artist. He has been an active contributor to the Durban Mural and Graffiti scene for over a decade. The work he makes has various influences, from painting graffiti to figurative subject matter such as people, birds and dinosaurs
Education
2017
Master of Applied Arts: Visual Communication Design
2011
BTech: Graphic Design
Awards
2012
Sprite Uncontainable Winner, Graffiti
Exhibitions
Solo & Collaborative
Powerfully Pointless, Priest: Johanessburg
2016
NSFW, DUT Art Gallery: Durban
2014
Someone, DUT Art Gallery:Durban. A collaborative exhibition with Sakhile Mhlongo
Group
2017
Character, KZNSA: Durban
Sanlam Portrait Awards, Top 40 Touring Exhibition
Together Apart, ArtSpace Durban
Forward, the Breathing Space:Durban. Curated by Grace Kotze
2016
Own a Space, Loading Bay: Durban
Transitions, The Breathing Space: Durban. Curated by Grace Kotze
2015
Homer Sapiens, Objekt Design Art | ANPA: Franschhoek.
When My Eyes Are Open: The Breathing Space: Durban. Curated by Grace Kotze
2014
Shifting Territories, KZNSA: Durban.
Looking Forward: Our Lives in 2034, Durban Art Gallery:Durban.
2013
Interpret Durban 4, Durban City Hall: Durban
2012
Three Boys and a Girl, The Collective: Durban.
Black and Blue, The Collective: Durban
Sasol Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum
Art Science/Science Art, ArtSpace Durban: Durban
D'Urban Art Exchange, ArtSpace Durban: Durban
Work Experience
2018
Lecturer: Department of Visual Communication, Durban University of Technology.
2014 - 17
Part-time Lecturer: Department of Visual Communication, Durban University of Technology.
2017
2018
Sanlam Portrait Awards, Top 40 Touring Exhibition
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