Simon Gush

Simon Gush is an artist and filmmaker living in Johannesburg. His work examines the relationship between work / labour, subjectivity and land. He completed a postgraduate certificate (Fine Art) at the HISK, Ghent and a MA (Sociology), University of the Witwatersrand and is currently completing a PhD (History) at Rhodes University. Solo shows include, The Busiest Airline in Africa, Stevenson, Johannesburg (2021); S.G., 59 Joubert Street, Johannesburg, Sala10,MuAC, Mexico City (2020); Welcome to Frontier Country, Stevenson, Cape Town (2019); Al final del trabajo, Ex Teresa Arte Actual,Mexico City (2018), After Work, Galerie Jette Rudolph in Berlin (2015); 9 o’clock at the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown (2015); Red, Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg (2014); and 4 for Four, S.M.A.K., Ghent (2010). Biennales include: Biennale: für aktuelle Fotografie, Ludwigshafen (2017); Dakar (2016); Bamako (2015/17); Montevideo (2014) and Lulea (2009). Group shows include: Every leaf is an eye, Göteborgs Konsthall (2019); African Mētrópolis. An Imaginary city, Maxxi,Rome(2018), Meditations on Place: Four Perspectives; Four African Cities, Cleveland Museum of Art (2018), Recent Histories – New African Photography and Video Art, The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm(2017)and Afriques Capitales, La Villette, Paris (2017). Film screenings include: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; ICA, London; Tate Modern, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin; Palais De Tokyo, Paris; and in a number of film festivals such as Sharjah Film Platform 3, International Film Festival Rotterdam, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and Visions du Réel