My current artistic interests reference places of emotional resonance; I am searching for enchantment in natural terrain. My aim has been to establish a personal visual shorthand—a painterly proficiency borne from tacit learning—enabling a gestural efficiency that echoes my internal logic.

Form and content are one in the way that paint naturally, fractally, echoes organic forms, the innate cycles of growth and decay. With my work I hope to trace a connection with the land itself through its hidden narratives of displacement and loss—a solace in the regenerative cycles of nature—binding outer place (landscape) and inner world (mindstate).

givan@givanlotz.com

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Exhibitions & Residencies: *Solo | ^Project Space

2022 Path DOVETAIL: THE NICHE - Curated by Kate Mothes (YoungSpace) - UK

2022 * Murmurs KALASHNIKOVV GALLERY - JHB

2021 * Close But Not Too Close SPACE BY THE FOURTH - CPT

2020 * Unearthly ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL ARTS GALLERY - CPT

2020 Cape Town Art Fair ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL ARTS GALLERY - CPT

2018 * Memory Exposure HAZARD CONTEMPORARY - JHB

2018 Spring Session RESIDENCY 108 - NEW YORK, USA

2017 Turbine Art Fair NO END CONTEMPORARY - JHB

2017 All The Voices FRIED CONTEMPORARY - PTA

2017 Silence Awareness RESIDENCY ARTELES CREATIVE CENTER - FINLAND

2016 Turbine Art Fair NO END CONTEMPORARY - JHB

2015 Vampyr NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL - PE

2015 Design Days Dubai SOUTHERN GUILD - DUBAI

2014 Play NIROX SCULPTURE PARK - MULDERSDRIFT

2014 RePrinted BAYLISS GALLERY - JHB

2014 I Take it All Back NIROX PROJECT SPACE - JHB

2014 Design Days Dubai SOUTHERN GUILD - DUBAI

2014 L’Atelier Top 100 ABSA GALLERY - JHB

2013 Southern Guild MUSEUM OF AFRICAN DESIGN - JHB

2013 ^ True Colours TONIC SHOWROOM - JHB

2013 L’Atelier Top 100 ABSA GALLERY - JHB

2012 cmyk CIRCA - JHB

2012 Southern Guild EVERARD READ - JHB

2012 Delft JHB ARTFAIR - Curated by Gavin Rooke - JHB

2012 L’Atelier Top 100 ABSA GALLERY - JHB

2011 ^ The Special Danger OUTLET PROJECT ROOM - JHB

2010 Them & Us Curated by Richard Hart - CPT / DBN / STH / LDN

2010 Asymptote FNB DANCE UMBRELLA - JHB

2010 Undoing NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL- PE

2010 Johannesburg Art Fair SOUTHERN GUILD - JHB

2010 ^ Endless Glee TONIC SHOWROOM - JHB

2009 X-Store CO-OP - JHB

2009 Lab Research ADDICT LAB - JHB

2008 Drawing Show DAVID KRUT - Curated by Michael MacGarry - JHB / CPT

2008 Good Luck/Bad Luck ELLO GALLERY - NYC

2007 Collagist THE GALLERY PREMISES - JHB

2006 Thought Traffic THE GALLERY PREMISES - JHB

Photo by Bernard Brand

Photo by Bernard Brand