(b. 1988 Cape Town, South Africa)
Swain Hoogervorst (born 1988) is based in Cape Town. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from Vega (2010). He was selected as a top 100 finalist in the L’atelier Competition in both 2013 and 2015. Residencies include Schildersweek in the Netherlands (2013), Arteles Creative Center in Finland (2015), Mas des Graviers in France (2019) and most recently, Cité internationale des arts in Paris (2022). Hoogervorst has participated in numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His first solo exhibition Inside Out was at the AVA Gallery in Cape Town (2014). Searching Eudaimonia (2017) marked his solo debut at the Everard Read Gallery in Cape Town, followed by In Between Spaces (2020), and most recently Time is a Long Thin Hand (2022) at Everard Read Franschhoek. Hoogervorst is represented by Everard Read Gallery in South Africa and London in the UK. His work can be found in private collections (in the UAE, US, UK, Brazil, France, Australia, Germany and Belgium) and public collections, including the Spier Arts Trust in South Africa. Hoogervorst lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.
Qualifications
2010 Bachelor's Degree in Creative Brand Communications, Vega School of Brand Innovation
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Time is a Long Thin Hand, Everard Read, Franschhoek
2020 In Between Spaces, Everard Read, Cape Town
2018 Making Pictures, Everard Read , Cape Town
2017 Searching Eudaimonia, Everard Read, Cape Town
2014 Inside Out, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
Selected Group Shows
2023 Cosmos, Everard Read, Franschhoek
2023 Collide, Featherstone Centre for the Arts, Martha's Vineyard, US
2023 Winter, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
2023 Waiting Room, Nel Gallery, Cape Town
2023 Horse Paintings, Under Art Projects, Cape Town
2023 The Lost Art of Running, Berlin Braves HQ, Berlin
2023 K4, Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK), Oudtshoorn
2023 The Invisible Thread (International Group Show) curated by Swain Hoogervorst, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2022 Spring, Everard Read, Franschhoek
2022 Seduction, Everard Read, Cape Town
2022 Painter! Painter!, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
2022 Things I would like to remember, Everard Read, Cape Town
2022 Weave, Cité internationale des arts, Paris
2022 Fever, Norval Foundation and Boschendal, Franschhoek, Cape Town
2021 In // Conversation, Everard Read, Cape Town
2020 Summer Show, Everard Read, Cape Town
2020 Still, Everard Read, Cape Town
2020 Proxies, Gallery Gallery, Johannesburg
2019 Summer Show, Everard Read, Cape Town
2019 Land and Sea, Art on Avenues, Somerset West, Cape Town
2019 New Small Paintings, Pop Up Exhibition, Roodebloem Studios, Cape Town
2019 Winter Show, Everard Read, Cape Town
2018 Summer Show, Everard Read, Cape Town
2018 Nano 1.2, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
2018 Making Pictures, Cubicle Series, Everard Read, Cape Town
2018 Winter Show, Everard Read, Cape
2018 In the forests of the night, Everard Read CIRCA, Johannesburg
2018 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town
2017 Nano 1.1, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Spectrum, Everard Read, Johannesburg
2016 Liminal Geographies, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
2016 Line and Shadow, CIRCA Gallery, Johannesburg
2016 Death of the old, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg
2016 Stars and Tracks, The Project Room, Windhoek, Namibia
2016 For what it’s worth, No End Contemporary, Johannesburg
2016 Pastoral Abstraction, Everard Read, Cape Town
2015 Defining the Narrative, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town
2015 Homage, Everard Read, Cape Town
2014 Pool Party, Alma Martha Project Space, Cape Town
2014 Golden Haze, Salon 91, Cape Town
2014 /SCAPE, Salon 91, Cape Town
2013 One in a Million, Salon 91, Cape Town
2013 Absa L’Atelier Top 100 , Johannesburg
2013 Schildersweek, Domburg, Netherlands
2012 Summer Show, Salon91, Cape Town
2012 { Impression; Sunset } Salon91, Cape Town
Residencies
2022 Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2019 Mas Des Graviers, Pourrières, France
2015 Arteles Creative Centre, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
2013 Schildersweek, Domburg, the Netherlands
Teaching / Lecturing
2014 - 16 Part-time Lecturer Painting and Drawing, Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town
Selected Public Collections
Spier Arts Trust, South Africa
Achievements
2015 Top 100 Barclays L’Atelier Competition
2013 Top 40 finalist Absa L’Atelier Competition
2013 Invited artist at Schildersweek, Domburg, the Netherlands
Publications
2015 Art Needs You, The Barclays L'Atelier Award, Dr Paul Bayliss, 978-0-620-66441-7
2014 Art South Africa Volume 13 issue02, The Controversy Issue, Brendon and Suzette Bell-Roberts, 16846133
2013 Imagine the untapped talent of the subconscious, The Absa L'Atelier Award, 978-0-620-57231-6
Reviews and Features
Art Pod E13 - Interview with Swain Hoogervorst
https://www.facebook.com/blendedpodcasts/videos/470156690282740/
Ends and Means: Swain Hoogervorst's 'Searching Eudaemonia' (2017)
https://artthrob.co.za/2017/05/25/ends-and-means-swain-hoogervorsts-searching-eudaimonia/
Investing in Art: Swain Hoogervorst (2016)
http://tailsofamermaid.com/2016/02/investing-in-art-swain-hoogervorst.html
In Finland with Swain Hoogervorst (2015)
https://soundcloud.com/los_individuos/situational-radio-in-finland-with-swain-hoogervorst
Bright Young Things: Swain Hoogervorst (2014)
http://artafricamagazine.org/december-2014-swain-hoogervorst/
Inside Out, an Exhibition of Paintings by Swain Hoogervorst (2014)
http://10and5.com/2014/05/16/inside-out-an-exhibition-of-paintings-by-swain-hoogervorst/
Featured: Swain Hoogervorst (2013)
http://10and5.com/2013/09/17/featured-swain-hoogervorst/
Ray-Ban Presents: The #envisionseries (2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0D4RwsuwCk