SYNDI KAHN

Syndi Kahn lives in Cape Town with her husband and two sons. She graduated in 1996 from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT, worked in graphic design in London and Cape Town, and now works as a full-time artist.

There is an oscillating tension within Kahn’s artworks, as their rhythmic composition differs. Some encapsulate a depth of field of horizons or vast sceneries, while others have narratives that are diffused with pixilated detailing or have been broken down to a structured cellular level.

Kahn questions the environment in relation to human beings - not simply in reference to city and nature, but more inwards to an interior landscape as well. This links the thread between ‘landscape’ (as a greater force) and geography (of sorts) at a possible cellular level. Kahn’s sense of ‘destination and journey’ is thus simultaneously imbued with the macro and microcosmic - both literally as journeys from point A to B, and equally a voyage of self discovery.

Exhibitions include a solo show at the South African Jewish Museum and most recently various group shows at Everard Read Gallery Cape Town, a group show at the South African Jewish Museum and the Salon 91 booth at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2015. She is represented in the Spier Collection as well as in private collections in South Africa, UK and Europe.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019       Wondering, Vault Gallery (in association with Everard Read), Cape Town, South Africa

2016      Glissando, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2014      Opacity, South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020       Us, Everard Read online exhibition, South Africa

2019       Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2018      Summer, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

                Summer, Everard Read London, UK

                Winter, Everard Read Cape Town, South Africa

                Nano 1.2, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 

2017       Balance of Departure (part of Cubicle series), Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Summer, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

                Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

                Southern Abstraction, Everard Read, London, UK 

2016       The Space Between, curated by Mari Macdonald, Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

                Nocturne, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa 

2015       Summer in the City, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

                Broken Monsters, curated by Jackie Lang, Cape Town, South Africa

                Resonance & Wonder, Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

                Homage, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

                Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

                Empire, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

                Salon 91 Booth, Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa 

2014       Golden Haze, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa 

2013       Home is Wherever I’m With You, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa

                Shining Girls, curated by Jackie Lang, Cape Town, South Africa 

2006       Portraits, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa