Kyle Morland is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture, photography and video. His practice centres around the manipulation of material, experimentation with form and spatial relations. Morland realises his ideas within the context of self-imposed formal constraints — responding to challenges he sets for himself in creating the work. His sculptures, in particular, express a playful engagement with proportion, balance and dimensionality.
Morland has held eight solo and two-person exhibitions to date, most recently variations on a lofted bend at blank projects in 2021. He has participated in several group exhibitions, both locally and internationally, including More for Less at A4 Arts Foundation (2018), Off the Wall at WITS Art Museum (2016) and Flag New York City as part of Performa 13 in New York (2013). In 2018, Morland was artist-in-residence at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town as part of the exhibition Parallel Play.
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curriculum vitae
1986 Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
education
2009 Bachelor of Fine Art (Distinction in sculpture), University of Cape Town
solo and two-person exhibitions
2021 variations on a lofted bend, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2018 Kyle Morland, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2017 Now and Then: Kyle Morland / El Loko, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
2016 Assemble, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2015 Node, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2013 New Sculptures, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2011 Falsework, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2010 Elevator, in collaboration with Claire May van Blerck, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
selected group exhibitions
2023 lO, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2022 The Future is Behind Us, A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
2022 Seeds of the Fig, Reservoir, Cape Town, South Africa
2022 Model, A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
2021 The thing itself exists everywhere, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2019 the head the hand, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2018 open agenda, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2018 blank, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2018 More for less, A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
2017 17, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2016 Figure, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2016 Bootleg Triennial, Atlantic House, Cape Town, South Africa
2016 Special Project: Tomorrows/Today, Cape Town Art Fair; curated by Ruth Simbao and Azu Nwagbogu, Cape Town, South Africa
2015 Furniture: a sculpture exhibition, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2014 next thing you know, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2013 Flag New York City, Performa 13, curated by Randi Grov Berger, New York, USA
2013 This is the thing, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2013 blank projects in Johannesburg, Ithuba Arts Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2013 Bazaar II, Fairweather House, Cape Town, South Africa
2013 Housewarming, Atlantic House, Cape Town, South Africa
2013 An Experiment to Test the Destiny of the World, Ithuba Arts Gallery, Braamfontein, South Africa
2013 Heavy Metal, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa
2012 When Form Becomes Attitude, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2012 Bootleg, Evil Son, Cape Town, South Africa
2012 A Shot To The Arse, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2012 Overland Reverie, Entopic Group, Online
2012 Working Title, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2012 Coming of Age, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2012 Advance/…Notice, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2011 Collection 15, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2011 The Independent Publishing Project, blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2011 Overland Reverie, R Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2011 The Night Show, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2010 SasoI New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
2010 Time On Our Hands, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa
2010 Video Experiments I, Little Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa
2009 Pillow Talk, Centre for African Studies, Cape Town, South Africa
residencies
2018 Parellel Play, A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town South Africa
awards
2009 Michaelis Merit Award
2008 Class Medal and Dean’s List
2007 Class Medal and Dean’s List
2007 Irma Stern Award
2004 Pierneef Art Award
