Neo Matloga and Barthélémy Toguo feature in Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection at the Palmer Museum of Art. Focusing on figuration, the exhibition highlights 'the enduring usefulness of depicting the human figure for artists keen on affirming the humanity of Africans and those critical of postcolonial governments'.
Neo Matloga features in and I, a newly evolved fish, curated by Rory Tsapayi at Iyatsiba Lab. The show engages with 'oceans, bodies of water and beaches to challenge gender binaries and their intersections with coloniality, patriarchy, global capitalism and the Anthropocene'.
Neo Matloga features in Glimpses of the Now at Four Corners, a group exhibition seeking to 'highlight the role of collage-making in the Global South'.
When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, featuring the works of Neo Matloga, Meleko Mokgosi and Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, travels to Kunstmuseum Basel. Spanning 120 works, the exhibition offers 'a kaleidoscope of Black figurative painting over the last 100 years'.
Neo Matloga features in Licked by the Waves: New Bathers in Art at Museum MORE. Through the work of over 70 modern and contemporary artists, the exhibition aims to offer 'unexpected perspectives' on the classical theme.
Neo Matloga presents Mokete at MOU Projects, his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. The title translates from Sepedi as 'party', with the works investigating 'the emotions, struggles, and complexities found beneath the surface of celebrations'.
Neo Matloga and Barthélémy Toguo form part of Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection. The exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art features works that 'offer depictions of past and present life in Africa and invite visitors to reflect on their lives, relationships and the 21st-century world'.
Edson Chagas, Mawande Ka Zenzile, Dada Khanyisa, Moshekwa Langa, Neo Matloga, Simphiwe Ndzube, Serge Alain Nitegeka, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Barthélémy Toguo exhibit in Africa Supernova at Kunsthal KAde. Drawn from the collection of Carla and Pieter Schulting, the show aims to provide 'a layered picture of how African artists reflect on their self-image'.
A workshop on Neo Matloga takes place as part of When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting. Matloga features in the exhibition's Repose section, and this programme lets visitors learn about the artist while creating works on the theme.
Portia Zvavahera and Neo Matloga are two of 16 'painters for the 21st century' in Brave New World at Museum de Fundatie. Curator Hans den Hartog Jager argues that painting today can be 'appealing and seductive, but often conveying a razor-sharp message'.
Neo Matloga, Meleko Mokgosi and Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi feature in When We See Us at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. Spanning works from the 1920s to the present, the show explores Black self-representation through portraiture and figuration.
along came your eyes, a solo exhibition by Neo Matloga takes place at the Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam as part of his winning of the 10th ABN AMRO Art Award. He received the prize recognition of his 'compositional acuity and his vibrant, powerful and spirited work'.
Neo Matloga presents a solo exhibition titled my hero is always next to me at Stroom Den Haag. In this selection of experimental works, Matloga shifts scale and perspective, 'inviting the public to make active viewing a personal and intimate experience'.
Neo Matloga forms part of a two-person exhibition at the Marta Herford Museum for Art titled We just want to be closer. Alongside photographer Singarum Moodley, the artist presents 'a multi-layered narrative about freedom and self-determination'.
Neo Matloga has been selected as one of 30 artists to participate in Watou 2021, a festival coordinated by a trio of curators Benedicte Goesaert, Chantal Pattyn and Peter Verhelst. 'The 40th edition represents movement, harmony, humanity and intensity.'
De Vereniging presents a solo exhibition by Neo Matloga at S.M.A.K, Ghent, featuring a selection of recent works which have not yet been shown in Europe. These large-scale homages to the Black experience mark Matloga's first institutional solo presentation in Belgium.
Neo Matloga features in Collection as Poem in the Age of Ephemerality at the X Museum. Through the work of 15 artists the exhibition 'expands the spectrum of poem into language, sound, speech, ephemerality, and extinction'.
