Biography

Naudé was born in 1984 in Cape Town, where he continues to live. He graduated with a BA Visual Arts Honours degree from the University of Stellenbosch in 2007.
Naudé had solo exhibition “A Decade of Seeing” at the Everard Read gallery Johannesburg, South Africa (2018). A group show include “Botanical Show” at Everard Read Johannesburg, South Africa (2018); “WINTER” at Everard Read Cape Town, South Africa (2018); BOTH, AND… A group exhibition reflecting on 15 years of the gallery’s existence, Stevenson gallery Cape Town, South Africa (2018). LA GACILLY PHOTO FESTIVAL BADEN, AUSTRIA (2018)
He has had solo exhibitions at Stevenson Cape Town and Johannesburg (2011, 2010 and 2014) and showed selected photographs from Animal Farm in the print room at The Photographers’ Gallery in London in 2013. Group shows include Chroma (Cape Town) and The Loom of the Land (Johannesburg), at Stevenson in 2014 and 2013; In Focus: Animalia at the J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2015); Lyon Biennale, La vie modern (2015); Joseph Walsh, Johannes Nagel and Daniel Naudé at Artists House, New Art Centre, Wiltshire (2014); Apartheid and After at Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (2014); The festival artist at the Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom (2012); Neither Man Nor Stone at the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town (2012); Lagos Photo Festival, Nigeria (2011); Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennial, Mali (2011); Greatest Hits of 2007 at the AVA Gallery, Cape Town (2011); Breaking News: Contemporary photography from the Middle East and Africa, works from the collection of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, in Modena, Italy (2010); and PEEKABOO – Current South Africa at the Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki (2010).
Naudé’s first book, Animal Farm, was published by Prestel in 2012, followed by Sightings of the Sacred: Cattle in India, Uganda and Madagascar in 2016, also by Prestel. His third book, Cattle of the Ages together with South African’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was published by Jacana media (2017). Naudé took part in the Fall 2011 residency programme at Anderson Ranch in Aspen, Colorado.
His work has been collected by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and Huis Marseille in Amsterdam and by many others such as Paul Allen the Co-founder of Microsoft. Naudé has also done assigned commissions for the Oppenheimer’s horses, Stephan Welz’s Thuli cattle and South African’s President Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa’s Ankole cattle.
Current Exhibition
UPCOMING:
EVERARD READ GALLERY LONDON, ENGLAND
13 Feb – 2 March 2019
A Decade of Seeing. Solo exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa
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PAST:
EVERARD READ GALLERY CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
4 Dec 2018 – 4 Jan 2019
A Decade of Seeing. Solo exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa
LA GACILLY PHOTO FESTIVAL BADEN, AUSTRIA
08 June – 30 September 2018
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo. Baden, Austria
STEVENSON GALLERY. Cape Town, South Africa
5 July – 24 August 2018
BOTH, AND… A group exhibition reflecting on 15 years of the gallery’s existence.
EVERARD READ GALLERY CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
16 June – 11 July 2018
WINTER Show. Cape Town, South Africa
EVERARD READ GALLERY JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
17 May – 9 June 2018
Botanical Show.
EVERARD READ GALLERY JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
22 February 2018 – 31 March 2018
A Decade of Seeing. Selected works from (2007-2017)
LA GACILLY, FRANCE
3 June – 30 September 2017
Festival La Gacilly Photo – La Gacilly France
LOS ANGELES, USA
26 May – 18 October 2015
In Focus: Animalia – J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM, Los Angeles
MODENA, ITALY
9 July – 6 September 2015
Strange Worlds – works part of the collection of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Moden
In Modena at Foro Boario, via Bono da Nonantola 2
LYON, FRANCE
10 September 2015 – 3 January 2016
13th BIENNALE DE LYON – LA VIE MODERNE
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
23 – 25 September 2016
Unseen Photo Fair – The Photographers’ Gallery