The Tatham Art Gallery hosts a range of Art Exhibitions. These include travelling and researched exhibitions as well as exhibitions initiated by the Gallery based on works in the permanent collection.
A major function of the Tatham Art Gallery is to display art. This is accomplished through the organizing and hosting of temporary exhibitions and ongoing changes in the permanent display areas.
2012 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
- Celebrating Creativity: Spotlight on Russell High
- Midlands Matric Art Exhibition 2012
- Terrence Patrick: Possibilities
- People, Prints, and Process: Twenty Five Years at Caversham
2011 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
- The Anglo-African Connection
- The A.R.T. Show: reclaiming lives
- FOTAG Fabulous Picture Show
- Assemblage: Peter Rippon
- About Face: 12 Artists - 84 Portraits
- Meeting the Makers: Contemporary Craft of KwaZulu-Natal
- KWV Cecil Skotnes Exhibition
- Midlands Matric Art Exhibition
- SAMSARA: a continuous pursuit
- Art and Politics exhibition
- Circles of Tranquility - Jutta Faulds
2010 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
- Jabulisa 2010
- The Tatham Art Gallery Collection 1903 - 1974
- KZN Midlands Matric Art Exhibition 2010
- African Colour Notes - Nicky Chovuchovu
- The Whitwell Collection
- Curriculum Curricula
- Art Through Technology
2009 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
- Northern KwaZulu-Natal Craft
- Recent Acquisitions
- FOTAG Fabulous Picture Show & Auction
- UKZN Alumni Ceramics
- Heath Family Retrospective Exhibition
- KZN Women Artists
- Contemporary Reflections: New Art from Old
- Vulindlela Nyoni's 'Settling In'
- Into the Light: KZN Women Artists
- Zotha Shange - Rolling Ball Sculpture Exhibition
- KZN Matric Art 2009
2008 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
- Ardmore Ceramic Studio: HIV/AIDS Exhibition - Ceramics Room (Monday 1 December (World AIDS Day) to mid-January 2009)
- John Soderlund: Found Objects - Schreiner Gallery (Thursday 20 November to mid-January 2009)
- Tim Quirke: Drawings and Paintings - Schreiner Gallery (Thursday 2 October to Sunday 16 November 2008)
- Tapestries Telling Stories: Celebrating Change - Main Exhibition Room (Friday 19 September to Sunday 2 November 2008)
- Garret Artists' Retrospective: Drawing for twenty years - Schreiner Gallery (Thursday 14 August to Sunday 28 September 2008)
- Curriculum Curricula: Works Relevant to the Matric Art Syllabus - Main Exhibition Room, Foyer, Main Stairwell, Ceramics Room (24 July to Sunday 14 September)
- New Acquisitions Exhibition - Main Gallery (27 January to 4 May)
- Edendale Excels - a celebration of four artists from Edendale - The Schreiner Gallery (7 February to 4 May)
2007 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
- ECHO Craft Bazaar 2007 - Main Gallery (23 November to 2 December)
- White boys on death, war and love - Main Gallery (4 October to January 2008)
- Reuben Ndwandwe Memorial Exhibition - The Schreiner Gallery (20 September to 18 November)
- Mandalas, Memories and Magic Circles: Jutta Faulds - The Schreiner Gallery (25 November to January 2008)
- Cyprian Shilakoe Revisited - Main Gallery (19 July to 23 September 2007)
- Overlapping Spaces: Kerry Michau - The Schreiner Gallery (12 July to 2 September 2007)
- KZN Schools Art Exhibition (Including Teachers Exhibition in The Schreiner Gallery) - Main Gallery (15 May to 8 July 2007)
- From Pulp to Fiction: Faulds, McMaster & Physick - The Schreiner Gallery (15 March to 29 April 2007)
- Women for Children: Artists for Humanity - Main Gallery (15 Ferbuary to 15 April 2007)
- Exploring the Figure: The Mark Group - The Schreiner Gallery (25 January to 11 March 2007)
2006 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
- Challenging Jabulisa - The Main Gallery
- Cattle and Cups: Corina Lemmer - The Schreiner Gallery (28 September to 12 November 2006)
- Jabulisa 2006: the art and craft of KwaZulu-Natal - The Main Gallery & more (7 September to 12 November 2006)
- Treasures from the Dungeon - The Main Gallery (13 June to 27 August 2006)
- Beauty of Africa: Isaac Sithole - The Schreiner Gallery (10 August to 24 September 2006)
- From the Fire: Louise van Niekerk - The Schreiner Gallery (22 June to 6 August 2006)
- I am a Cabinet Maker: Robert Scott - The Schreiner Gallery (4 May to 18 June 2006)
- Portrait of a Pioneer: Joseph Forsyth Ingram (1858 - 1923) - The West Gallery (16 March to 23 July 2006)
- KZN Schools Exhibition 2006 - The Main Gallery (25 April to 21 May 2006)
- Nicro: Beyond the Prison Walls Exhibition - The West Gallery (26 January to 12 March 2006)
2005 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
- Treasures from the Dungeon - The Main Gallery (14 December 2005 to 4 February 2006)
- Personal Space: Penny Waller - The West Gallery (8 December 2005 to 22 January 2006)
Past Exhibitions before December 2005
1997 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
1996 Tatham Art Gallery Exhibitions
The Permanent Collection
A selection of the Tatham Art Gallery's permanent collection is always on display. Work by South African and European artists is displayed upstairs. The work of KwaZulu-Natal artists is displayed downstairs. A selection of ceramics is displayed in the Ceramics Room.
The Main Exhibition Room
The Tatham Art Gallery displays major exhibitions in the Main Exhibition Room downstairs. Exhibitions change on a regular basis.
These include travelling and researched exhibitions showing the works of groups or individual artists of significance. There are also exhibitions organised by the Gallery that draw on the works in the permanent collection or from artists of KwaZulu-Natal.
The Schreiner Gallery
The Schreiner Gallery is an exhibition space dedicated to smaller temporary exhibitions. Artists may apply to use this space for solo or group exhibitions.
Proposals should include the following:
- a proposed title and motivation
- A brief CV of the artist/s
- At least three examples of original work to be submitted
Click here for information on exhibition applications and to download application forms
For further information, contact Bryony on 033 392 2801 or bryony.clark@msunduzi.gov.za