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| Germany | 28 |
| USA | 23 |
| South Africa | 18 |
| United Kingdom | 8 |
Biography: 
1962 Born in Johannesburg (ZA)
Tillim started photographing professionally in 1986 and joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers with whom he worked closely until 1990.
His work as a freelance photographer in South Africa for the local and foreign media included positions with Reuters between 1986 and 1988, and Agence France Presse in 1993 and 1994. Tillim has received many awards for his work including the Prix SCAM (Societe Civile des Auteurs Multimedia) Roger Pic in 2002, the Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Award (Japan) in 2003, the 2004 DaimlerChrysler Award for South African photography, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award in 2005 and the first Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography from the Peabody Museum at Harvard University in 2006.
He held solo exhibitions at Haus für Kunst, Altdorf, and Haunch of Venison, Zurich, in 2008. Recent group exhibitions include Great Expectations: Contemporary photography looks at today's Bitter Years at Casino Luxembourg - Forum of Contemporary Art, Luxembourg (2009); The Face of Our Time at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2009); Peripheral Vision and Collective Body at the Museion, Bolzano, Italy (2008); Home Lands - Land Marks at Haunch of Venison, London (2008); Documenta 12 (2007); the São Paulo Bienal (2006); SLUM: Art and life in the here and now of the civil age at the Neue Galerie in Graz; Photography, Video, Mixed Media III at the DaimlerChrysler Gallery in Berlin; and the travelling exhibition Africa Remix (2004-2007). His work is included in Vitamin Ph (Phaidon, 2006)
2011 participated in the 4. Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg
Lives and works in Johannesburg (ZA)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 124
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| Cityscapes - CentroCentro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanía, Madrid |
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until 26.5.
Solo shows 31
2013
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| Guy Tillim - Libreville - Stevenson, Johannesburg |
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| Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba - Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, TX |
2012
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| Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba - Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Guy Tillim - Second Nature - Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam |
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| Second Nature Ii - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| Guy Tillim Second Nature Ii - Stevenson, Johannesburg |
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| Guy Tillim: Second Nature - James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Avenue Patrice Lumumba - Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR |
2011
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| Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba - CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
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| Second Nature - Stevenson, Johannesburg |
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| Guy Tillim - Seceond Nature - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba Exhibit - Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba - Design Exchange, Toronto, ON |
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| Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba - MoCP - The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL |
2010
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| Guy Tillim - Avenue Patrice Lumumba - Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg |
2009
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| Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba - Extra City - Kunsthal Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Guy Tillim – Avenue Patrice Lumumba - Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam |
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| avenue patrice lumumba - Extraspazio, Rome |
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| Guy Tillim - Avenida Patrice Lumumba - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto |
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| Guy Tillim - Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris |
2008
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| Avenue Patrice Lumumba - Stevenson, Cape Town |
2007
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| Guy Tillim - The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg |
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| Guy Tillim - Extraspazio, Rome |
2006
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| Guy Tillim: Petros Village - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| Guy Tillim - Leica Galerie Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main |
2005
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| Guy Tillim: Leopold and Mobutu - The Photographers' Gallery, London (England) |
2004
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| Guy Tillim: Leopold and Mobutu - Stevenson, Cape Town |
2003
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| Guy Tillim: Kunhinga portraits | Soldiers | Departure - Stevenson, Cape Town |
Group shows 89
2013
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| Prix Pictet - Power - Gallery of Photography, Dublin |
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| Prix Pictet Power - Istanbul Modern, Istanbul |
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| Dark Blue The Water as Protagonist - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI |
2012
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| 1era. Bienal de Montevideo 2012 - El Gran Sur (The Great South) - Bienal de Montevideo, Montevideo |
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| The Traveller - A Visual Journey by Alexander Ramselaar - Tent - Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam |
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| Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
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| Viewpoint / A closer look at showing - Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam |
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| Wir sind die anderen - We are the others - Art Foyer der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Lost Places - Orte der Photographie - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Auf Augenhöhe: Meisterwerke aus Mittelalter und Moderne - Ulmer Museum, Ulm |
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| Photography: New Documentary Forms - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| La Triennale 2012 - Intense Proximity - Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
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| Africa/Africa - Abbaye St André - Centre d'art contemporain Meymac, Meymac |
2011
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| Prix Pictet - Growth - Gallery of Photography, Dublin |
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| Prix Pictet: Growth - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| GROWTH - Prix Pictet - arteversum, Dusseldorf |
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| Appropriated Landscapes - The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm |
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| Winner and Shortlist of the Third Prix Pictet at the First Night of Photography in Zurich - Christophe Guye Gallery, Zurich |
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| Growth - Prix Pictet - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki |
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| New Documentaries Form at Tate Modern - Akbank Art Center, Istanbul |
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| Photography: New Documentary Forms - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography - Victoria & Albert Museum - V&A, London (England) |
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| Possible Cities: Africa In Photography and Video - Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery (CFG), Haverford, PA |
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| Where is my Place? - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice |
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| The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
2010
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| 21st Century: Art in the First Decade - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| BREAKING NEWS. Contemporary Photography from the Middle East and Africa - Ex Ospedale Sant’Agostino, Modena |
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| The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Always Moving Forward - Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography , Toronto, ON |
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| Photography Group Show - - Galerie van der Mieden, Antwerp (closed, 2012) |
2009
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| Summer 2009/10: Projects - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| WELT - BILDER 3 - Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| EX NUGIS SERIA d'Afrique et d'ailleurs... - Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur Marne |
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| Beyond Beauty: Photographs from the Duke University Special Collections Library - Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC |
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| Kunst aus einhundert Jahren 1909 – 2009. Highlights der Daimler Kunst Sammlung - Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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| Thy Brothers’ Keeper - Kulturzentrum Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg am Neckar |
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| prospekt Johannesburg - Gl Holtegaard, Holte |
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| Die Tropen - South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town |
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| Great Expectations - Contemporary Photography Looks At Today'S Bitter Years - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg |
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| Then & now: South African photography - MGA - Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, Victoria |
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| Face of Our Time - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
2008
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| is it tomorrow yet? - Singapore Art Museum, Singapore |
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| Die Tropen. Ansichten von der Mitte der Weltkugel - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| Snap Judgments - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| Home Lands-Land Marks: Contemporary Art from South America - Haunch of Venison - London, London (England) |
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| Peripheral vision and collective body - MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano |
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| Then and Now: Eight South African Photographers - Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC |
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| Cities in Crisis - Photographs of the South African Urban Landscape - FADA Gallery, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Johannesburg |
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| FotoGrafia. Festival Internazionale di Roma - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome |
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| Guy Tillim (RSA) und Verborgene Welten mit Vanessa Püntener (CH) und Olga Titus (CH) - Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf |
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| Reality Check - South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town |
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| Os Tropicos - Die Tropen - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography - Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
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| Biennale Cuvée - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
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| Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children - DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA |
2007
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| Summer 2007/8 - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| Os Tropicos – Die Tropen - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Südafrika - Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum |
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| South Africa on Paper - Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW |
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| Africa Remix - Contemporary art of a continent - Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg |
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| Global Cities - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Documenta 12 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| Thy Brothers' Keeper - Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL |
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| Juicios instantáneos - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Südafrika - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
2006
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| Another World – Bamako 2005 - CENTRALE for contemporary art, Brussels |
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| South African Art Now - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| 27° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography - Miami Art Central, Miami, FL |
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| Africa Remix - Contemporary Art of a Continent - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| Thy Brothers Keeper - Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI |
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| Outside Europe - Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel |
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| Snap Judgments - New Positions in Contemporary African Photography - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
2005
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| South African art 1848 - now - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| African Remix - l'art contemporain d'un continent - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Africa Remix – Contemporary Art of a Continent - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
2004
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| Afrika Remix - Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf |
2003
2002
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| Shooting Resistance: South African Photography 1976 - 1994 - Axis Gallery Inc., New York City, NY |
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