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Jake Michael Singer"untitled" sculpture, Steel contemporary snake sculpture in black2023
2023
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Jake Michael Singer (b. 1991) experiments with a broad range of disciplines from photography to works on paper, and commands an exquisite mastery of sculpture. Meticulously constructed, using up to sixteen thousand meters of marine grade stainless steel for a single sculpture, the Murmurations series establishes his position as one of the leading young sculptors from Africa.
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Singer completed his bachelor’s at Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2013, after deepening his learning over the course of 2012 at Central Saint Martins in London. He was recognized by the Eduardo Villa Foundation Grant both in 2016 and 2017, the youngest sculptor yet awarded this. His work features in private collections in South Africa, Germany, Greece, Canada, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has further completed two large-scale public sculptures in Johannesburg: Dawn Chorus, part of the RMB Collection in the Think Precinct, and Roarke’s Evacuation Plan, a landmark on the Jo’burg skyline. In 2020. His work has been exhibited at Zeitz MOCAA, and his large installation, all the Birds Flew with a Harsh Scream (Marmara), 2020, was featured in Iziko Museum’s most recent exhibition Matereality. It is now currently on exhibition at the Norval Foundation. In October 2021, Singer completed Bennu Stassis, a site-specific installation in a former Hamman in Istanbul dating from 1477
- Creator:Jake Michael Singer (1991, South African)
- Creation Year:2023
- Dimensions:Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 18.9 in (48 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Johannesburg, ZA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2342213942302
Jake Michael Singer
Most recently over the past two years Singer has focussed his attention toward large scale site specific installations in historically significant edifices of Istanbul Yedikule Hisarı (during the 17th Istanbul Biennal, 2022) and Küçük Mustafa Paşa Hamamı (2021). Other solo shows include Gallery Tiny, New York (2020), THK Gallery, Cape Town (2019), Matter Gallery Toronto (2018), Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg (2018), 50 Golbourne, London (2017), Punt WG, Amsterdam (2017), Hazard Gallery, Johannesburg (2016). Significant group shows include Zeitz MOCAA, Norval Foundation, Nirox Foundation, Kampala Biennale, Dakart, South-African-National-Gallery, DTIC Dubai, Nirox Foundation and Istanbul Biennale off (forthcoming). Singer holds a degree from Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town (2013) and has studied at Central Saint Martins, London. He is the recipient of the Eduordo Vila Foundation Grant in 2016 and 2017. Permanent public sculptures include Dawn Chorus (2019), Johannesburg; Roarks Evacuation Plan (2016), Johannesburg and Flume, Istanbul (forthcoming). Singer has completed residencies in Istanbul, Amsterdam, Kampala and Cologne. Singer is represented by THK Gallery in Cape Town, Matter Gallery in Toronto, Muse Contemporary in Istanbul. Singer and THK Gallery co-founded the Emergence Art Prize with Rand Merchant Bank in support of emerging artists in South Africa.
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