SYNDI KAHN

Syndi Kahn lives in the Cape winelands with her husband and two sons. She graduated in 1996 from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, worked in graphic design in London and Cape Town, and now works as a full-time artist.

There is an oscillating tension within Kahn’s artworks, as their rhythmic composition differs. Some encapsulate a depth of field of horizons or vast sceneries, while others have narratives that are diffused with pixilated detailing or have been broken down to a structured cellular level.

Kahn questions the environment in relation to human beings - not simply in reference to city and nature, but more inwards to an interior landscape as well. This links the thread between ‘landscape’ (as a greater force) and geography (of sorts) at a possible cellular level. Kahn’s sense of ‘destination and journey’ is thus simultaneously imbued with the macro and microcosmic - both literally as journeys from point A to B, and equally a voyage of self discovery.

Exhibitions include a solo show at the South African Jewish Museum and most recently a solo exhibition at Everard Read Gallery Cape Town. She is represented in the Spier Collection as well as in private collections in South Africa, UK and Europe.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

Holding Pattern, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2019

Wondering, Vault Gallery (in association with Everard Read), Cape Town, South Africa

2016

Glissando, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2014

Opacity, South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

Us, Everard Read online exhibition, South Africa

2019

Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2018

Summer, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Summer, Everard Read London, UK

Winter, Everard Read Cape Town, South Africa

Nano 1.2, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 

2017

Balance of Departure (part of Cubicle series), Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Summer, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Southern Abstraction, Everard Read, London, UK 

2016

The Space Between, curated by Mari Macdonald, Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

Nocturne, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa 

2015

Summer in the City, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Broken Monsters, curated by Jackie Lang, Cape Town, South Africa

Resonance & Wonder, Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

Homage, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Empire, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

Salon 91 Booth, Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa 

2014 

Golden Haze, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa 

2013

Home is Wherever I’m With You, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa

Shining Girls, curated by Jackie Lang, Cape Town, South Africa 

2006

Portraits, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa