Andile Dyalvane

Drawing equally upon his Xhosa heritage and his contemporary urban milieu, Andile Dyalvane crafts earthy and elegant ceramic works. As he describes: “My current inspirations are drawn from my immediate environment, inner city urban life, and its relation to where I come from.” Together with fellow ceramicist Zizipho Poswa, Dyalvane runs a shop/studio, Imiso Ceramics. Melding images and experiences gleaned from his rural upbringing and his urban adulthood, he produces vessels, platters, and home furnishings covered with abstract designs and human figures. Every color and mark on his skillfully crafted pieces has meaning. His “Scarified” collection, for example, is inspired by the traditional Xhosa practice of scarification (ukuqatshulwa). Treating clay like skin, Dyalvane incises the surfaces of the vessels in this collection with lines and patterned marks, evoking and celebrating the beauty of the patterned bodies of his youth.
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Andile Dyalvane was born in Ngobozana, a small village in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa in 1978. He received a National Degree in Art and Design from Sivuyile Technical College in 1999 and a National Degree in Ceramic Design from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 2003. He is the founder of Imiso Ceramics in South Africa’s Western Cape. He has exhibited extensively in South Africa and has been awarded residencies in Denmark, France, the United States, and Taiwan. Dyalvane’s work is in the permanent collections of the Iziko National Museum, Cape Town, South Africa; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum of Art, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; and Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

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    Education

    2003   Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, National Diploma in Ceramic Design
    1999   Sivuyile Technical College, National Diploma in Art and Design

    Select Exhibitions

    2016   Camagu, Friedman Benda, New York, NY
    Gebak, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
    2015   Homecoming, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa
    South African Contemporary, Art Santa Fe International Art Fair, Santa Fe, NM
    Southern Guild Gallery, GUILD Design Fair, Cape Town, South Africa
    Southern Guild Gallery, Design Miami, Basel, Switzerland
    2014   Central Saint Martin University of Art, London
    D-Street Gallery Exhibition
    Southern Guild Gallery, Design Miami, Miami, FL
    Making Africa, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
    Southern Guild Gallery, GUILD Design Fair, Cape Town, South Africa
    Design Days, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Southern Guild Gallery, Design Miami, Basel, Switzerland
    Accent on Design, NY Now, New York, NY
    2013   The Craft of Ubuntu: An Exploration of Collaboration through Making,
    Iziko Heritage Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
    Southern Guild 2013 Collection, Museum of African Design (MOAD), Johannesburg South Africa
    Heavy Metal, Southern Guild, Cape Town, South Africa
    Design Days, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Southern Guild Gallery, Design Miami, Basel, Switzerland
    Accent on Design, NY Now, New York, NY
    2012   Long Table 101 Place Settings and Retrospective, Iziko Heritage Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
    ReCollect, Southern Guild Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
    Southern Guild 2012 Collection, Everard Read, Johannesburg South Africa
    Everyday Discoveries: Tradition Reinterpreted, International Design House, Helsinki, Finland
    South African Pavilion, Royal Festival Hall for the Olympics, London, United Kingdom
    KKNK Festival Exhibition, MOOOI Art Gallery, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
    Cape Best Gallery Exhibition, Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
    Accent on Design, NY Now, New York, NY
    Design Indaba Expo, Cape Town, South Africa
    2011  Conversations, AMARIDIAN Gallery, New York, NY Design Indaba Expo, Cape Town, South Africa
    2010  Design Indaba Expo, Cape Town, South Africa
    2009  Brotherhood, RED BLACK & WHITE Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
    Angels 4 Good, Grand Provance Gallery, Franschhoek, South Africa
    Design Indaba Expo, Cape Town, South Africa
    2008  Design South Africa, Atlanta, GA
    2006  Picasso and Africa, Iziko Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
    2003  Solo Exhibition, UCT Irma Stern Museum

    Awards

    2015  Icon Award, Southern Guild Design Foundation, South Africa
    2014  Second Runner Up, Ceramics South Africa National Exhibition, South Africa
    2011  Top 200 Young South African, Mail & Guardian
    2010  Nominee, Johnny Walker Celebrating Strides Awards, Design Category
    2009  Artist of the Year, Visi Magazine
    Top three, International Young Design Entrepreneur (IYDE) of the Year
    2008  Gold Award, Best Stand (Displays) Decorex Johannesburg
    2006  Design Icon in the Western Cape, Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI)
    EDIDA International Award in Ceramics, Elle Décor
    2003  Second Prize, Cape Craft Design Institute, 10 Years of Democracy, South Africa
    2001  FNB Vita Award, Best Decorated Piece, South Africa
    1999  FNB Vita Award, Best Exhibition Piece from the Western Cape, South Africa

    Museum and Public Collections

    Iziko National Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
    Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
    Yingge Ceramic Museum- Taipei, Taiwan