Exhibitions
Recent Highlight:
A Taste of Salt (2023)
Simchowitz Gallery, DTLA
Simchowitz Gallery is proud to announce A Taste of Salt, the first solo exhibition of the South African artist Nicola Roos in Los Angeles. Roos is best known for her life-sized figurative sculptures drawn from little-known, but important historical figures.
Many stand over 6-feet-tall and are adorned with the armor, warrior masks and katanas (swords) of the Samurai. That gives them an air of extraordinary power and menace, which, despite being rooted in history, can often feel more haunted or phantom-like.
Read more about the exhibition in the press release.
Solo Exhibitions
2023: A Taste of Salt, Simchowitz Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2020: Kurobōzu/Dark Stranger, Ever Gold [Projects], San Fransisco, USA
Group Exhibitions
2023: AGOA (Africa Growth and Opportunity Act) Expo, NASREC Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
2023: Sculptx Sculpture Fair, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2023: OpenStudios Riebeek Valley, Die Kunshuis ('The Art House') via RK Contemporary, Riebeek-Kasteel, South Africa
2022: Moon Art Fair, Westin Hotel, Hamburg, Germany
2022: SculptX Sculpture Fair, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2021: SculptX Sculpture Fair, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2021: Hermanus Fynarts Festival, Rossouw Modern Gallery, Hermanus, South Africa
2021: Paradise Lost, Rossouw Modern Gallery, Hermanus, South Africa
2020: Abantu - The People, Dyman Gallery (formerly Absolut Art Gallery), Stellenbosch, South Africa
2018: Defying the Narrative: Contemporary Art from West and Southern Africa,, Ever Gold [Projects], San Fransisco, USA
2018: Letterlik / Literally, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2018: Right at the Equator, Depart Foundation, Malibu Village, California, USA
2017: Recent Acquisitions, UNISA Art Gallery, UNISA Main Campus (Kgorong Building), Tshwane, South Africa
2017: Black and White, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2017: Turbine Art Fair, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa
2017: Michaelis Graduate Exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
2017: Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town International Convention Center, South Africa
2016: Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town International Convention Center, South Africa
2016: On Photography, Painting and Sculpture, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa
2015: Form and Substance, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa