Faith XLVII
Biography
Liberty Du, who is widely recognized as Faith XLVII, is a South African Multi-Disciplinary Artist.
Her journey into art began on the streets of South Africa in 1997, as a young graffiti writer taking on the name Faith47 (the number being a reference to her grandmothers numerological theorem). In 2006, Liberty began on a nomadic journey which has brought her to create works in 42 countries.
Her evolution from street artist to a multi-disciplinary artist has created a fluid yet solid bridge into the contemporary art world. This explorative approach has led her to develop a broad range of artwork. Ranging from immersive new media installations, hand-sewn wall tapestries, to sculptural bronze works investigating hierarchies of power, paintings, and various explorations into printmaking.
The thread of Liberty’s practice can be traced from abandoned structures, landmark 20 story buildings to museums and galleries all the way through to intimate site-specific installations.
One can observe in Liberty’s approach evidence of her own personal quest, which in turn brings to the forefront much larger concerns of universal social and political complexities. Through the use of these various mediums, Liberty finds a unique series of poetic tones that lend their voice to her expression. There is a longing for a deeper connection to nature, and a resurrection of the divine feminine. There is too the active investigation and questioning of the human condition, its deviant histories and our own inherent existential search.
This all serves to imbue her narratives the ebb and flow between pain and contemplation, imploring us to examine our place in the world.
Today, her artwork can be found in the several private and public collections including: Universal Studios in Los Angeles, Lighthouse Properties in Philadelphia and the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation in South Africa. She has shown at the Calais Museum of Fine Art and the Bernard Magrez Foundation in France, Mana Contemporary and the Brooklyn Museum, both in the USA.
Source: Faith47.comExhibitions
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:
2021
EXHIBITIONS:
CHANT, Solo Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery – Cape Town, South Africa
‘The Land War’ Installation, MUCA Museum – Munich, Germany
Foundation, Group Show, Heron Gallery – San Fransisco, USA
PROJECTS:
Tiblisi Mural Festival – Tiblisi, Georgia
Mural Commission – Johannesburg, South Africa
Mural Project – Angers, France
Underline Project – Beirut, Lebanon
2020
EXHIBITIONS:
Staring Straight to the Future, Everard Read Gallery – Cape Town, South Africa
One World, Fabien Castanier Gallery – Miami, USA
Unprecedented Times, Kunsthaus Bregenz – Vienna, Austria
PINK, Everard Read Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa
ART FAIRS:
Cape Town Art Fair – Cape Town, South Africa
2019
EXHIBITIONS:
20 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Cory Helford Gallery – Los Angeles, USA
Together Group Exhibition, KP Projects Gallery – Los Angeles, USA
Conquête Urbaine, Calais Museum of Fine Art – Paris, France
Veni, Vidi, Vinci, Fluctuart – Paris, France
Tàpia, B-Murals – Barcelona, Spain
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s public art exhibition – Johannesburg, South Africa
Capture the Street, River Tales – Germany
We Rise – Los Angeles, USA
Beyond the Streets – New York City, USA
Women in Street Art, Bernard Magrez Foundation – France
10 Years of the Wynwood Walls Group Exhibition, Art Basel – Miami, USA
Void Project – Miami, USA
ART FAIRS:
Art Miami, Art Basel – Miami, USA
Johannesburg Art Fair– Johannesburg, South Africa
PROJECTS:
Universal Studios Indoor Artwork Commission – Los Angeles, USA
Dictator Art Installation – Columbia
Design Indaba Talk and AURUM Performance – Cape Town, South Africa
United Labor Organization 100 Year Mural – New York City, USA
Maya Angelou School Mural Upliftment Project – Los Angeles, USA
Mural Arts Large Mural Production – Philadelphia, USA
Projection Mapping Mural, BLINK – Cincinnati, USA
RED, Mural Project for HIV Awareness– Lyon, France
2018
EXHIBITIONS:
Elixir, Solo Exhibition – Fabien Castanier Gallery – Miami, USA
Short Film Festival CortoLovere – Italy
Mana Contemporary Group Exhibition – New York
Grand Opening Mirus Gallery – Denver, USA
Beyond The Streets – Los Angeles, USA
One Way Through, Group Exhibition, Heron Gallery – San Francisco, USA
Women in Street Art – The Bernard Magrez Foundation – Paris, France
True Will, Chins Gallery – Bangkok, Thailand
ART FAIRS:
Cape Town Art Fair – South Africa
Moniker Art Fair – New York
Moniker Art Fair – London, UK
Destination 131 – Paris, France
Art Miami, Fabien Casteneir Gallery, Art Basel – Miami, USA
Artmosphere – Russia
PROJECTS:
Mural Project – Vancouver, Canada
Mural Project – North Carolina, USA
Summit LA18 – Los Angeles, USA
2017
EXHIBITIONS:
Dislocation, Group Show – Everard Read Gallery – Cape Town, South Africa
Invisible Exhibition, The Centre for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg
Urban Currents,group show, Gallerie Kirk – Denmark
Digard Auction, Tribute to Paris – Paris, France
Magic Cities exhibition, Munich, Germany
the UrbanArt Biennale® – UNESCO Voelklinger Huette World heritage site, Germany.
Homeless, group exhibition curated by Axel Void – Miami
Art Council Public art intervention – New Orleans, USA
Urban Nation Museum, group exhibition and public art intervention – Berlin, Germany
ART FAIRS:
Art Miami, Juxtapoz Clubhouse installation – Miami, USA
Cape Town Art Fair – Cape Town, South Africa
PROJECTS:
Artscape Festival – Sweden
Art Republic Mural Project– Jacksonville, USA
2016
EXHIBITIONS:
XX: A moment in time – Saatchi Gallery, – London
Freedom as Form Group Exhibition – Wunderkameren Gallery – Milan, Italy
PM10 – Urban Nation Museum Group Exhibition – Berlin, Germany
Agitprop, Brooklyn museum – New York, USA
PROJECTS:
Cities of Hope Mural Project – Manchester, UK
Inter|urban Mural Project – Cleaveland USA
Wynwood Walls, Art Basel – Miami, USA
2015
EXHIBITIONS:
AQUA REGALIA Solo Exhibition – Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York,USA
Landfill Meditation Street Intervention – Johannesburg, South Africa
Art Liberté Group Exhibition, Du Mur de Berlin – Gare de l’Est, Paris, France
The Psychic Power of Animals Street Intervention – New York, USA
PROJECTS:
Dragon Tiger Mountain Mural Project – Nanachang, China
Pow Wow Taiwan – Taipei, Taiwan
Ono’u Mural Project – Tahiti
Festival Mural – Montreal, Canada
Murals for Oceans Expedition Mural Project – Cozumel, Mexico
2014
EXHIBITIONS:
Aqua Regalia Solo Exhibition – London, UK
Berlin Wall 25th Anniversary Group Show – Paris, France
Library Street Collective Group Show – Basel, Miami, USA
Redux Group Show – Inoperable Gallery, Vienna, Austria
PROJECTS:
A Study of Warrick Triangle at Rush Hour – Large Scale Freeway Overpass Commission, City of Durban, South Africa
Artscape Mural Project – Malmo, Sweden
5 Sector Mural Project – Glasgow, Scotland
Djerbahood – Djerba, Tunisia
Forest for the Trees Mural Project – Portland, USA
Rencontres Australes d’Imaitsoanala – Antananaraivo, Madagascar
Outdoor Urban Art Festival – Rome, Italy
The Art of Collaboration Wynwood Walls, Basel – Miami, USA
Artesano Mural Project – Rio San Juan, Dominican Republic
2013
EXHIBITIONS:
Women on the Walls Group Exhibition, Jeffrey Deitch and Wynwood Walls – Miami, USA
Wooster Collective 10 Year Anniversary Show, Jonathan Levine Gallery – New York, USA
XII. Into the Dark Group Exhibition – Unit44, The Victoria Tunnel, Newcastle, UK
Brotkunsthalle Group Show – Vienna, Austria
Beyond Eden Group Exhibition – Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Anniversary Group Show – White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA
PROJECTS:
Memorie Urbane Mural Project – Gaeta, Italy
Sculptura Viva International Symposium – San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Nuart Mural Project – Stavanger, Norway
MAUS Mural Project – Malaga, Spain
Avant-Garde Urbano Mural Project – Tudela de Navarra, Spain
Los Muros Hablan Mural Project – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Pow Wow Mural Project – Hawaii
2012
EXHIBITIONS:
Fragments of a Burnt History Solo Exhibition – David Krut Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Antenna Garden Dal & Faith47 exhibition – Rtist Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
International Women, Warrington Museum Group Exhibition – London, UK
Group Show, Kulturhuset – Stockholm, Sweden
PROJECTS:
Mural Project – Tel Aviv, Israel
Aarhus International Mural Project – Aarhus, Denmark
Mural Project – Sion, Switzerland
Mural Project – Melun, France
Wall Therapy Mural Project – Rochester, New York, USA
Wynood Walls – Miami, USA
2011
EXHIBITIONS:
Urban Painting Group Show – Milan, Italy
Group Exhibition – Wuppertal Museum, Germany
Group Exhibition – Warrington Museum, London, UK
Gossip Well Told Group Show – Blackall Studio, London, UK
Les murs litinerrance Group Show – Paris, France
PROJECTS:
Urban Mural Project – Greece
City Leaks Mural Project – Cologne, Germany
Inner Walls Mural Project – Milan, Italy
Batelier Mural Project – Slovakia
2010
EXHIBITIONS:
Moniker Art Fair – London, UK
Design For Humanity Group Exhibition – Thinkspace, Los Angeles, USA
For Those Who Live In It Group Exhibition – Mu Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Le Salon Du Cercle De La Culture Group Show – Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Stroke03 Art Fair – Berlin, Germany
Escape Art Fair – Vienna, Austria
Biennial – Sao Paulo, Brazil
Focus10 Art Fair – Switzerland
Urbanus International Mural Project – China
Muao Mural Project – A Coruna, Spain
2009
EXHIBITIONS:
The Generations Group Show – The Showroom Gallery, New York, USA
Epitaph Solo Show – Mrego, Brussels, Belgium
Four Group Show – 34 Long Fine Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Artotale International Mural Project – Lueneberg, Germany
2008
EXHIBITIONS:
The Restless Debt Of Third World Beauty Solo Show – Atm Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1st Internationale Graffiti Bienale – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Anything Could Happen Group Exhibition – Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2007
EXHIBITIONS:
Be Girl Be Mural Project – Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, USA
Pick Of The Harvest Group Exhibition – Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2006
EXHIBITIONS:
Lines Of Attitude Group Exhibition and Mural Project – South Africa And Kenya
2005
EXHIBITIONS:
Subglob Group Exhibition – Orebro, Sweden
Go Gallery Group Exhibition – AmsterdamWebsite
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