// Asha Zero

// Artist Bio

Asha Zero (b. 1975) is a South African artist known for intricately layered trompe l'oeil paintings. Exhibitions include ‘Micro Cluster Picnic', Rooke Gallery (2011) ‘numberrs’ Pertwee, Anderson & Gold, London (2012) and 'errr evvz' SMAC Gallery, Cape Town (2016). The artist’s work has also been included in ‘Dada South?’ South African National Gallery, Cape Town (2009), ‘Paint 1: Contemporary South African Painting 2002 – 2012’, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town (2012), Bonhams Urban Art, Los Angeles (2012) ' Paint Matters ' , Barnard Gallery, Cape Town (2014), ' Rethinking Kakotopia ' University of Johannesburg Art Gallery (2017), ' Stories for Ways and Means ' Waxploitation Records (2017) as well as the Armory Show, New York (2017) and Artissima Fair, Turin , Italy (2017). The artist Lives and works in Cape Town , South Africa

// Solo Exhibitions

2018

" v5cml " ,  SMAC Gallery ,  Stellenbosch , South Africa.

" Set User " ,  SMAC Gallery ,  Johannesburg , South Africa.

2016

" errr_evvz " - SMAC Gallery ,  Cape Town , South Africa.

2015

" Untitled " - SMAC Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa.

2012

" Numberrs " - Pertwee, Anderson & Gold, London, United Kingdom.

2011

" Micro Cluster Picnic " - Rooke Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa.

2008

" Say for Me " - 34 Long Fine Art , Cape Town , South Africa.

2004

" Winner in Hawaii " - OUTLET Project Room , Pretoria , South Africa.

// Select Group Exhibitions

2024

“An Ode To Autumn” group exhibition, 131 A Gallery, Cape Town

2023

“Group Exhibition In The Annex“ 131 A Gallery, Cape Town

Collectors Focus: The Kilbourn Collection” Norval Foundation, Cape Town

“Wagkamer/ Indlu Yokulinda/ Waiting Room” Nel Gallery, Cape Town

“Cape Town Art Fair 2023” Barnard Gallery

2022

" IN RESPONSE : Art of the Space Age " , Jan Rupert Art Centre , Graaff-Reinet

” Group Exhibition In The Annex” 131 A Gallery, Cape Town

" Together : 10 Years of First Thursdays Cape Town " , Association For Visual Arts Gallery ( AVA ) , Cape Town

" Friends of Peter Clarke Art Centre Exhibition " , Peter Clarke Art Centre , Cape Town

"Abstract_ed " , Barnard Gallery , Cape Town

2021

" Summer Salon " , Nel Gallery , Cape Town

" Envy " , Nel Gallery , Cape Town

2020

" Assimilate " , 131 A Gallery , Cape Town

" A Show of Solidarity " SMAC Gallery , Cape Town

2019  

" October Group Show " - 131 A Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa 

" Nano 1.3 " - Barnard Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa

2018

" Wish You Were Here " - SMAC Gallery, Cape Town , South Africa.

" Piece By Piece " - NO END Contemporary Art Space , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" aaa_bstract travelling " - C – Gallery , Milan, Italy.

" Joburg Art Fair - ( SMAC Gallery ) , Sandton Convention Centre , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" Back to the Future III " – Abstract Art in South Africa: Past & Present , SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch , South Africa.

" PROOF " - SMAC Gallery , Stellenbosch , South Africa.

" Cape Town Art Fair " - ( SMAC Gallery ) , International Cape Town Convention Centre (CTICC) , Cape Town, South Africa.

2017

" X: Part III " - SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch , South Africa.

" ARTISSIMA Fair " - (SMAC Gallery) , OVAL Lingotto Fiere , Turin, Italy.

" X: Part II " - SMAC Gallery , Stellenbosch , South Africa.

" Joburg Art Fair " - (SMAC Gallery) , Sandton Convention Centre , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" Stories for Ways and Means " Story Book - Waxploitation Records , Los Angeles , USA.

" The Armory  Show "  - (SMAC Gallery) , Pier 97 , New York City , USA.

" Rethinking – Kakotopia " - University of Johannesburg Faculty of Art and Design (FADA) Gallery , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" Cape Town Art Fair - (SMAC Gallery) , Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town , South Africa.

2016

" Summer Show ’16 " - SMAC Gallery , Stellenbosch , South Africa.

" Joburg Art Fair " - (SMAC Gallery) , Sandton Convention Centre , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" UPSTART / STARTUP " - SMAC Gallery , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" Nano " - Barnard Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa.

" Cape Town Art Fair - (SMAC Gallery) , Cape Town Intenational Convention Centre , Cape Town , South Africa.

2015

" Wavescape Art Board Project Auction " - Tiger’s Milk , Cape Town , South Africa.

" Joburg Art Fair " - ( SMAC Gallery ) , Sandton Convention Centre , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair " - (SMAC Gallery) , Pioneer Works , New York City , USA.

" Cape Town Art Fair " - ( SMAC Gallery ) , The Avenue : V&A Waterfron t, Cape Town , South Africa.

2014

" Saints & Sinners " - Stolen Space Gallery , London, United Kingdom.

" Paint Matters : Recent perspectives in Painting " - Barnard Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa.

" 4 Walls " - 34FineArt, Cape Town, South Africa.

2013

" Dinner Collection " - Barnard Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa.

" Changing Faces : Profiling Portraits in South African Art - Barnard Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa

2012

" Paint 1 : Contemporary South African Painting 2002-2012 " - SMAC Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa.

" Urban Art Auction Preview " - Bonhams , Los Angeles , USA.

" Joburg Art Fair " - Sandton Convention Centre , Johannesburg , South Africa

2011

" Joburg Art Fair " ( Rooke Gallery ) - Sandton Convention Centre , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" Urban Art Show " - Belgrave St Ives Modern and Contemporary Art , Cornwall , United Kingdom

" ADDICTION : A collaboration " – Open Books exhibition - iArt Gallery, Cape Town , South Africa.

" ARTMONACO’1 1 " - Salon d’Art Contemporian , Côte d’Azur , Monaco.

" Retrospective " , Modern Art Projects (MAP) - University of Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) , Johannesburg , South Africa.

" SALON / locale " - Iziko Bertram House , Cape Town , South Africa.

" THEN : NOW " - 34FineArt , Cape Town , South Africa.

2009

" Dada South? Exploring Dada Legacies in South African Art 1960 to Present " - Iziko South African National Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa.

" Decade : Highlights from 10 years of Collecting for the Sanlam Art Collection " - Travelling Exhibition , South Africa

" London Art Fair " ( Black Rat Press ) - London , United Kingdom.

2008

" URBAN ART Auction Preview " - Bonhams , London , United Kingdom

" FOUR " - 34FineArt , Cape Town, South Africa.

" White Noise " - Black Rat Press , London , United Kingdom

" Face 08 " - 34FineArt , Cape Town , South Africa.

" REAL IS ME 08 Art fair " - Amsterdam , Netherlands.

2007

" AWAY : MAP ZAR " - Richmond Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa.

" Twogether " - 34FineArt , Cape Town , South Africa.

2006

" The Collage Show " - WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery , Cape Town , South Africa.

" Beeldspraak " - University of Johannesburg Gallery (UJ), Johannesburg , South Africa.

2004

" Far and Wide " - Absa Art Gallery , Johannesburg , South Africa.

// Collections

The Matthais & Gervanne Leridon Collection

Sanlam Art Collection

Campbell Smith Collection

Kirkland & Ellis Collection, Los Angeles

Kilbourn Collection