BENJAMIN COUTOUVIDIS
Benjamin Coutouvidis studied Fine Arts at Rhodes University , graduating in 1993 with a distinction in Fine Art Practical (Sculpture). He registered for a Masters degree in Fine Arts in 1994, and was awarded the Raymond Pullen Scholarship for Painting in 1996.
EXHIBITIONS:
1993: Group exhibition ‘The Savage Garden’ with Ian Nell, Leanette Botha and Alex Murphy – Grahamstown National Arts Festival.
1994: Landscape exhibition with Herman Niebuhr – Grahamstown National Arts Festival.
1995: Three-man-show with Sarah Ballam and Hermann Niebuhr – Grahamstown National Arts festival
1996: Masters Submission Exhibition with Hermann Niebuhr. Grahamstown.
1996: Group show, Primart Gallery, Cape Town
1997: Two man show with Hermann Niebuhr, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg
1998: Group show, Cape Gallery, Church Street , Cape Town
2000: Group show, Penny Dobbie Gallery, Cape Town
2001: ‘ Karoo ‘, two-man show with Hermann Niebuhr, Albertyn Stables Art Gallery, Cape Town
2001: ‘Things’, group exhibition with Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2001: ‘Journeys’, group exhibition with Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2002: ‘Inside/outside’, group exhibition with Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
COLLECTIONS:
ABSA Bank
Rhodes University Collection
Collection of the Institute of English Education in SA, Rhodes University
Barclays International
General Cologne
Webber Wentzel Bowens
Gerling Insurance
Ben Coutouvidis – Boland Evening – Oil on Canvas, 650 x 520mm, R16 000
Boland Evening
Ben Coutouvidis, Church, Prince Albert, unframed oil on canvas, 600mm x 485mm, R16 000
Church, Prince Albert
Ben Coutouvidis, East, Prince Albert,unframed oil on canvas, 600mm x 485mm, R16 000
East, Prince Albert
Ben Coutouvidis, Church and Church Hall, Prince Albert, unframed oil on canvas, 600mm x 485mm, R16 000
Church and Church Hall, Prince Albert
Ben Coutouvidis – Johannesburg – Oil on Canvas, 600 x 750mm, R18 900
Johannesburg – Oil on Canvas
Water Trough, oil on canvas, 650 x 520mm, framed, R19 700 Ben Coutouvidis
Water Trough
Ben Coutouvidis, Abandoned House, unframed oil on canvas, 600mm x 485mm, R16 000
Abandoned House
Ben Coutouvidis, Petrol Station, Southern Namibia, unframed oil on canvas, 600mm x 485mm, R16 000
Petrol Station, Southern Namibia
Ben Coutouvidis, Zionist, Ponte City, unframed oil on cardboard, 390mm x 375mm, R5000
Zionist, Ponte City
Ben Coutouvidis, Windhond, Richmond, unframed oil on cardboard,
Windhond, Richmond
Ben Coutouvidis, Johannesburg City View, unframed oil on cardboard, 295mm x 230mm, R2500
Johannesburg City View
SOLD Kids at the Orange River – Oil on Canvas – 700×560 – R14200
SOLD: Kids at the Orange River