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Artist's Curriculum Vitae Exhibition

personal information exhibitions & awards
Thato Radebe was born in Boksburg, East Rand in 1989. He obtained all 3 of his post Samsung Inspire Design Awards (2014)―Winner of the 2014 Samsung Inspire
graduate degrees from the University of Johannesburg, the last being his MA degree in Design Awards (Jewellery Category). Hallmarking UJ Jewellery: An emerging brand
2020. In June 2012 he worked in the Jewellery Design Department at DUT where he was (2014)―I was part of the 2014 UJ Jewellery Design group exhibition where the UJ
the 1st year coordinator. He taught a variety of modules including design, techniques, and Jewellery Alumni came together in an exhibition to showcase their best work. Woven
CAD. In 2014 he got a position as a lecturer in the Jewellery Design Department at UJ through time: 2011—2017 (2017)―A solo exhibition where I was reflecting on my
where his responsibilities were similar to those he held at DUT. In 2016 he spent 6 months journey as a jewellery design professional through an experimental body of work that
in Cape Town working for The Foschini Group (TFG) as a merchant buyer for Sterns and spoke to my art-craft-design paradigms of indigenous weaving. ASAP to 4IR exhibition
American Swiss’ diamond division. Upon his return to UJ in June 2016, he was appointed (2019). SAJW - A.S.A.P to 4IR (2019)―I was part of the ASAP to 4IR group exhibition
on a full time basis as a lecturer position which he has held to this day. organised by a company I co-founded called South African Jewellery Week. ASAP to 4IR
was an exhibition where contemporary jewellers from around South Africa were given an
artist’s biography opportunity to showcase their work alongside one another. SAJW x NYCJW (2020)―I
Thato Radebe is a Johannesburg based jewellery designer / lecturer working at the was part of the organising committee for a collaboration between SAJW and NYCJW
University of Johannesburg. He obtained his National Diploma in jewellery Design in 2010 where we compiled a virtual exhibition showcasing South African jewellery talent on an
and then his BTech degree in jewellery design in 2011 from the University of Johannesburg. international platform. The work on display was the jewellers' current ranges and they were
From 2012 to 2014 he worked as a jewellery design lecturer at The Durban University of encouraged to make expressive ramp pieces to show their talent.
Technology. He returned to The University of Johannesburg in 2014 where he spent 2
years lecturing. In 2015 he obtained his BA honours degree in design from The University acknowledgements
of Johannesburg with Cum Laude. In 2016 he spent 6 months as a merchant buyer for photography — Thato Radebe curating — Eugene Hön
Sterns and American Swiss in Cape Town. In 2020 he obtained his master’s degree in A special word of thanks to the University of Johannesburg Research Committee
design where the focus of his study was on multimodal jewellery. (URC) and Faculty Research Committee (FRC) for their financial support.

thato radebe designer (jewellery) and academic 0728104958 — thator@uj.ac.za
w: https://www.thatoradebejejewellery.co.za i: @thatoradebe_trj t: @thatoradebe_trj

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