1981: Gallery 21 (Haenggi Foundation National Art Competition). 1983: Milner Park, Johannesburg (SA contempoprary art). Gallery 21 (two-person exhibition with Nats Mokgosi). 1985: Market Gallery (group). Africana Museum in Progress, Johannesburg (Tributaries). SAAA, Pretoria (Contemporary Urban Black Art). 1986: Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg. FUBA (two-person). Alliance Francaise, Pretoria (Historical Perspective of Black Art in SA). 1987: Market Gallery (group; solo).
Biography record
Richard Mzamane Mabaso

- Updated
- 3 Oct 2019

How we know this
- 01• Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery.
Last updated · 3 Oct 2019
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