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Mr. Leon Krige
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Leon Krige (b. 1962, JHB, South-Africa) studied architecture at the Wits, JHB South-Africa, 1981-86 and Staedelschule Frankfurt, Germany 1987-89. Research areas: Environmental Design as excellence Cities in Transformatio
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Leon Krige (b. 1962, JHB, South-Africa) studied architecture at the Wits, JHB South-Africa, 1981-86 and Staedelschule Frankfurt, Germany 1987-89. Research areas: Environmental Design as excellence Cities in Transformation in electives with shelter prototypes for world cities He teaches architecture at University of JHB, photographing cities at night as research on urban transformation and people from communities in transformation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flfeSdeQ_hA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEIG9NuQKas Velo, Fada & Nirox galleries JHB, 2012, JHB FNB art fair 2013 & 2015, 1-54 Art fair Somerset House London 2015, Courtauld Institute East wing, London, 2015, Cape Town & JHB art fair 2016 / 2017, Agog gallery JHB 2016, University of JHB GSA 2017, Solo Gallery Agog 2018, JHB, ABC architecture museum Haarlem Netherlands 2019, 1st prize PIVOT international urban design photographic competition October 2021, Altered Landscapes, Solo Summa, Nov 2021 Astragallo (Arg)issue 29 Divided Cities, Cover+photo essay+refereed text, Bauhaus Africa, book chapter 2022 Déjà vu, solo exhibition at Fassler Gallery, Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, April 2024 Belfast Stitched, solo exhibition at Belfast Exposed, Ireland June – Sept 2024. UJ Arts Centre “The Centre cannot Hold” solo exhibition September 2024.