Candice Breitz

Candice Breitz (born 1972) is a South African artist who works primarily in video and photography. She won a 2007 Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize. Her work is often characterised by multi-channel moving image installations, with a focus on the "attention economy" of contemporary media and culture, often represented in the parallelism of the identification with fictional characters and celebrity figures (such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bob Marley, Clint Eastwood, Sharon Stone, John Lennon, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep) and widespread indifference to global issues. In 2017, she was selected to represent South Africa at the 57th Venice Biennale.

Early life and education Breitz was born in Johannesburg in a Jewish family.

Work Breitz uses found video footage, appropriating video from popular culture. She is represented by KOW (Berlin), Kaufmann Repetto (Milan / NYC) and the Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg / Cape Town / London).

Created as part of Performa Commissions for the Performa Biennial, New York City (2009) is her first live performance. Exploring themes of identity and inclusion, this evening length play follows the formula of a television sitcom. New York City involves four sets of identical twins in two separate but identical productions.

Breitz was featured as one of the inaugural artists at Fotografiska Berlin in 2023, presenting her exhibition Whiteface.

Academic career Breitz has been a tenured professor at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2007. Kunsthaus Bregenz, "Candice Breitz: The Scripted Life", Bregenz, 2010 Iziko South African National Gallery and Standard Bank Gallery, "Candice Breitz: Extra!", Johannesburg, 2012 Australian Centre for the Moving Image, "Candice Breitz: The Character", Melbourne, 2013 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, "Candice Breitz: Ponderosa", Stuttgart, 2016 Museum of Fine Arts, Candice Breitz: Love Story, Boston, 2018 Fotografiska Berlin, "Whiteface", Berlin, 2023