Samson Kambalu: CV
Email: kambalu@hotmail.com Website: www.holyballism.com

Education and Qualifications
Jan 2002 to Dec 2003 Nottingham Trent University
MA (Fine Art) (Distinction)
Sep 1995 to June 1999 University of Malawi
BA (Fine Art and Ethnomusicology) (Distinction)
Sep 1989 to June 1995 Kamuzu Academy, Malawi

Exhibitions
Solo
November 2009 Holyball Exercises and Exorcisms, Mellons Garden, London
October 2009 Holyball Exercises and Exorcisms, Nextex, St Gallen Switzerland
July 2009 Roseanne, Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
July 2008 The Jive Talker, (book launch and installation), INIVA, London
July 2008 Untitled, Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
May – July 2005 Black My Story, Nottingham Castle and Art Gallery, UK
November 2004 Holyball Exercises and Exorcisms, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK
October 2004 Holyballism, Art Exchange Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Feb to May 2001 The Gideons’ Room, Winston Hotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
December 2000 Exercise IV, Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
August 2000 Holy Ball Exercises and Exorcisms, Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi

Group
November 2009 Tokyo International Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan
July 2009 - 2010 Dialogue Among Nations, Art for Humanity, South Africa
October 2008 Art Osaka, Osaka, Japan
October 2008 The Mausoleum of Lost Objects, INIVA, London
October 2008 Plum Live, Whitechapel Gallery, London
July 2008 Next We Change Earth, The New Art Exchange Gallery, Nottingham
October 2006 Hinterland, Nottingham
June 2006 Ballkünstler (Part of FIFA World Cup 2006) Museum der Bildenden Kunste Leipzig, Germany
June 2006 The Beautiful Game, Brooklyn Institute of Contemporary Arts, USA
November 2004 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2004, The Barbican, London, UK
September 2004 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2004, Liverpool Biennial, UK
Jan – Feb 2004 One Step Beyond, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, UK
November 2003 Nottingham Open, Nottingham Castle Museum, UK
April 2003 Guess Who, Stedelijk Museum, Zwolle, The Netherlands
April-July 2003 Black My Story, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands. (Artists included Jimmie Durham, Remy Jungeman, Shirana Shahbazi and Chikako Watanabe.)
October 2000 Playing God, Exedra, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Awards
2010 Society of Authors Writing Grant, London
2006 The Fritschy Award Nominee, The Netherlands
2005 – 2010 ACME, The Fire Station Residency
2004 Decibel Visual Arts Award (Arts Council)
2004 The Arts Council Exhibition Grant (Holyballism, The Art Exchange Gallery, Nottingham)
2004 Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2000 The Thami Mnyele Artist Residency, Amsterdam

Publications
Authored by the Artist
August 2009 Action Bitte- Malawians at Leisure (magazine article) by Samson Kambalu, Kalturaustausch, Germany
July 2008 Jive Talker ( autobiographical novel) by Samson Kambalu (Random House UK, Simon and Schuster USA, Unionsverlag Germany)

Other Publications
December 2009 Artsadmin 30th Anniversary, Artsadmin, London
September 2008 Next We Change Earth, The New Art Exchange Gallery, Nottingham
June 2006 Ballkünstler, Museum der Bildenden Kunste Leipzig
October 2004 Museum de Paviljoens: Journal of a Building 1992-2004, the Museum de Paviljoens
August 2003 Black My Story, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands.
December 2003 Exedra, Phillip Van De Bossche

Book Festivals
April 2010 Literarischer Salon, Leibniz University , Hannover, Germany.
April 2010 Rauriser Literaturtage., Rauris, Austria
August 2009 Edinburgh International Book Festival (With Zena El Khalil), hosted by Peter Guttridge

TV and Radio Appearances
September 2008 BBC Radio Nottingham (Opening of New Art Exchange Gallery)
August 2008 Midweek (With Hardeep Singh Kohli)
August 2008 BBC London ( With Robert Elms)
July 2008 BBC World Service (With George Arney)
January 2004 BBC Radio Derby Interview
June 2005 BBC Radio Nottingham

Press
March 2009 Mister Motley, Demonen Wegtrappen!, (magazine article) by Daphne Pappers, The Netherlands
December 2009 Wasi, Reacreating the Portrait of the Young Artist, review by Steve Chimombo, Malawi
July 2008 - ongoing Reviews of The Jive Talker (Random House, Simon and Schuster) Reviews, in UK and USA include The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian, Bookforum and TimeOut New York
May 2005 Metro Review
December 2004 a-n Magazine, Samson Kambalu: Holyballism, review by Michael Forbes
December 2004 The Lincolnshire Echo, Forget Goldenballs, it’s Holyballs for Sam (article), plus a number of letters.
November 2004 The Guardian, Picture Perfect: New British Talent by Adrian Searle
October 2004 Telegraph, Strangeness and Charm by Richard Dorment
October 2004 Channel 5, Liverpool Biennale 2004 review with Tim Marlow
October 2004 The Independent, Feeling Queasy on the Mersey Side, by Thomas Sutcliffe
October 2004 BBC 2 Newsnight with Thomas Sutcliffe
December 2003 Deterritorialism, Art Monthly, Eddie Chambers
August 2003 Black My Story, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands.
Artists included Jimmie Durham, Remy Jungeman, Shirana Shahbazi and Chikako Watanabe
April 2003 NRC Handelsblad, Door Cornel Bierens, The Netherlands
2003 Nederlands Instituut voor Zuielijk Afrika, The Netherlands
May 2002 WASI, Steve Chimombo Malawi
August 2001 Kunstblad magazine, Claudine Hellweg, The Netherlands
January 2001 Nederlands Instituut voor Zuielijk Afrika, The Netherlands
Winter 2000 WASI, Malawi