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2008
TAM Today Art Museum, Beijing China, Solo exhibition
Espaco Cultural Contemporaneo, Brasilia, Solo exhibition

2007
December - Solo exhibition, Miami
November - Solo exhibition, KEE, Hong Kong
September - "Per square foot", Group exhibition, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York City New York
September - "Highly Charged", Solo exhibition at 34 Long, Cape Town South Africa

2006
October - Dieu Donne Papermill, New York City New York.
October - University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg South Africa. 10 Year retrospective and new work
May - Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town South Africa. Solo exhibition featuring works produced during 2005 at Dieu Donne Papermill in New York City

2005
October - Dieu Donne Papermill, New York City New York. produced paper pulp paintings in the Broome Street studio
February - Erdmann Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town South Africa. Solo exhibition featuring new sculptures and paintings

2004
September - Galerie Plett, Utrecht, Holland, solo exhibition
December - 13th Art Salon at The Bay, Cape Town, South Africa Group exhibition
November - US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa, group exhibition 30 X 30
September - LG Artcool Group exhibition, Bell Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
August - Artiade 2004, ATHENS, Greece, Representing South Africa
May - AVA Cape Town, Group exhibition in aid of the Peninsula School Feeding Association
April - "PlanetPaul", solo exhibition at 49 Greene Street, SoHo, New York City, New York. Curated by K"AN JEFF BAYSA

2003
December - 12th Art Salon at The Bay, Cape Town, South Africa Group exhibition
November - African Experience Group exhibition, President's Cup Fancourt George, RSA
August - Bell Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery/METTLE Exhibition, Johannesburg Group exhibition
March - Photo Vision Exhibition, Cape Town Festival, Cape Town

2002
December - 11th Art Salon at The Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, New Beginnings.
October - Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. Solo exhibition.
Toronto International Art Fair

2001
December - Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence Italy Medal Award 10th Art Salon at The Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.
November - Holland Art Fair, Netherlands Congress Centre, The Hague, Holland. September Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town Sold out solo exhibition featuring paintings and sculptures. Galerie Plett, Zeist, Holland. Solo exhibition featuring paintings and sculptures.
August - Johannesburg Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa Nomination for the South Africa DaimlerChrysler Sculpture Award 2002. January, February - Touring Exhibition -- Oxford Brookes University, UK February - The Foundry, Ebenezer Road, Green Point, Cape Town. "Heart Felt" exhibition

2000
December - Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa Allsorts exhibition 9th Art Salon at The Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. September - December - Galerie Plett, Zeist Holland, Group exhibition July - September - Edinburgh City Art Gallery, Scotland June / July - Art Museum Potchefstroom, South Africa. April / May - PaKua Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Solo exhibition of new works including paintings, sculpture and video installation. March - Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston U.K. '70 over 2000' Exhibition, The Road to Meikle Seggie symbolises the many expeditions Richard Demarco has made, searching for points of cultural and spiritual contact between the Mediterranean and Celtic worlds of his Italian and Irish forbears. The Stanley Picker Gallery's exhibition addresses historical and cultural developments in Europe as represented by Professor Demarco's prolific career as Director of the Traverse Theatre Gallery, The Richard Demarco Gallery and the Demarco European Art Foundation. The exhibition celebrates Richard Demarco's work as a Picker Fellow and his 7 years as Professor of European Cultural Studies at Kingston University, and celebrates his 70th birthday in the year 2000.

1999
December - 8th Art Salon at the Bay, Cape Town. Art for the New Century. December 1999 - January 2000 - A3 Gallery Moscow, Russia Short Film Video Installation - ORIGINS OF MODERN HUMAN: CHANNEL SURFING November - Liberman Room, South African National Gallery, Cape Town Short Film Video Installation - ORIGINS OF MODERN HUMAN: CHANNEL SURFING September - Gallery 88, Sasolburg. The Responsive Eye. 1st Edinburgh Internet Festival, Celtica Gallery, Edinburgh Scotland July - Millennium Gallery, Pretoria. Solo Exhibition - Freehand April - Giraffe House Exhibition, Centurion Estate, Gauteng - Solo Exhibition. The Planets Align.Paul's work virtually sells out, including corporate purchases by IBM and Vodacom. March - Windsor & Newton Millennium Exhibition, Sandton nominated as a finalist in this worldwide exhibition.

1998
December - 7th Art Salon at the Bay, Cape Town Opened by National Gallery Director, Marilyn Martin, the show included works by artists like William Kentridge. October - Bang the Gallery, Cape Town. Solo Exhibition, Future Fantastic. Paul introduces a whole new body of work, including Bronze Sculptures for the first time. May - PARIS FRANCE "Visitors from PlanetPaul", Paul's first major solo exhibition opposite the Picasso Museum was an enormous success with a fair percentage of work selling out before the show! Bang the Gallery, Cape Town "Naked Man Exhibition" Two of Paul's works sold before the show, provoking an unprecedented response from the local media, including talk radio, national magazines and local newspapers. Marks and Spencer Show, London 5 of Paul's works were included in this prestigious exhibition. March - CNN International Art Club. Paul and his art featured prominently in this week-long series devoted to South Africa. Gallery 88, Sasolburg "Art from the Cape". City Hall, Augsberg, Germany "Art Beyond Borders", Paul's work was featured in this extremely successful and prestigious exhibition that put the cream of South Africa's artistic talent on the front pages of Augsburg's newspapers. February - South African Virtual Gallery. Sellout Solo Exhibition

1997
Groot Constantia Art Gallery, Cape Town Including artists like Peter Clarke

1994
Association of Arts, Bellville Cape Town Awarded FIRST PRIZE for BEST ARTIST WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING

31 October 1965
Paul du Toit is born in Johannesburg - South Africa

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