Tyrone Appollis

• Name — Tyrone Appollis • Born — 1957 • Birthplace — Cape Town, Union of South Africa • Occupation — Artist, Poet Tyrone Appollis is a South African artist and poet.

He studied art at the Community Arts Project under Cecil Skotnes between 1982 and 1987. He was active in the formation of the Mitchells Plain Art Group in 1988. He has held numerous local and international art exhibitions, and in 2008 released his first volume of poetry.

1994: Large mural for the University of the Western Cape 1997: Commissioned by the city to do “Freedom of the City” painting of Bishop Tutu. 1999: Spent year teaching and motivating disadvantaged children music and painting in the Cape Flats. Book jacket cover for renowned poet James Matthews “The Party is Over” 2000: Built a monument for the “Trojan Horse” commemorating the death of children killed in apartheid era.

1982: Rocklands Library, Mitchells Plain, Cape. 1988: Solo exhibition, South African Association of Arts, Cape Town Luxurama Theatre, Wynberg, Cape (Artists Against Apartheid)University of the Western Cape, mural. 1989: British Council Offices, Johannesburg Rahmen Galerie, Langei, Germany (with Peter Clarke and Ishmael Thyssen) 1990: Solo exhibition, South African Association of Arts, Worcester, Cape The Conservatoire of Music, Windhoek (Namibian Independence Exhibition) 1991: South African Triennial 1992: Solo Exhibition, Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg, Cape 1993: Solo Exhibition, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg Salon Biennial, Grand Palais, Paris, France 1997: Solo exhibition South African Association of Arts, Cape Town

• Contrast Magazine – 1985/1986 • Emergency by Richard Rive • Ten Years of Staffrider, 1988 • A Walk in the Night and Stone Country by Alex La Guma • The Struggle for District Six – Hands Off District Six Committee • William Zungu by Ari Sitas

Public collections: Iziko South African National Gallery, University of Cape Town, University of Western Cape; Western Cape Provincial Government; Durban Art Gallery; Pretoria Art Museum; South Africa House, London; Department of Education, South Africa; Groote Schuur Hospital; Constitutional Court of South Africa; SASOL and SANLAM. Private collections: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Judge Albie Sachs, former President Nelson Mandela and former President Thabo Mbeki.