Context (CMS Context)
Artist Biography given by the Kuru Development Trust. 'CG'OSE NTCÕX'O (CGOISE) (born 1950). Cgose was born in Kalkfontein in the Ghanzi district during the 1950s. Like all the Kuru artists she has a deep love and longing for the Kalahari bush where she grew up.

In her work Cg'ose likes to depict the daily work of the San women, like collecting veldfood, or the plants and birds of the Kalahari. All these things as well as her well rounded human figures symbolises for her the bounty of the Kalahari after good rains.

Her paintings are constructed of flat planes, alternated by linear elements. She likes to repeat the same pattern. Her style suits the brightly coloured lino cuts and lithographs she creates.

The peak of her career as an artist came in 1997, when one of her paintings was included in British Airways' new corporate image. The painting was reproduced on the tailfins of eight of their larger planes. Through this her name and the name of her country, Botswana, were carried to all four corners of the world.

In 1999 Cg'ose was selected to join three other artists from Kuru and four American Indian artists in a printmaking workshop at the Tamarind Institute in New Mexico, USA. Together they produced a series of prints around the theme of the trickster. For Cg'ose this was a great experience.

Two of her paintings were also selected to be included in a series of new stamps that was released by the Botswana postal services.' Taken from http://www.kuruart.com/profile.php?Id=3
Event Date 12/2/2014
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (CMS Context)
Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from the Kuru Development Trust, Ghanzi, Botswana, November 2013.
Event Date 12/2/2014
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Lithograph by Cg'ose Ntcox'o (Cgoise), titled 'Women and Tcg'au Veldfood', edition 20/30.
Event Date 12/2/2014
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Crafting Colour: Beads, Pattern and Painting from the Kalahari', Cambridge MAA South Lecture Room, 24 June 2014 - 28 September 2014. Presented by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The display label text read: 'This image celebrates the richness of the Kalahari, including tubers that can be gathered for food and the butterflies that are seen after rain. In 1997, one of Cg'ose’s paintings was selected to decorate the tail fin of a British Airways airplane.'
Event Date 15/9/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
The 2014 exhibition label gives 1994 as the Date Made, this has been added to the field.
Event Date 15/7/2015
Author: Remke van der Velden