Botha has found inspiration for his work in government texts and religious icons, objects that show belief, faith, observation, transgression and forgiveness.[3] Among the mediums he uses are treated wood, books, acrylic enamel paint, oil paint, steel, Indian ink, bronze, paper, and marble.[4]
The artist explains; “My works are a process of distillations...They attempt to reduce all-encompassing ideas and universal factors down to their core idea.” Exploring along the way “intercepting variables” and “patterns”[5]
mémoires du futur - la collection Olbricht - La Maison Rouge, Paris
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2011 - Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Gothenburg
iALPTRAUM! - Blank Projects, Cape Town
New Acquisitions - The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
Alptraum! - Anat Egbi, Los Angeles, CA
¡ALPTRAUM! - Washington D.C., London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Kapstadt - Projektraum Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin
2010
Index 40: Leading Works from the Sanlam Art Collection - Smac Art Gallery, Stellenbosch
PEEKABOO - Current South Africa - Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
Triennale Kleinplastik - Larger Than Life - Stranger Than Fiction - Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach
2009
Self/Not-self - Stevenson, Johannesburg
2008
Disguise: The art of attracting and deflecting attention - Stevenson, Cape Town
2007
* Politische Ikonografie - Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin
* Summer 2007/8 - Stevenson, Cape Town
* Africa Remix - Contemporary art of a continent - Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg
* TRANS CAPE - contemporary African art on the move - Trans Cape Africa, Cape Town
* Afterlife - Stevenson, Cape Town
2006
South African Art Now - Stevenson, Cape Town
Africa Remix - Moderna Museet, Stockholm
What lies beneath - New Art from South Africa - Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Africa Remix - Contemporary Art of a Continent - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
7ème Biennale de l´Art Africain contemporain - Dak'Art Biennale de l’art africain contemporain,Dakar
Personal Affects - Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art - Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Olvida quien soy - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2005
South African art 1848 - now - Stevenson, Cape Town
African Remix - l'art contemporain d'un continent - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
Africa Remix – Contemporary Art of a Continent - Hayward Gallery, London
2004
Personal Affects - Power and Poetics in Contemporary - Museum for African Art, New York City, NY
Afrika Remix - Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents - Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
2003
The Ampersand Foundation - Warren Siebrits Gallery, Johannesburg
Contact Zones - Colonial & Contemporary - Stevenson, Cape Town
