Exhibitions

Recent Highlight: 
A Taste of Salt (2023)
Simchowitz Gallery, DTLA

Simchowitz Gallery is proud to announce A Taste of Salt, the first solo exhibition of the South African artist Nicola Roos in Los Angeles. Roos is best known for her life-sized figurative sculptures drawn from little-known, but important historical figures. 

Many stand over 6-feet-tall and are adorned with the armor, warrior masks and katanas (swords) of the Samurai. That gives them an air of extraordinary power and menace, which, despite being rooted in history, can often feel more haunted or phantom-like.

Read more about the exhibition in the press release.

Solo Exhibitions

2023: A Taste of Salt, Simchowitz Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2020: Kurobōzu/Dark Stranger, Ever Gold [Projects], San Fransisco, USA

Group Exhibitions

2024: ComicCon Cape Town, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

2024: ComicCon Africa, NASREC Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

2024: SculptX Sculpture Fair, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2024: Take A Stand, The Viewing Room Gallery at St. Lorient, Johannesburg, South Africa

2023: AGOA (Africa Growth and Opportunity Act) Expo, NASREC Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

2023: Sculptx Sculpture Fair, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2023: OpenStudios Riebeek Valley, Die Kunshuis ('The Art House') via RK Contemporary, Riebeek-Kasteel, South Africa

2022: Moon Art Fair, Westin Hotel, Hamburg, Germany

2022: SculptX Sculpture Fair, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2021: SculptX Sculpture Fair, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2021: Hermanus Fynarts Festival, Rossouw Modern Gallery, Hermanus, South Africa

2021: Paradise Lost, Rossouw Modern Gallery, Hermanus, South Africa

2020: Abantu - The People, Dyman Gallery (formerly Absolut Art Gallery), Stellenbosch, South Africa

2018: Defying the Narrative: Contemporary Art from West and Southern Africa,, Ever Gold [Projects], San Fransisco, USA

2018: Letterlik / Literally, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa

2018: Right at the Equator, Depart Foundation, Malibu Village, California, USA

2017: Recent Acquisitions, UNISA Art Gallery, UNISA Main Campus (Kgorong Building), Tshwane, South Africa

2017: Black and White, Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa

2017: Turbine Art Fair, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa

2017: Michaelis Graduate Exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

2017: Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town International Convention Center, South Africa

2016: Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town International Convention Center, South Africa

2016: On Photography, Painting and Sculpture, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa

2015: Form and Substance, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa