Andrew Kayser (b. 1975, South Africa) is a contemporary artist living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa. He graduated from the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Royal Academy of Art), Den Haag, Netherlands in 2001 and went on to participate in several exhibitions in and around the Netherlands before returning to South Africa in 2005.

After a lengthy struggle with alcoholism, Kayser regained sobriety, resuming his professional practice of art in 2014. He has since held 5 solo exhibitions: Fragments of Longer Stories (Graham Contemporary, 2023) Not Enough Time to Do Nothing (THK Gallery, 2021) A Moderate Bliss (THK Gallery, 2019) Christ Haus!! (Kalashnikovv Gallery, 2019) and At Home After Dark (Kalashnikovv Gallery, 2017).

He has participated in numerous group exhibitions – most recently Collide (The Featherstone Center for the Arts, Massachusetts, USA) – and his work has been shown at a number of international art fairs including Enter Art Fair (Copenhagen), Cologne Fine Art & Design, AKAA (Also Known As Africa) Art & Design Fair (Paris), 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (London) and Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair.

2023

Fragments of Longer Stories, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, SA

A Line Around Your Thoughts, with Rhett Martyn, Gallery 2, Johannesburg, SA

Optimal Vibration, Group Exhibition, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg

Sunny Side Up, Group exhibition, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa

2022

Summer Salon Group Exhibition, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa

New Day, Group exhibition, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa

2021

Not Enough Time to do Nothing, THK Gallery, Cape Town

Transform Group Show, THK Gallery, Cologne

2020

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, THK Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Cubicle Series January 2020, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 

2019

Cologne Fine Art & Design, THK Gallery, Cologne, Germany 

Also Known as Africa (AKAA) Art & Design Fair, THK Gallery, Paris, France

FNB Joburg Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, THK Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

A Moderate Bliss solo exhibition, THK Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Christ Haus!!, solo exhibition, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Studio Show with Jake Michael Singer at August House, Johannesburg, South Africa

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2018

Turbine Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dark Dogs and Candyfloss, duo exhibition with Manuela Karin Knaut, Graham’s Fine Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

The Cat Show, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, South Africa

Kalashnikovvgallery 3.0, group exhibition, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Memento Mori, group exhibition, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

A Contemporary Showcase, Graham’s Fine Art Gallery in collaboration with Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2017

The Invisible Exhibition, Centre for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg, South Africa

Super Salon II, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Magiciens d’Afrique, group exhibition at ODA Fine Art Gallery, Franschhoek, South Africa

FNB Joburg Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

At Home After Dark, solo exhibition, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Another Antipodes / Urban Axis, group exhibition, Perth, Australia

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Untitled Berlin, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2016

Super Salon, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

The Scramble for Africa, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Berliner Liste Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Berlin, Germany

FNB Joburg Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Turbine Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

#ULTRACONTEMPORARY #EMERGENCYART #AFRICA, group exhibition, Museum of African Design, Johannesburg, South Africa

From Whence They Came, a collaborative group exhibition with Smith Gallery and Kalashnikovv Gallery, Smith Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 

No lack of Void / The Gulag Rim, duo exhibition with Jason Bronkhorst, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

August House, group exhibition, Hazard Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2015

Cross-Sections, group exhibition, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Transitions, group exhibition, Old Transvaal Post Office, Johannesburg, South Africa

FNB Joburg Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Turbine Art Fair, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Young Collectors, group exhibition, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa