Kendell Geers is an artist, performance artist, musician and film-maker. Geers was born in Johannesburg in 1968.

In 1988 Kendell Geers was one of 143 young men who publicly refused to serve in the South African Defence Force and faced either a life in exile or 6 years imprisonment in a civilian jail. Geers worked as the curator and art consult for Gencor, the collection focused on artists and works of art that were central to the Anti-Apartheid Movement spirit.

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