1975 to present

Freelance photojournalist: photographs for feature articles on travel, food, industry, architecture, lifestyles, personalities and general interest subjects for major magazines.
USA: Town and Country, Food and Wine, Architectural Digest, Geo, Newsweek, Life, National Geographic, U.S. News and World Report, World and I, Smithsonian, Connoisseur, House & Garden.
EUROPE: Panorama Mese, Amica, Vogue Italia, L`Espresso, Epoca, Airone, Abitare, Scienza e Vita, Il Venerdì, Elle, Marie Claire, Class, New Look, Paerance, Vouge Decoration, Stern, Pan Merian, Swissair, Air France, Air Afrique, Hérmes.

1979-1984
Overseas correspondent and photographer for Attenzione, an Italian- American magazine, while based in Italy.

1972-1975
Freelance designer, Italy.
Graphic and package design, illustration and commercial photography for industries and advertising agencies.

1972-1982
Part-time assistant, Obelisco Gallery, Rome, Italy.

BOOK PUBLICATIONS

1981
Cape Dutch Homesteads, photographs by David Goldblatt and Margaret Courtney-Clarke. Struik, South Africa, 1981.

1986
Ndebele: The Art of an African Tribe, photographs and text by Margaret Courtney-Clarke foreword by David Goldblatt. Rizzoli International, New York, 1986.

1990
African Canvas: The Art of West African Women, photographs and text by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, foreword by Maya Angelou. Rizzoli International, New York, 1990.

1994
My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me, text by Maya Angelou, photographs by M. Courtney-Clarke. Clarkson Potter, New York, 1994.

1996
Imazighen: The Vanishing traditions of the Berber Women, photographs and text by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, essay by Geraldine Brooks. Clarkson Potter, New York, 1996.

Kofi and His Magic, text by Maya Angelou, photographs by M. Courtney-Clarke. Clarkson Potter, New York,1996.

1997
Places in the Sand, photographs and text by Margaret Courtney-Clarke. Monacelli Press, New York, 1997.

1999
The Poetry of Living: Maya Angelou in words and photographs.
Clarkson Potter, NY.

FILM DOCUMENTARIES

1990
Black Penelope: an award winning short film by Philipe Dorison using images from the book NDEBELE, Paris.

British Broadcasting Corporation, Open University Women’s Programme: Feature documentary filmed on location in KwaNdebele, S. A. Producer: Meg Sheffield. Consultant: M. Courtney-Clarke.

1991
NHT TV, Tokyo Japan, half-hour video documentary filmed on location featuring the Ndebele.

1992
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Arts & Entertainment: half-hour interview focusing on the books NDEBELE and AFRICAN CANVAS.

1993
CANAL PLUS (Spain): half-hour interview on location in Italy.

AWARDS

1986
Gold Award from PHOTO DESIGN for “Ndebele”.

1987
Silver Award from the Art Directors Club 66th Annual exhibition for “Ndebele”.

1993
Nomination for César best short film “Black Penelope”, France.

1994
Best Book Award by Oppenheim Toy Portfolio for “ My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me”.

The Year’s 10 Best Books for distinguished achievement in Children’s Literature by Parenting for “My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me”.

New York Public Library’s children’s book award for “My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me”

2nd in “Entertainment weekly’s award for “10 best of the year”.

1997 1997
Children’s Book of Distinction award from Hungry Mind Review for Kofi and His Magic.

2002
Bronze award from KODAK, Germany for “Colors of Africa”, 2002 Calendar.

ONE-ARTIST EXIBITIONS

1986
Ndebele, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harward University, Boston, MA.

Ndebele, International Center for Photography Book Store, New York, NY.

Ndebele, Overseas Press Club, New York, NY.

1990
African Canvas, Witkin Gallery, New York, NY:

African Canvas, Il Diaframma, Milan, Italy. Exhibition and presentation of the book by Lanfranco Colombo.

African Canvas, Libreria Agora Torino, Italy. Exhibition and presentation of the book.

African Canvas, Galleria Il Filo di Arianna, Bergamo, Italy. Exhibition and presentation of the book.

1991
Images of Africa Festival, Copenhagen International Theatre, Arhus, Odense and Copenhagen, Denmark.

African Canvas, Festa delle Donne, Rimini, Italy.

African Canvas, Festa Nazionale de L’Unità, Bologna, Italy.

Ndebele, Photographs and Artifacts, MCC’s personal collection. In the Room Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

1992
CIVILTA’: Femminile plurale, African Canvas, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy

African Canvas, Sala degli Archi, Ceccano, Italy. (Curated by Assessore alla Cultura).

Ndebele, Saibu Gallery, Tokorozawa, Japan.

1993
Ndebele, La Libertà Dipinta dalle Donne, “Antichi Chiostri”, Torini, Italy. (Curated by Produrre e Riprodurre).

Die Farben Afrikas, Seidlvilla, Munich, Exhibition and presentation by the mayor of the city.

1994
Ndebele, La Libertà Dipinta dalle Donne, Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Italy. (Curated by Comitato internazionale 8 Marzo).

1995
Ndebele and African Canvas, Helferei Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland.

1996-1998
Ndebele and African Canvas, an itinerant exhibition in 8 museums throughout Germany. (Cureted by Institut für Kulturanstausch, Tübingen.).

1996
Die Berebr Frauen, ExHibition and presentation of 3rd volume on women in Africa, Africa House, Münich, Germany.

Imazighen, Exhibition and booksigning at Witkin Gallery, N.Y.

Kofi and His Magic, book presentation at Witkin Gallery, N.Y.

1997
Imazighen, Exhibition, Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, N.Y.

Places in the Sand, Exhibition, and book signing at Witkin Gallery, N.Y.

2000
African Canvas / Ndebele, Framed by Oshiwa, Omba Gallery, Windhoek, Namibia.

2001
The Art of African Women / The Ndebele Foundation, Palazzo Comunale, Vitorchiano, Italy.

2002-2003
THEARTOFAFRICANWOMEN, Empowering Traditions, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York. Curated by Deborah Mack.

2004
Black History Month, THEARTOFAFRICANWOMEN, National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. U.S.A.

2004-2005
THE ARTOFAFRICANWOMEN, Empowering Traditions: New York State Museum, Albany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1998
Fotografi e fotografie, Galleria d’Arte, Lastasia, Rome, Italy.

1978
Fotoreporter Donna, Il Laboratorio d’If, Palermo, Italy.

1987
Chairs, Witkin Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1988
Le Città del Mondo ed il futuro delle metropoli, XVII Triennale di Milano. Audiovisual show of photographs from NDEBELE to illustrate “Architets of tomorrow’s cities” organized by the UN’s development Programme.

1990
Artists Against Aparthaid, Taos, NM. A music, visual arts and poetry festival co-sponsored by the UN Center Against Apartheid.

Apropos Aprons, Photographs of Ndebele Aprons, The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of the Art New York, NY.

Beadwork, Ndebele Phots and Artifacts, Department of Arts of Africa, the Americas and Oceania, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD.

1991
amaNDEBELE, Farbsignale Aus Sudafrica, Berlin, Germany.

African Canvas, Atelier Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal.

Tableaux d’Afrique, Le Centre Culturel Francais de Dakar, Galerie 39, Dakar, Senegal. (Presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the British Council).

ORISIRISI, All Different Kinds, Ndebele and West African Images, The Children’s Museum, Seattle, Washington, in celebration of 10th anniversary, (June 1, 1991-Feb.1992).

Encountering the Others, African Canvas, University of Kassel, Germany.

1993
I Biennale Donna Arte: Ndebele, Sala Amministrazione Provinciale, (Cureted by Assessore alla Cultura), Frosinone, Italy.

Mostra dell’artigianato. Tradizionale delle Donne Ndebele, S.A. Embassy, Rome, Italy.

Pottery and architecture in West Africa, PYYNIKINLINNA, Finland.

1994
Pottery and architecture in West Africa, Museum of Architecture, Helsinki, Finland.

Der fliegende Koffer-eine Reise nach Ghana, the Museumspadagogischer Dienst, Berlin. Exhibition of the black & white photographs from Ghana.

Ndebele, S.A. National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.

Colour in town-planning De Kunstpaviljoens, Almere (Amsterdam), Holland. Ndebele landscape images with paintings by F. Ndimande.

Amandebele: Signals of colour from South Africa, Museum Het Kruithuis, S Hertogenbosch, Holland.

Staffs and Wands from Africa, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN. Images of Ndebele beadwork.

Ndebele:Volkskunst aus Südafrika, The Huberte Goote Gallery, Zug, Switzerland.

1995
Der fliegende Koffer-eine Reise nach Ghana, the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany.

Under 8 x 9 inches, Small prints of the Namib desert. The Witkin Gallery. NY.

1997
African Canvas, Dimock Community Health Center, Roxburg, MA.

1997-1998
African Canvas, Lexington Children’s Museum, display of 3 photos.

2003
Earth, Festival Couleur Café, Brussels, Belgium.

2004
Beads for life, Museum of Civilization, Cultural Studies Canadian, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.

LECTURES

1986
International Center for Photography, New York, NY. “Ndebele”, the Photographers Lecture series.

Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York, NY. “A Thousand Words”, Artist and Author Book Event.

1990
Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy. “ African Canvas” Slide Presentation and Lecture.

Dallas Museum of the Art, Dallas, TX. “Ndebele Mural Painting”. Organized by Dallas Zoological Society.

1991
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany. “Ndebele Culture”.