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London 2020

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Dhlamini, MbaliSakhile&Me

Born 1990 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa

Mbali Dhlamini, Dakar, Femme Sénégalaise, 2017, Digital Print on Textured FineArt Rag, 100 x 71 cm, Edition of 5 + 1 AP. Courtesy of the artist and Sakhile&Me. 

Mbali Dhlamini is a multidisciplinary artist and visual researcher whose work explores the decolonisation of contemporary African identity-making. She performs visual, tactile, and discursive investigations into current indigenous cultural practices. Her work is in constant conversation with her past and present visual landscapes. Her ‘Look Into’ series are digitally reworked colonial portraits of West-Africans wearing traditional clothing and stem from a research fellowship at the RAW Material Company in Dakar, investigating the cultural significance of traditional indigo dyeing and the symbolism of indigo fabric within indigenous Senegalese communities to open discussions about knowledge systems and the importance of indigenous philosophies in contemporary societies.

Selected Artists

Hayes, Donté K.

Mohamed, Assunta Abdel Azim

James, February

Damoah, Adelaide

Charlotte, Robert

Almighty God (Kwame Akoto)

Davis, Damon

Mekondjo, Tuli

Artists 2020

  • A

    • Aboudia
    • Aduayom, Djeneba
    • Agueznay, Amina
    • Almighty God (Kwame Akoto)
    • Amponsah, Larry
    • Anje, Boris ‘Anjel’
    • Asidere, Duke
    • Ategwa, Ajarb Bernard
    • Atugonza, Richard
  • B

    • Bam, Ranti
    • Benade, Hanneke
    • Bongoy, Patrick
  • C

    • Chambers, Dominic
    • Charlotte, Robert
    • Choumali, Joana
    • Clottey, Serge Attukwei
  • D

    • Damoah, Adelaide
    • Davis, Damon
    • Désert, Jean-Ulrick
    • Dhlamini, Mbali
    • Diallo, Delphine
    • Donkor, Godfried
    • Dube, Thina
  • E

    • Ebubedike, Nkechi
    • Erruas, Safaa
  • G

    • Grobler, Liza
    • Gyasi, Prince
  • H

    • Harrell, Kezia
    • Hayes, Donté K.
  • J

    • James, February
  • K

    • Kamuanga Ilunga, Eddy
    • Kamwathi, Peterson
    • Khoza, Banele
    • Kincaid, Basil
  • L

    • Lagunju, Wole
    • Lamrabat, Mous
    • Leuba, Namsa
    • Lewis, Nate
    • Lieros, Helen
    • Lindou, Salifou
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maduka, Ekene Emeka
    • Mafafo, Kimathi
    • Makonnen, Tsedaye
    • Mansaray, Abu Bakarr
    • Mbugua, Evans
    • Mehal, Sébastien
    • Mejri, Thameur
    • Mekondjo, Tuli
    • Mivekannin, Roméo
    • Mohamed, Assunta Abdel Azim
    • Mohammed, Azikiwe
    • Mohamoud, Esmaa
    • More, DuduBloom
    • Muchatuta, Ronald
    • Mudariki, Richard
  • N

    • Ncaphayi, Mongezi
    • Nkot, Jean David
  • O

    • Ogunbiyi, Temitayo
    • Okpu-Egbe, Adjani
    • Olagunju, Niyi
  • P

    • Padeu, Marc
    • Peskine, Alexis
    • Plaisir, Marielle
    • Platter, Cameron
  • R

    • Reid, Benji
    • Robles-Gordon, Amber
  • S

    • Shimoyama, Devan
    • Shiridzinomwa, Cosmas
    • Shrobe, David
    • Sibiya, Bambo
    • Singer, Jake Michael
    • Sorin, Yoan
    • Swaby, Giovanna
  • T

    • Towns, Stephen
  • U

    • Urgessa, Tesfaye
    • Uzochukwu, David
  • V

    • Vandy, LR
    • Vasquez, Raelis
    • Victor, Diane
  • W

    • Weree, Johnson
  • Y

    • Yanko, Kennedy

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