Buhlebezwe Siwani

Buhlebezwe Siwani (born in 1987 in Johannesburg) is a multidisciplinary artist known for her work in performance art, installations, and photographic stills.

Biography Buhlebezwe Siwani was raised in Johannesburg, and has lived in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. Her work has been described as "revelatory" and "political", encompassing themes of black womanhood and spirituality.

Exhibitions IYEZA, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg (2023); Dedisa ubumnyama, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns (2021); ukuqhaqha, Camera Work, Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna (2021); The Power of My Hands. Africa(s): Women Artists – Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France (2021); Goddesses of Healing, Mbassy, Hamburg (2021); Casablanca Biennial, Casablanca (2021); Living, Forgiving, Remembering – Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands (2020–2021); Witness: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection – El Espacio 23, Miami, USA (2020–2021); Inkanyamba – Galeria Municipal de Almada, Almada (2020); 14th Curitiba Biennial, Curitiba (2020); Materiality, Iziko National Gallery, Cape Town (2020); Othunjiweyo – Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon (2019); Present Passing: South by Southeast, Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong (2019); Bamako Encounters, Mali (2019); Ngoma: Art and Cosmology, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (2019); Cosmopolis #2: Rethinking the Human, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2019); The Third Bank, Bienal Ano Zero, Coimbra (2019); iNcence – No Man's Art Gallery, Netherlands (2018); Qab'Imbola – WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town (2018); Tell Freedom, KaDE Museum, Amsefoort (2018); White blood blue night, Centre d'art contemporain d'Alfortville, Alfortville (2018); Imfazwe yenkaba, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon (2017); Deep Memory, Kalmar Art Museum, Kalmar (2017); Art/Afrique, The Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris (2017); Ingxowa yeGqwirhakazi – WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town (2016); Imfihlo – Graduate Exhibition, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town (2015).

Residencies

Het Vijfde Seizoen, Amersfoort (2017) Prix Bisi Silva (2019) Katrine Harries Print Cabinet Purchase Award (2015) Martienssen Prize Award (2010)

Personal life Buhlebezwe lives and works between Amsterdam and Cape Town.