Buhlebezwe Siwani

Buhlebezwe Siwani
Born	(1987-05-25) May 25, 1987 (age 38) Johannesburg
Alma mater	University of Cape Town
Awards	Katrine Harries Print Cabinet Purchase Award (2015), Martienssen Prize Award (2010)
Website	https://buhlebezwesiwani.com

Buhlebezwe Siwani (born in 1987 in Johannesburg) is a multidisciplinary artist known for her work in performance art, installations, and photographic stills. ^[1]

Biography

Buhlebezwe Siwani was raised in Johannesburg, and has lived in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. ^[2]

Education and career

Siwani completed her BAFA (Hons) at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg in 2011 and her MFA at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts in 2015 where she graduated cum laude. ^[1] Siwani works predominantly in the medium of performance and installations, and includes photographic stills and videos of some performances. Siwani uses videos and the stills as a stand in for her body which is physically absent from the space. ^[2] Her work has been described as "revelatory" ^[3] and "political", ^[4] encompassing themes of black womanhood and spirituality. ^[5]

Exhibitions

• IYEZA, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg (2023); ^[6]
• Dedisa ubumnyama, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns (2021); ^[7]
• ukuqhaqha, Camera Work, Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna (2021); ^[8]
• The Power of My Hands. Africa(s): Women Artists – Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France (2021); ^[9]
• Goddesses of Healing, Mbassy, Hamburg (2021); ^[10]
• Casablanca Biennial, Casablanca (2021); ^[11]
• Living, Forgiving, Remembering – Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands (2020-2021); ^[12]
• Witness: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection – El Espacio 23, Miami, USA (2020-2021); ^[13]
• Inkanyamba – Galeria Municipal de Almada, Almada (2020); ^[14]
• 14th Curitiba Biennial, Curitiba (2020); ^[15]
• Materiality, Iziko National Gallery, Cape Town (2020); ^[16]
• Othunjiweyo – Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon (2019); ^[17]
• Present Passing: South by Southeast, Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong (2019); ^[18]
• Bamako Encounters, Mali (2019); ^[19]
• Ngoma: Art and Cosmology, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (2019); ^[20]
• Cosmopolis #2: Rethinking the Human, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2019); ^[21]
• The Third Bank, Bienal Ano Zero, Coimbra (2019); ^[22]
• iNcence – No Man's Art Gallery, Netherlands (2018); ^[23]
• Qab'Imbola – WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town (2018); ^[24]
• Tell Freedom, KaDE Museum, Amsefoort (2018); ^[25]
• White blood blue night, Centre d'art contemporain d'Alfortville, Alfortville (2018); ^[26]
• Imfazwe yenkaba, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon (2017); ^[27]
• Deep Memory, Kalmar Art Museum, Kalmar (2017); ^[28]
• Art/Afrique, The Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris (2017);
• Ingxowa yeGqwirhakazi – WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town (2016); ^[29]
• Imfihlo – Graduate Exhibition, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town (2015). ^[30]

Residencies

• Het Vijfde Seizoen, Amersfoort (2017) ^[1]
• Rote Fabrik, Pro Helvetia, Zurich, Switzerland (2016) ^[1]
• Watch and talk, Theater Spektakel, Zurich, Switzerland (2015) ^[1]
• Cite Des Arts, Paris (2020) ^[1]

Awards

• Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Arts (2021) ^[31]
• Prix Bisi Silva (2019) ^[32]
• Katrine Harries Print Cabinet Purchase Award (2015) ^[1]
• Martienssen Prize Award (2010) ^[1]

Personal life

Buhlebezwe lives and works between Amsterdam and Cape Town.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

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3. Scott, Chadd. "What If Every Art Museum Looked Like The Rubell Art Museum In Miami?". Forbes. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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5. "Nauja paroda MO muziejuje – ar drobė gali būti veidrodžiu?". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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8. "%%title%% | Festival Internazionale di Fotografia". Photo Open Up (in Italian). 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
9. agence, GAYA-La nouvelle. "The Power of My Hands". www.mam.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
10. "GODDESSES OF HEALING — M.Bassy". m-bassy.org (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2021.
11. "Participants". Biennale internationale de Casablanca. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
12. "Living, Forgiving, Remembering | Museum Arnhem". www.museumarnhem.nl. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
13. "El Espacio 23 | WITNESS: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection" . Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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15. "14ª Curitiba International Biennial of Contemporary Art". bienaldecuritiba.com.br. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
16. "Matereality | Iziko". www.iziko.org.za. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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18. "One Land and One Humanity: Present Passing at Osage Hong Kong". COBO Social. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
19. "Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography: Streams of Consciousness - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
20. "Ngoma: Art and Cosmology". #FRIENDSOFJAG. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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22. "Anozero'19". anozero-bienaldecoimbra.pt. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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24. "Qab'Imbola | WHATIFTHEWORLD/ GALLERY" . Retrieved 6 February 2021.
25. "Tell Freedom. 15 South African artists". Tell Freedom. 15 South African artists — Kunsthal KAdE. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
26. "WHITE BLOOD, BLUE NIGHT | Cnap". www.cnap.fr. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
27. "Imfazwe yenkaba – Madragoa". www.galeriamadragoa.pt. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
28. "Deep memory | Kalmar Art Museum" . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
29. "Ingxowa yeGqwirhakazi | WHATIFTHEWORLD/ GALLERY" . Retrieved 6 February 2021.
30. "Imfihlo, 2015". buhlebezwesiwani. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
31. "Buhlebezwe, Siwani". sponsorships.standardbank.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
32. "Les Rencontres de Bamako Awards 8 Prizes". Contemporary And (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2021.