Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum is a visual artist. Her practice includes drawing, painting, installation, and animation. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including The Curve Space at The Barbican, The Hague, and the Centre for Fine Arts Bozar.
Sunstrum was born in 1980 in Mochudi, Botswana, and spent her childhood in different parts of Africa and southeast Asia. She came to the United States in 1998 and received a BA with Highest Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in International Studies with a concentration in Trans-national Cultures in 2004. Sunstrum received her MFA from the Mt. Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2007.[1] She later lived in Baltimore Maryland as an artist in residence at the Baltimore Creative Alliance, while also teaching at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is currently based out of Johannesburg, South Africa while showcasing in both individual and group exhibitions around the world.[2] Sunstrum was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Visual Art & Art History of York University in 2017.[3] After retiring from teaching in 2020, Sunstrum now lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands. She is currently represented by Goodman Gallery and Galerie Lelong &Co. NYC. Sunstrum describes her work as her contribution to the rising tide of global voices dissenting against colonialism, apartheid, genocide, and all other forms of human and ecological oppression and exploitation that have spawned from centuries of capitalistic greed and corruption.
Career
Solo Exhibitions
2024 It will end in tears, The Curve Space, The Barbican, London, UK
2024 The Gods and The Underdogs, KM21, The Hague, The Netherlands
2023 You'll be sorry, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2023 The Pavillion, London Mithraeum, Bloomberg Space, London, UK
2022 I have withheld much more than I have written, Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, NY USA
2011 Panthea, Goodman Gallery, East Hamptons, NY, USA
2020 Battlecry, Goodman Gallery, London, UK
2019 Diorama, Tiwani Contemporary, London UK
2019 All my seven faces, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2018 There are mechanisms in place, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Haden, Alexis, and Ezra Claymore. “Artist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum Explodes on London’s Art Scene.” The South African. The South African, 29 Mar. 2015. Web. 19 Apr. 2017.[6]
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