Zandile Tshabalala

Zandile Tshabalala „Portrait of the artist and her former self“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Two Reclining Women“, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 91,5 x 122 cm Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel

Zandile Tshabalala „Two Reclining Women“, 2020 Exhibition view „When We See Us“, Kunstmuseum Basel, 2024 Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel

Zandile Tshabalala „Homeboy – Reflecting“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Homebody: eating noodles“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 90 cm Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „Homebody: slicing cake“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 90 cm Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „Monday Demotivation“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Monday Motivation“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „The Conversation II“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 cm Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „Yellow coat“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 cm Photo: Dawn Blackman

Zandile Tshabalala „Untitled, sketch“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 cm Photo: Dawn Blackman

Zandile Tshabalala „Pink mask“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 cm Photo: Dawn Blackman

Zandile Tshabalala „uTando“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 70 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „uSarah“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 70 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „uPalesa“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 70 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „uJabulile“, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 70 cm

Installation view Dix und die Gegenwart Deichtorhallen, Hamburg 2023.

Installation view Booth Galerie Nagel Draxler Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami 2022 Photo: Dawn Blackman

Zandile Tshabalala „The act of self love: yearning for utopia, searching for it in foreign lands“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm Photo: Dawn Blackman

Zandile Tshabalala „Contemplating woman, where did she go“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm Photo: Dawn Blackman

Zandile Tshabalala „Lounging by the fireplace, hugged by new familiarity“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm Photo: Dawn Blackman

Zandile Tshabalala „Within silence III: swirling thoughts, swirling sheets“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm Photo: Dawn Blackman

Zandile Tshabalala „Ubusha bami“ (My youth), 2022 Acrylic on canvas 120h x 90w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Installation view Zandile Tshabalala Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, 2022

Zandile Tshabalala „uCasca“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 60h x 70w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala „uGlenda“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 60h x 70w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala „uNana“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 70h x 60w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala „uNokuthula“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 60h x 70w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala „uNtozake“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 60h x 70w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala „uZandi“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 60h x 70w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala „Abantabami“ (My Children), 2022 Acrylic on canvas 120h x 90w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala Kaiserringstipendium 2021 Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar 2021 Photo: Fred Dott

Zandile Tshabalala „My mothers garden: Umcimbi I (A Gathering I)“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 200h x 200w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala „Lounging in blue pyjamas“, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 120h x 90w cm Kunstmuseum Magdeburg

Zandile Tshabalala „Poolside with red light reflections“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 300 cm Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „The act of self love: cleansing“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 198 × 198 cm Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „The act of self love: cleansing“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 199 × 119 cm Photo: Simon Vogel

Art Basel, Basel 2021 Installation view Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „The act of self love: cleansing“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 119 × 89.5 cm Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „Lounging l: G fabulous“, 2021 Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 120 x 200 cm

Zandile Tshabalala, “beautiful experiment(s)“, curated by Azu Nwagbogu, Exhibition view, Nagel Draxler Kabinett, Berlin 2021 Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „Lounging II: chilling“, 2021 Acrylic on Canvas 200 x 120 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Lounging III: Tongue out“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 120 cm

Zandile Tshabalala, “beautiful experiment(s)“, curated by Azu Nwagbogu, Exhibition view Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin 2021 Photo: Simon Vogel

Zandile Tshabalala „Nono and I“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Naila and I“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Embrace“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 120 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Masking“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 90 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „A Glass of“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 90 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Art on my mind“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 90 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Black“, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 90 cm

Zandile Tshabalala „Self Portrait Zandile“, 2020

Zandile Tshabalala „Lady in Fur Coat IIIII“, 2020

Zandile Tshabalala „Lady in Fur Coat IIII“, 2020

Zandile Tshabalala „Lady in Fur Coat III“, 2020

Zandile Tshabalala „Paradise IIII“, 2020

Zandile Tshabalala „Portrait Cow Mother II“, 2020

Zandile Tshabalala „Portrait Cow Mother“, 2020

Zandile Tshabalala Proud Nude I, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 70 cm

Zandile Tshabalala Ode Rousseau I , 2021 Acrylic on canvas 90 x 120 cm

Zandile Tshabalala Study of a nude (Self), 2021 Acrylic on canvas 90 x 120 cm

Zandile Tshabalala Untitled, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 90 x 120 cm

Zandile Tshabalala Scrolling, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 90 x 120 cm

Biography

ZANDILE TSHABALALA

born 1999 in Soweto (Gauteng, South Africa)
lives and works in Johannesburg

Zandile Tshabalala is the star and the female voice of a young South African urban and self-confident generation of black artists. Her characters - Black women, including herself - defy racist and sexist stereotypes that have been invented in order to pigeonhole Black female identity in narrow boxes. They do not subscribe to one-dimensional, superficial and disparaging role attributions. Thus they assert themselves against the representation of the Black woman within Western-influenced art history.

DOWNLOAD PDF

AUSBILDUNG / STUDIES

BA(FINA) at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

AUSSTELLUNGEN / EXHIBITIONS

2025
"When We See Us", Bozar, Brussels, Belgium (Group)
"Jean Katambayi Mukendi & Zandile Tshabalala", Wouters Salon, Brussels, Belgium (Group)

2024
"When We See Us", Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (Group)

2023
"The ARNDT Collection: From One World to Another", Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, Australia (Group)
„Africa Supernova“, Kunsthalle Kade, Amersfoort (Group)
"Dix und die Gegenwart", Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany (Group)
"A Field of Dreams", BKhz Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (Group)

2022
"FEMME FATALE. Blick – Macht – Gender", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (Group)
"When We See Us", Zeitz MOCAA Museum, Cape Town, South Africa (Group)
"In search of my mother's garden", Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany (Solo)
"Lovers in a secret place", BKhz Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (Solo)

2021
"Turbine Art Fair", Graduate Show, Johannesburg (Group)
Zandile Tshabalala, Kaiserringstipendiatin 2021, Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany (Solo)
"beautiful experiment(s)", curated by Azu Nwagbogu, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
"Enter Paradise", ADA Contemporary, Accra (Solo)
"Collective Nostalgia", Vin Vin gallery, Austria (Curator Sveva Taurisano) (Group)
"Ndoimamadzi", Botho Project Space, Johannesburg (Group)

2020
"Liminality in Infinite Space", African ArAsts’ FoundaAon, Nigeria (Group)
"The Medium is the Message", curated by Azu Nwagbogu, Unit London, London (Group)
"Thread – Zandile Tshabalala x Qhamanande Maswana", curated by Togo Ntokozo Langa, mmARTHouse, Randburg, Johannesburg (Group)
"Drawn Together", Unit London Gallery, London (Group)
"Colour in Art Exhibition", The Project Space, Johannesburg (Group)
"Lean Against Black", Art Lovers 1932, Pretoria (Group)

2019
"UnAtled", Blvck Block, Johannesburg (Group)

Zandile Tshabalala

Biography

Bibliography