Malebona Maphutse
Born 1994, Vereeniging, South Africa
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa
Malebona Maphutse is a Johannesburg-based visual artist. She completed her B.A. (Fine Arts) at the University of Witwatersrand in 2017 Throughout her body of work, she embraces heterogeneous media, particularly painting, sculptural installation, linocut printing, digital prints and video art. In her practice, the artist challenges historical narratives. By doing so, Maphutse investigates how bodies transcend mere existence, not only encountering space but also understanding the politics of space.
Maphutse’s œuvre has been exhibited at major international exhibitions, such as the Bergen Triennial 2019 (The Dead Are Not Dead) and the Stellenbosch Triennial 2020 (Tomorrow There Will Be More Of Us). Recently, the artist exhibited her second solo show (Siyagoduka Ka Flying Saucer Babez: Back To The Future) at Kalashnikovv Project Space P72ps as well as a DUO show with Natalie Paneng (I Wanna Rock Lefatshe) at TMRW Gallery. She also produced her digital interactive work We Don't Die We Multiply: Siyagoduka Ka Spaceship Babez during her fellowship at the ICA / Institute for Creative Arts in Cape Town. Both locally and overseas Maphutse has been artist-in-residence, including the Bag Factory Artists’ Studios in Johannesburg (South Africa), the Wiels Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels (Belgium) and the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (France).
Born 1994, Vereeniging, South Africa
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa
Malebona Maphutse is a Johannesburg-based visual artist. She completed her B.A. (Fine Arts) at the University of Witwatersrand in 2017 Throughout her body of work, she embraces heterogeneous media, particularly painting, sculptural installation, linocut printing, digital prints and video art. In her practice, the artist challenges historical narratives. By doing so, Maphutse investigates how bodies transcend mere existence, not only encountering space but also understanding the politics of space.
Maphutse’s œuvre has been exhibited at major international exhibitions, such as the Bergen Triennial 2019 (The Dead Are Not Dead) and the Stellenbosch Triennial 2020 (Tomorrow There Will Be More Of Us). Recently, the artist exhibited her second solo show (Siyagoduka Ka Flying Saucer Babez: Back To The Future) at Kalashnikovv Project Space P72ps as well as a DUO show with Natalie Paneng (I Wanna Rock Lefatshe) at TMRW Gallery. She also produced her digital interactive work We Don't Die We Multiply: Siyagoduka Ka Spaceship Babez during her fellowship at the ICA / Institute for Creative Arts in Cape Town. Both locally and overseas Maphutse has been artist-in-residence, including the Bag Factory Artists’ Studios in Johannesburg (South Africa), the Wiels Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels (Belgium) and the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (France).
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