PHUMULANI NTULI

b. 1986 – Soweto, South Africa

Phumulani Ntuli is an acclaimed multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans artistic research, sculpture, video installations, and performative practices. His work critically engages with notions of archives, surveillance, and historical narratives, striving to illuminate history’s gaps, silences, and remnants. Ntuli holds a Masters in Fine Arts – Art Public Sphere from ECAV in Switzerland, where he was awarded the Prix-Éxcellence for his ongoing research project Permutations of an Event.

Ntuli’s practice often employs collage techniques, both digital and manual, to create ‘pseudo-reality’ that challenges preconceptions and invites alternative perspectives. His work, deeply rooted in his South African experience, is both personal and powerfully political, aiming to observe, analyze, reflect, and bring people together.

His career includes notable exhibitions and performances, such as the 2016 Kampala Biennale in Uganda curated by Elise Atangana, the Bone Performance Festival in Bern, Switzerland, and the Act Festival in Geneva, Basel, Sierra, and Zurich. Ntuli has also participated in residencies at the Fondazione Pisteletto in Italy and the Alps Art Academy in Switzerland.

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INSTITUTIONS & BIENNALE

2024 IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam, Gallery Frank Taal

2023 Buffer Zones Javett Art Center University of Pretoria

2022 59th Venice Biennale – South African Pavilion, Venice, ITA

2022 n.b.k., Berlin, GER

2019 Congo Biennale, Kinshaasa, DRC

2018 Kampala Biennale, Kampala, UGA

2018 Tête à tête, ABSA Art Gallery, Johannesburg

2018 MUHKA Artistic Books Project, Antwerpen, Belgium

2016 21 Years of Democracy, Michigan State University

ART FAIRS

2025 1-54 New York, Kalashnikovv Gallery x David Krut Projects, New York, NY, USA

2025 EXPO Chicago, Gallery MOMO, Chigaco, IL, USA

2025 Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2024 FNB Art Joburg, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, ZAR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 Umfanekiso Uyopha Inkungu/An Image Oozes Mist, UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg, ZAR

2011 Isidleke Sakhiwa Ngezinwele/A Nest Is Build With Strands Of Hair, Galeria Nueba Madrid, SPA.

2011 Navigation Guide to Kwanqingetshe, Bag Factory Artists Studios, Johannesburg, ZAR.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 GAMec Bergamo, ITA

2021 Digital Gardens, TMRW Gallery, Johannesburg, ZAR

2021 From Present to Pivot, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, ZAR

2021 Oasis, StudioNxumalo, Johannesburg, ZAR

2016 Material City, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2016 Maxxx project space, Sierre, Switzerland

PRESS

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