Born in Hofmeyer, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 1990
Education
BAFA, Michaelis School of Fine Arts, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
Peter Clarke Art Centre, Cape Town, South Africa 2010
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and Cape Town, South Africa
One-Person Exhibitions
2024
After Rain Songs, Stevenson, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2023
Chorus, BLUM, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Isithunywa so Moya | A Messenger of the Spirit, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
Masemola Road, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2021
Vusamazulu | Awakening the Heavens, Nicodim, New York, NY
Oracles of the Pink Universe, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Like the Snake that Fed the Chameleon, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
2020
The Fantastic Ride to Gwadana, Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
New Works on Paper, Stevenson Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2019
In the Order of Elephants After the Rain, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
The Rain Prayers, Museo Kaluz, Mexico City, Mexico
Uncharted Lands and Trackless Seas, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2018
Waiting for Mulungu, CC Foundation, Shanghai, China
Simphiwe Ndzube: Dancing into Form, Harper’s Books, New York, NY
2017
Bhabharosi, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Becoming, WHATIFTHEWWORLD Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2015
Imithungo Yezivubeko, Michaelis School of Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
Group Exhibitions
2024
The Whole World Smiles with You, Opera Gallery, London, UK
2023
“Pictures Girls Make”: Portraitures, curated by Alison M. Gingeras, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Boil, Toil & Trouble, Art in Common, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Christen Sveaas Art Foundation: The Unseen, Selected by Hurvin Anderson, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
See You Through It, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
California Biennial 2022: Pacific Gold, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA
2021
In Some Form or Fashion, The Momentary, Bentonville, AK
Witness: Afro Perspectives, Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami, FL
WHAT DO YOU SEE, YOU PEOPLE, GAZING UP AT ME, Sadie Coles HQ, London
Summer Exhibition 2021, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Shattered Glass, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
2020
INXS: Never Before Seen Major Works, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Babylon: A Re-Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
Pineal Eye Infection, Seasons, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Trans World, Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
Trans World, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
People, Jeffery Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Our Lady of the Flowers, Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
Together With Other Water, The 15th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Filling In the Gaps, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2018
The Adderall and the Ecstasy, Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
New Acquisitions, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Hacer Noche (Crossing Night), Centro Cultural Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Noise!, Frans Hals Museum, Harlem, Netherlands
Both, and, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
The Eye Sees Not Itself, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
Indulge, Art Movement, Los Angeles, CA
2017
The Hierophant, Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
Son of Mr. Green Genes, BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA
Homeward Bound, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Our Lady + Women's Work, South African National Gallery
Dear Eurpoa, Whatiftheworld gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
The Art of Disruptions, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
#TheOpening, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
2015
Pouring Ours Secretes, Smac Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Kasi-2-kasi Public Arts Festival / Remaking Place, Gordon Institute for Centre and Creative Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
“But he doen’t have anything on!”, Commune1 Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2009
The rights of a child, Iziko National Gallery Annexe & Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Awards
2019
Culture Creators Annual “Innovators & Leaders” Award
2016
Tollman Award Winner
2015
Michaelis Prize Winner, Michaelis School of Fine Art
Simon Gerson Prize
2013
Cecil Skotnes Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues
2024
Moss, Adam. The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing. London: Penguin Press, 2024, 272–279.
Gingeras, Alison M. Pictures Girls Make: Portraitures. Los Angeles: BLUM Books, 2024, 336–339.
2021
Simphiwe Ndzube: Oracles of the Pink Universe. Denver: Denver Art Museum, 2021.
2017
Jamal, Ashraf. In the World: Essays on Contemporary South African Art. Milan: Skira, 2017.
Selected Articles and Reviews
2023
"14 ‘CULTURED’ Young Artist Alums Weigh In on What Their Careers Have Taught Them So Far." Culturedmag.com, November 24, 2023.
Bush, Annie. "Blum Gallery | Tom Anholt, Simphiwe Ndzube, and Sam Moyer." Flaunt.com, November 9, 2023.
Vargas, Steven. "From Blum Gallery to the Huntington, exciting new art exhibits are all over L.A." Latimes.com, November 8, 2023.
Araya, Estelle. "PICK OF THE WEEK: Simphiwe Ndzube." Artillerymag.com, November 8, 2023.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. "Fall Back: Arts Calendar November 2-8." Laweekly.com, November 1, 2023.
Museum and Public Collections
A4 Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
Christen Sveaas Collection, Norway
Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Geneva, Switzerland
HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
Musee d’art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Museo Kaluz, Mexico City, Mexico
NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Rupert Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
The CC Foundation, Shanghai, China
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), Cape Town, South Africa