Artist's Page

Simphiwe Ndzube

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 

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