MUSA N. NXUMALO (B. 1986 -)
Currently lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2010-14 : Portfolio Readings Master Class, Goethe-Institut Johannesburg.
2010 : Borders Master Class, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2009 : Digital Workflow + Post production Master Class, Africa Media online.
2009 : Edward Ruiz Mentorship Award, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2008 : Intermediate photography course, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 : We Are Running Out Of Hashtags! SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2017 : 16 Shots, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2009 : Alternative-Kidz [Travelling Exhibition], Stevenson Gallery
2009 : Alternative-Kidz [Travelling Exhibition], Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 : NIRIN – 22nd Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of NSW; Artspace; Campbelltown Arts Centre; Cockatoo Island; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia; The National Art School, Sydney, Australia.
2020 : Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
2019 : Crossing Night: Regional Identities x Global Context, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, USA.
2019 : 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Somerset House, London, UK.
2019 : Africa State of Mind [Travelling Exhibition], Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK; Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, USA; Royal West England Academy, Bristol, UK.
2018 : Night Fever: Designing Club Culture 1960 – Today, Adam – Brussels Design Museum,Brussels, Belgium.
2018 : FNB Joburg Art Fair (Bad Paper), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2017 : Platform Africa, Apeture Summer Issue Launch, 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York City, USA.
2017 : Être là, South Africa, a contemporary art scene, Art/Afrique, le novel atelier, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France.
2017 : Perigrinate [Travelling Exhibition], The Goethe Institut, Yaounde, Cameroon; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
2016 : Close to Home: New Photography from Africa, The Walther Collection – Project Space in New York City, USA.
2016 : FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2015 : On Fire: Notions of Community in Post-Apartheid South Africa, curated by Manuel Osterholt, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany.
2015 : FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2015 : Peregrinate [Travelling Exhibition], Goethe-Institut, Cote D’Ivoire.
2015 : Next Generation: Emerging Photographers from South Africa, Queens College, New York City, USA.
2015 : Cape Town Art Fair, (SMAC Gallery), The Avenue, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.
2014 : 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair (Afronova Gallery), London, UK.
2014 : Peregrinate, FNB Joburg Art Fair (Goethe-Institut), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2013 : My Joburg, Maison Rouge Gallery, Paris, France.
2013 : Urban Scenographies, By Night Festival, Reunion Island.
2013 : Space Between Us, ifa-Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2013 : “Shoot To Kill”, Kalashnikov Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2012 : Shoe Shop Project, Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg, South Africa. : As Seen On Tv, Sibisi Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2011 : The Night Show, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2010 : ...For Those Who Live In It, Mu Project Space, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2009 :Alternative-Kidz, Stevenson Gallery (Side Gallery Project), Cape Town, South Africa.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2015 : First Book Award - Finalist, London, UK.
2012 : Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund - Nominee, Magnum Foundation, New York City, USA.
2011 : 11 Joopswart Masterclass - Nominee, World Press Photo, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2010: Mail&Guardian 200 Young South Africans.
2010 : ImpACT Award 1st Prize – Visual Art Category, The Arts & Culture Trust, South Africa
2009 : MTN CIT:Y Awards 2nd Prize – Visual Art Category, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2008 : Edward Ruiz Mentorship Award, Johannesburg, South Africa.
RESIDENCIES
2010 : MU Project Space, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2013 : Urban Scenographies, By Night Festival, Reunion Island.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2017 : The Art Of Fashion, Wanted Magazine.
2014 : Atlantic Philanthropies Project, Magnum Foundation, New York City, USA.
2013-14 : Roodepoort Exhibition Project, Public Affairs Research Institute, South Africa.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
The Silo Hotel Collection, Cape Town, South Africa.
Jean Pigozzi Collection, Geneva, Switzerland.
Genop Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa.
CURATED PROJECTS
2020 : Motho Botho Batho, a solo exhibition by Nelson Makamo, Johannesburg
2021 : Morapedi, The One Who Prays, by Lerato Lodi, North West University Gallery
2021 : The Problem With African Contemporary Art Is…?, in association with Meta Foundation, Johannesburg
2021 : A Cloud, Group exhibition, in association with Gallery 2, Johannesburg
2021 : The Artist statement, group exhibition at Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg.
2021 : Of Blood Sweat And Data, photography exhibition co-curated with Through The Lens Collective for Open City, Art Joburg
2021 : Th Oasis Group exhibition, Hallmark Hotel, Johannesburg
2022 : WAV - Inscriptions Of Abtractions two-man exhibition, in association with Aspire Art, Johannesburg
2022 : Contemporary Soul, in association with My Loves collective, Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg
2022 : A Book, a solo exhibition by Mfundo Mthiyane, Studio Nxumalo Gallery, Johannesburg
2022 : A Hook, Group exhibition, Studio Nxumalo Gallery, Johannesburg
2022 : Diaries Of Injustice, two-man exhibition, Studio Nxumalo Gallery, Johannesburg
2022 : We Are Water, two-man exhibition, Studio Nxumalo Gallery, Johannesburg
2023 : Footnotes, Group exhibition, Studio Nxumalo Gallery, Johannesburg
STORIES BY ARTISTS PODCAST
Documenting and archiving stories that define the journeys of contemporary (South) African visual artists.
TALKS, WORKSHOPS AND MENTORSHIPS
2024 : Mentoring Ntandoyenkosi Maseko, the 2024, 17th recipient of the Tierney Mentorship Program at Market Photo Workshop
2024 : Curatorial mentor - Market Photo Workshop Photography incubator Program Ed. 1, 8 & 9, Johannesburg
2024 : Bringing the story to life, Curating and resourcing workshop - Crave Development, We!areunmuted project, Johannesburg
2024 : Photography and Ethics workshop - Eh!Woza x Wellcome Photography Project, Khayelitsha