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Phumzile Khanyile

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Phumzile Khanyile
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenSouth Africa Edit
Name wey dem give amPhumzile Edit
Ein date of birth1991 Edit
Place dem born amSoweto Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationphotographer Edit
Represented byAfronova Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit

Phumzile Khanyile (born 1991) be a South African photographer, wey dey live insyd Johannesburg.[1][2] Ein series Plastic Crowns be about women's lives den sexual politics.[3] Na dem show de series insyd group exhibitions for de Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval insyd Evora, Portugal; Iziko South African National Gallery insyd Cape Town; den de National Gallery of Victoria insyd Melbourne, Australia; wey na she be a winner of de CAP Prize for Contemporary African Photography.

Early life den education

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Na dem born Khanyile insyd Tladi, Soweto, South Africa.[4] She study photography for de Market Photo Workshop from 2013.[5]

Publications

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Publications by Khanyile

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  • Plastic Crowns. Johannesburg: Market Photo Workshop.

Publications plus contributions by Khanyile

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  • Afrotopia. Paris: Dilecta, 2017. Ministère de la Culture du Mali; Institut Français. With texts by Marie-Ann Yemsi, Felwine Sarr, Thulie Gamedze, Cédric Aurelle. ISBN 978-2373720495. Published on the occasion of African Photography Encounters, Bamako, Mali, 2017/2018.
  • Paris Nude. By Mary McCartney. London: HENI, 2019. ISBN 9781912122257.
  • Africa State of Mind: Contemporary Photography Reimagines a Continent. London: Thames & Hudson, 2020. ISBN 978-0500545164.[6]

Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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  • Plastic Crowns, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2017[5][7][8]

Group exhibitions

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  • African Passions, Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval, Evora Africa (African art and music festival), Evora, Portugal, 2018. Curated by André Magnin and Philippe Boutté. Included work from Plastic Crowns.[3][9][10]
  • Not the Usual Suspects, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2018/2019. A tribute to the Market Photo Workshop. Included work from Plastic Crowns.[11][12]
  • NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2020/2021. Included work from Plastic Crowns.[13][14]

Awards

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  • 2015: Gisèle Wulfsohn Mentorship insyd Photography, from de Market Photo Workshop den de family den friends of Wulfsohn.[15] Mentorship plus Ayana V. Jackson.[5]
  • 2018: 1 of 5 winners, CAP Prize for Contemporary African Photography, for Plastic Crowns[1][16]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Contemporary African Photography Prize winners announced". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  2. "Platform Africa". Aperture (227). 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Sapeurs, self-portraits and silks: African contemporary arts – in pictures". The Guardian. 8 August 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. "When the photographer turns the camera on herself". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Phumzile Khanyile: Plastic Crowns". omenkaonline.com. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  6. "Celebrating the collective consciousness of contemporary African photography". Hero magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  7. "Photo Workshop Gallery". Artforum. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  8. "Plastic Crowns". Market Photo Workshop. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  9. "Evora Africa: crossing continents". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  10. "African Passions: Beyond Geography, History and Bodies". Elephant. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  11. "Not the Usual Suspects". Vogue Italia. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  12. "Living, Breathing Past: 'Not the Usual Suspects' at ISANG". ArtThrob. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  13. Stephens, Andrew (4 December 2020). "NGV Triennial gets under the skin with contemporary African visions". The Age. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  14. Gosling, Emily (17 December 2020). "Identity and Speculation Are at the Heart of This Brave Australian Triennial". Elephant. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  15. "2015 Gisèle Wulfsohn Mentorship Recipient". Market Photo Workshop. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  16. Blignaut, Charl. "What does the new wave of African photography say about us?". News24. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
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