Ludumo Maqabuka
b. 1982, Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg.
Ludumo Maqabuka’s work considers the influences of mass media on township life, exposing societal norms and constructed identities.
Arts Education
2007: National Diploma in Fine Art, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria
Solo Exhibitions
2020: Urban Inscriptions, Artyli Gallery, Johannesburg
2009: 27 Design Cafe, Pretoria
2008: Socially Disorientated, GordArt Gallery, Johannesburg
Group Exhibitions
2023: Roots to Wings, Artyli Gallery, Johannesburg
2022: Vivid Identity, Artyli Gallery, Johannesburg
2020: I Am Because We Are, Online Exhibition
2009: Obert Contemporary, Johannesburg
2008: Emerging Layers, Seippel Gallery, Johannesburg
2007: Contemporary Visions of Southern Africa, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2006: Student Exhibition, UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria. Street Art, 26Art Gallery, Pretoria
2022: Vivid Identity, Artyli Gallery, Johannesburg
2020: I Am Because We Are, Online Exhibition
2009: Obert Contemporary, Johannesburg
2008: Emerging Layers, Seippel Gallery, Johannesburg
2007: Contemporary Visions of Southern Africa, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2006: Student Exhibition, UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria. Street Art, 26Art Gallery, Pretoria
Competitions
2007: Sasol New Signatures
2006: Sasol New Signatures
2004: Absa L’Atelier
2006: Sasol New Signatures
2004: Absa L’Atelier
Other
Worked as a graphic designer and managed an Internet Cafe in Pimville, Soweto.
2009: Organised Sunday Lunch sessions, Pretoria
2008: Mural painting, School of Creative Art, Pretoria
2004 - 2006: Member of Uhuru wa Maisha Arts and Culture movement (Hosted poetry sessions, discussions and art workshops; library workshops, Eskia Mphahlele Community Library, Pretoria)
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