Mandisa Buthelezi

b. Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, 1991

Mandisa Buthelezi’s work as a photographer and film director explores identity and spirituality within rural cultures of KwaZulu-Natal. Informed by a commitment to the value of respectfully-produced archives, Buthelezi’s art practice catalogues and preserves aspects of African culture.

Education

2016: Incubation Programme, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg.
2011: National Diploma, Construction management & quantity surveying, Durban University of Technology, Durban.

Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2016: Social Justice Through The Lens, Breakaway Café, Cape Town.
2016: Ngale, KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA), Durban.
2014: Regarding Otherwhere?, KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA), Durban.
2014: Have we been heard?, Durban International Convention Centre, Durban.

Group Exhibitions (International)

2017: Anomalies, Semaphore Gallery of African Contemporary Art, Neuchâtel.
2016: AMANDLA! South African Women’s Photographers, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao.

Solo Exhibitions

2023: Emgonqweni, The Chairman Gallery, Durban.

Awards & Residencies

2019: Grant Recipient, National Arts Council of South Africa, (for UBhuku LukaMenzi).
2017 : Grant Recipient, National Arts Council of South Africa, (for Izwi Lami).
2017: Runner up, Open Society Foundation Social Justice Through the Lens Competition, Open Society Foundation for South Africa.
2016: Runner Up, Social Justice Through The Lens Photography Competition, Open Society Foundation for South Africa.
2016: Photography Residency, Studio Vortex, Marseille.

Links

Niamh Walsh-Vorster, 2020, Talking Bodies: Photographers use self-portraits to tell stories, Mail & Guardian.

2015, Creative Durban Now, Who is Making Waves?, Between 10and5.

Simphiwe Xulu, 2014, Featured: Mandisa Buthelezi, Photographing Rural KZN, Between 10and5.

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