Wonder Buhle
b. 1989, Kwa-Ngcolosi, KwaZulu-Natal.
Wonder Buhle is a mixed-media artist whose work deals with family dynamics and the stereotypes associated with men in South Africa.
Education and Teaching
2011: Velobala Mentorship Programme, Durban University of Technology, Durban.
2011: Drawing and painting teacher, BAT Centre, Durban.
2010: Visual Arts Residency Program, BAT Centre, Durban.
Solo Exhibitions (South Africa)
2020: COMFORT, BKhz, Johannesburg.
2018: Ukumisa Insika, Durban Art Gallery, Durban.
Solo Exhibitions (International)
2023: WonderBuhle: Inkunzi Isematholeni, Gallery 1957, London
2022: uNyezi, Galerie Ron Mandos, Netherlands
2019: To Find Me, PilippZollinger Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions (South Africa)
2019: the head the hand, Blank Projects, Cape Town.
2017: Looking After Freedom, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town.
2017: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg.
2016: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg.
2015: Members exhibition, KwaZulu-Natal Society of the Arts (KZNSA) Gallery, Durban.
2015: Blowing in the wind, KwaZulu-Natal Society of the Arts (KZNSA) Gallery, Durban.
2015: Joburg Art Fair Fringe, Johannesburg.
2015: Henry George Gallery, Johannesburg.
2014: 50 shades of Grey, Art Eye Gallery, Johannesburg.
2014: Young Blood Gallery, Cape Town.
2014: African Art Centre, Durban.
2014: AWE, KwaZulu-Natal Society of the Arts (KZNSA) Gallery, Durban.
2013: Misconception, Durban University of Technology, Durban.
2013: Art Eye Gallery, Johannesburg.
2013: Margate Art Museum, Margate.
2013: African Art Centre, Durban.
2012: Velobala exhibition, Durban University of Technology, Durban.
2012: ABSA L’atelier competition, Art Space Gallery, Durban.
2011: Don't Panic, Durban Art Gallery.
2011: Velobala exhibition, African Art Centre, Durban.
2011: Who am I, BAT Centre, Durban.
2011: Izikhwephazethu, Durban Art Gallery.
2010: Student exhibition, BAT Centre, Durban.
Group Exhibitions (International)
2026: Patterns of Power, Serge Tiroche Contemporary, Tel Aviv
2025: Dressing Up a Tuscan Style Mansion: Contemporary Art from the Africa First Collection, Serge Tiroche Contemporary Tel Aviv
2025: Frieze Seoul ( Gallery 1957), Seoul
2024: Art Brussels (Galerie Ron Mandos), Brussels
2024: 25 Years of Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2023: Filling In the Pieces In Black, Maruani Mercier Gallery (London)
2023: Filling in the Pieces in Black, Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium.
2021: WonderBuhle & Eniwaye Oluwaseyi | (RE)Pose, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2020: BLACK VOICES: Friend of My Mind, Ross-Sutton Gallery, New York
2020: The Medium is the Message, Unit London, London.
2018: In residence: Joey Chin & Buhle Wonder Mbambo, The Art House, Wakefield, United Kingdom.
2016: Bremer Bürgerschaft, Bremen Parliament, Germany.
2012: Städtische Galerie, Bremen, Germany.
Public Art Projects
2012: Mural, Lindelani Primary School, Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal.
2011: Mural, Inqolo Noseyili exhibition (by artist Zoro Xaba), Durban.
2011: Mural, Renewing BAT Centre, Durban.
2011: Mural, Don't Panic exhibition, behind English Market, Durban.
2010: Mosaic, Sakhithemba Centre, Ilovu, KwaZulu-Natal.
Workshops
2012: Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA) Art workshop, Collective Studios (residency abroad discourse), Johannesburg.
2012: Don’t Panic facilitated by Gabi Ngcobo, Zamani Makhanye & Sfiso Ka-Mkame, Durban Art Gallery, Durban.
2011: Sculpture workshop with Danielle Ncube, BAT Centre, Durban.
2011: Art workshop (Tribute to Ernest Mancoba) curated by Lionel Davis, Durban Art Gallery, Durban.
2011: Art workshop exploring Contemporary art, Edel Studio, Bremen, Germany.
Commissions
Colgate commission.
Collections
Art Eye Gallery, Johannesburg.
Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa.
Wonder Buhle's work is also included in private collections in Austria, Switzerland and the USA.
Residencies
2020: La Brea Studio Artists Residency, Los Angeles.
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