Zamani Makhanya

b. 1959, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Zamani Romeo Makhanya is an artist and educator. He studied fine art at the University of Fort Hare before embarking on a teaching career at the Ntuzuma College of Education. Makhanya’s works give poetic form to ideas that relate to African culture, spirituality and aesthetics.

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Untitled, mixed media on canvas, 2001, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Untitled, Oil Pastel, 70 x 100cm , 2001, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Wedding Song, Oil pastel, 2003, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Ancestral Conversation Oil pastel, 2001, 100 x 70 cm, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Bafo Bafo, oil pastel, 2003, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Lua Lua, mixed media on canvas, 2001, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Talking Masks, oil pastel, 70 x 100cm, 2001, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

The Shrine, Oil pastel, 2003, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Ujima, Oil pastel, 70 x 100cm, 2001, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Untitled, Oil pastel, 2003, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Untitled, mixed media on canvas, 2000, Image: (Sophie Perryer, 10 years , 100 artists - Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221)

Divine Intervention, 2003. Oil pastel on paper, 60 x 85 cm. Collection: Durban Art Gallery

Soccer’s Rhythm, 2010. Archival inks on cotton. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Untitled, 2003. Mixed media on paper. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Power of the spirit, 2001. Oil pastel on paper, 635 x 99 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist)

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Sophie Perryer, 10 years, 100 artists – Art in a Democratic South Africa, (Bell Roberts, Cape Town, 2004), 218-221

10-years-100-artists-Art-in-a-Democratic-South-Africa-Zamani-Makhanya.pdf

Hayden Proud, ReVisions: Expanding the Narrative of South African Art, (UNISA Press Pretoria, 2006), 328-329

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Art education

2026: ASAI Print Access Workshop, Durban University of Technology, Durban
1985: Honours degree in Fine Art and Higher Diploma in Education, University of Fort Hare, Alice

Solo Exhibitions (South Africa)

2004: Alliance Francaise, Johannesburg.
2003: The unfolding spirit, African Art Centre, Durban.

Solo Exhibitions (International)

2004: Ibuya, Maison De L’Outre-Mer, Nantes, France.

Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2017: Sea Level, Artspace, Durban.
2017: Rainbow Exhibition, Duotone Gallery, Cape Town.
2015: Duotone, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town.
2013: Inkunzi Emanxeba: The legacy continues…, Durban Art Gallery, Durban.
2011: “DON’T/PANIC", Durban Art Gallery, Durban.
2005: The 5 M's Exhibition, The African Art Centre, Durban.
2004: Ties That Bind, Durban Art Gallery, Durban.
2003: Thwasa, 3rd Eye Vision collective, KwaZulu-Natal Society of Art Gallery, Durban.
2002: Association for Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town.
2001: Untold tales of magic: Abelumbi, Durban Art Gallery, Durban.
2001: Masked/Unmasked, 37 Craft Avenue, Durban.

Workshops & Residencies

2006: Thupelo Regional Workshop, Durban Cultural and Documentation Centre, Durban.

Other

2018: Judge, KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA) Members' Exhibition, Durban.
1986 - 1999: Art Teacher, Ntuzuma College of Education, KwaZulu Natal.

Artist profile
Artist profile

Rachel Matteau Matsha, The aesthetics of feelings: a conversation with Zamani Makhanya, (ASAI, 2018).

Carol Brown, Forging an African path, the art of Zamani Romeo Makhanya, (ASAI, 2018).

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