Mbali Dhlamini

Plass: Johannesburg

Født: 1990

Biografi:

Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990) is a South African artist. She predominantly works in photography and time-based media. Dhlamini was born in Soweto, Johannesburg. From 2008 to 2009, she studied printmaking at the Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg. She then studied Visual Arts at the University of Johannesburg, where she obtained a Bachelor of Technology in 2013. She then studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, from 2014, graduating with a Master of Arts in 2015. Her thesis was titled, The master's cloth: a rainbow nation, exploring faith and spirituality through colour, a study of Apostolic and Zionist movements in Soweto. Professors Raimi Gbadamosi and David Andrew provided Dhlamini with academic support during her thesis. Mbali Dhlamini lives in Johannesburg. In her work, Dhlamini deals with postcolonial issues: with spirituality (Series "Non-Promised Land: Bana Ba Thari Entsho") and with the craft of indigo dyeing in Senegal (Series "Look Into").