THOKOZANI MTHIYANE BIO & RESUMÉ
Bio
Thokozani Mthiyane is a Johannesburg-based artist and co-founder of The Enso Circle. After finishing school, Mthiyane spent time in the studios of painters Sfiso KaMkame and Thami Jali in Cleremont Township near Durban, where he grew up. His interactions with these artists greatly influenced his creative path, which led to his first solo exhibition at the Flat Gallery in Durban.
Mthiyane's artistic journey extends across multiple disciplines, and he speaks as passionately about his work as an expressionist painter as he does about his experiences as a trilingual poet, musician, and dancer. He gained experience in children's theater with the Madcap's Educational Theatre Company. He has performed in France, translated French poetry into Zulu at Cave Poésie in Toulouse, and toured with the Inzalo dance company in Holland. He also returned to France in 2001 and 2004 to perform Jacques Prévert's poems in Heroville, near Normandy.
Thokozani’s recent exhibitions include shows in 2023 The Interpretation of poetry, Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg Blaque Inq Contemporary, 2017 Soul Songs: The shape of my head, Art Eye Gallery, Johannesburg, 2015 Whetin dey happen Lagos/ Jozi, Msanzi Gallery, Johannesburg.
Group Exhibitions
2024 Group show at Tanya Weddemire Gallery Curated by Ishka Designs & Art Hedge, 2024 Group show at The Pencil Club Durban Curated by Zinhle Khumalo, 2024 Group show at Vinosity, 44 Stanley Johannesburg Curated by Amanda Plaatjie, 2023 Group Show, Latitudes Art Fair.
His work is included in private collections such as Art Bank Collection and Riboville Collection.
RESUME
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Masquerade and Earth Songs by 1x Run
2023. The interpretation of poetry, Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg Blaque Inq Contemporary
2017 Soul Songs: The shape of my head, Art Eye Gallery, Johannesburg
2015 Whetin dey happen Lagos/ Jozi, Msanzi Gallery, Johannesburg
Group Exhibitions
2024 Group show at Munro Viewpoint Gallery, Sinqobile Curated by Ditiro Mashigo
2024 Group show at The Pencil Club, Durban Curated by Zinhle Khumalo
2024. Group show, New York, Dreamscape Beyond Limits, By IshkaDesigns at Tanya Weddemire Gallery
2024 Group show at Vinosity, 44 Stanley Johannesburg Curated by Amanda Plaatjie
2024 Group Show, Latitudes Art Fair by Curate A Space
2023 Group Show, Latitudes Art Fair by Blaque Inq contemporary
2023 The impertinent views of abstraction, Curated by Ricardo at Parktown Johannesburg
2023 Footnotes, Curated by Musa Nxumalo at Studio Nxumalo Johannesburg
2022 Colour Splash, Curated Katlego Lekwakwa, O Contemporary gallery
2021 LIMINAL SPACE, Annual Winter Show, Berman Contemporary, Johannesburg
2021 Turbine Art Fair 2021 Group show with Candice Berman
2019 Wearable Art, Julian Art Fashion Collection, Johannesburg
2018 Autumn Group Show, Worldart Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Magiciens d’Afrique, ODA Gallery, Franschhoek
2016 People You May Know, collaborative performance and exhibition, featuring Dathini Mzayiya, Brydon, Bolton, Reza Khota, Thokozani Mthiyane, and Daniel Grey, the Factory of the Arts, Cape Town
Publications
2020 An encounter with Thokozani Mthiyane, artist of the month, Bontle Tau, Saffca newsletter
2020 Joburg-based multi-disciplinary visual artist Thokozani Mthiyane is a gifted storyteller, Edward Tsumele, City Life/Arts
2018 Thokozani Mthiyane: Patching up the male psyche, Kwanele Sosibo, Mail & Guardian
2015 WRAPTURE: the story of cloth, Q and A with Thokozani Mthiyaneby Peju Alatise, Nigeria
Collections
2022 Art Bank Collection
2021 Riboville Collection
Video / Interview
2024 Thokozani’s work was part of the film titled Sirrea’s Gold by Adze Ugah
2023 Morning show interview with ETV
2019 Short documentary of Thokozani Mthiyane, by Ellis & King www.ellisandkingdirectors.com
2017 Thokozani Mthiyane Soul Songs…the shape of my Head, YouTube
