Mawande Ka Zenzile features in île de mille parts, at Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC) Réunion. Translating to Island of a thousand parts, the exhibition looks at the island's landscape as symbol of complex and intwined histories.
Edson Chagas, Mawande Ka Zenzile, Dada Khanyisa, Moshekwa Langa, Neo Matloga, Simphiwe Ndzube, Serge Alain Nitegeka, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Barthélémy Toguo exhibit in Africa Supernova at Kunsthal KAde. Drawn from the collection of Carla and Pieter Schulting, the show aims to provide 'a layered picture of how African artists reflect on their self-image'.
Uhambo Lukamoya by Mawande Ka Zenzile takes place at 31 Project. For his first solo exhibition in France the artist presents new works in which, 'materialist worldviews, dogmatic ideologies, and archetypes are sifted and converted into material for painting'.
A presentation of works by Mawande Ka Zenzile, Simphiwe Ndzube,Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Frida Orupabo takes place at Kiang Malingue as part of a collaborative exchange between the galleries. This show marks each artist's Hong Kong debut.
Mawande Ka Zenzile is among the artists shortlisted for the inaugural Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, intended to 'celebrate the practices of leading contemporary artists'. The selected artworks will be exhibited at the museum from 26 January 2022 and the winner announced in February.
Mawande Ka Zenzile features in Matereality at the Iziko South African National Gallery. The exhibition 'highlights how contemporary artists from the African continent are using certain materials to explore different issues and ideas that give insight into their reality'.
Mawande Ka Zenzile and Penny Siopis feature in Conservation Week at the Iziko SA National Gallery. Ka Zenzile participates in a panel on collection practices (16 July, 1pm) and Siopis converses with Patricia Smithen about her use of materials and the implications for conservation (18 July, 5.30pm).
Mawande Ka Zenzile takes part in a three-month residency at Cité internationale des arts, facilitated by the French Institute of South Africa. His project Udludlilali will explore 'the visible and nonvisible territorial tension sometimes caused by non-conventional artistic practices in a cultural and conventional art spaces'.
Mawande Ka Zenzile is one of three artists selected for the South African Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Curated by Nkule Mabaso and Nomusa Makhubu, the pavilion responds to the biennale's theme, May You Live in Interesting Times, with an exhibition on collective fortitude titled The Stronger We Become.
Mawande Ka Zenzile and Kemang Wa Lehulere are included in Looking After Freedom at the Michaelis Galleries. The exhibition seeks to 'give visibility to artistic practices that escape the grasp of art history - where it is located, how, by whom, and for what reasons'.
