Nandipha Mntambo
Nandipha Mntambo and Berni Searle at the JCAF

Nandipha Mntambo and Berni Searle are among the five artists who will show in Contemporary Female Identities in the Global South at the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation - new opening date to be announced.

Ka Zenzile at Iziko

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'.

Nandipha Mntambo in Ngoma at JAG

Nandipha Mntambo exhibits in Ngoma: Art and Cosmology at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. Curated by Musha Neluheni, Philippa van Straaten and Khwezi Gule, the selected works 'bring to the fore the entanglements of historical, physical, metaphysical and existential spheres of existence'.

Nandipha Mntambo in Speculative Inquiry #1 (On abstraction)

Nandipha Mntambo features in Speculative Inquiry #1 (On abstraction), an exhibition at the Michaelis Galleries that 'considers the contributions of living black women artists and the potential their practices and work stand to contribute to studies on abstraction'. 

Various artists in IncarNations at BOZAR

Edson Chagas, Steven Cohen, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Pieter Hugo and Barthélémy Toguo are included in IncarNations: African Art as Philosophy, initiated by Kendell Geers in dialogue with collector Sindika Dokolo. Held at BOZAR Centre for Arts, the show looks at work from the region as 'a living philosophical practice'.

Nandipha Mntambo in Venice

Nandipha Mntambo is among the artists included in Personal Structures – Identities, an exhibition taking place across various locations in Venice over the course of the city's Biennale. Hosted by the European Cultural Center - Italy, the show will feature performances and talks.

Various artists at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2019

Nandipha Mntambo and Zanele Muholi feature in Made Visible: Contemporary South African Fashion and Identity at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The exhibition explores 'the way that clothing communicates identity, documenting the fashion choices of brave individuals challenging the social norms of their times'.

Nandipha Mntambo at TEDxCapeTownWomen 2018

Nandipha Mntambo will present a talk at TEDxCapeTownWomen on 8 December. Themed Showing Up, the series will tackle a number of pressing issues in South Africa and takes place at the Iziko South African Museum from 5 to 9pm.

Nandipha Mntambo at The Centre for the Less Good Idea

A collaboration between Nandipha Mntambo and various artists premieres at The Centre for the Less Good Idea. Titled City Deep, this collaboration considers 'how architecture and soundscapes shape and are shaped by the movement of people around this fast-changing city'.

Nandipha Mntambo and Serge Alain Nitegeka at UMMA

Nandipha Mntambo and Serge Alain Nitegeka exhibit in Beyond Borders: Global Africa at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. The show 'reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries'.

Various artists at the Norval Foundation
The inaugural exhibitions at the Norval Foundation feature work by Wim Botha, Nandipha Mntambo and Serge Alain Nitegeka. This new foundation aims 'to make art widely accessible to local and international visitors, by creating a self-sustainable centre for art'.
Various artists in Sculpture at the ICAIO

Wim Botha, Nicholas Hlobo, Nandipha Mntambo and Kemang Wa Lehulere feature in Sculpture at the Institute of Contemporary Art Indian Ocean. This group exhibition is framed as 'a didactic show that explores the numerous ways in which artists are challenging the traditions of sculpture'.

Various artists at the 2018 Nirox Winter Sculpture Fair
Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi and Claudette Schreuders feature in Not A Single Story, the annual winter exhibition at the Nirox Sculpture Park. Presented in collaboration with the Wanås Foundation, this exhibition is dominated by women artists in a response to 'a very singular art history'.
Zeitz MOCAA opens in Cape Town

Nandipha MntamboEdson Chagas, Zanele Muholi, Nicholas Hlobo and Penny Siopis are among the artists whose work is included in the inaugural exhibitions at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.

Afrique Capitales in Paris and Lille

Meschac Gaba, Simon GushNicholas Hlobo, Moshekwa LangaNandipha Mntambo and Guy Tillim are included on Afrique Capitales, curated by Simon Njami, at La Villette in Paris (including the Mois de la Photo) and the Gare Saint Sauveur in Lille.

Various artists at Heong Gallery, Downing College

Meschac Gaba, Barthélémy Toguo, Nandipha Mntambo, Moshekwa Langa and Zanele Muholi are included in When the Heavens Meet the Earth: Selected Works from the Sina Jina Collection of Contemporary Art. The exhibition brings together selected works from Robert Devereux’s contemporary art collection. 

Nandipha Mntambo, Stoschek Collection

Nandipha Mntambo is included in an exhibition at the Julia Stoschek Collection titled Jaguars and Electric Eels. The exhibition investigates an alternative interpretation of anthropology and zoology.

Pieter Hugo at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Pieter Hugo and Nandipha Mntambo are included in Regarding Africa: Contemporary Art and Afro-Futurism at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The exhibition seeks to 'reflect the vitality and effervescence that motivate Africa today, as well as the chaotic, brutal and at times tragic African reality'.
Nandipha Mntambo in The Future Is Female
Nandipha Mntambo is included in The Future is Female, a group exhibition conceived as an 'exploration of contemporary feminist art from the 21c collection'.
Dak'art 2016

Simon GushNandipha MntamboBogosi Sekhukhuni and Kemang Wa Lehulere had work on the International Exhibition of the 12th edition of Dak’art, the Dakar Biennale, curated by Simon Njami. See Contemporary And for coverage of the biennale.

Disguise: Masks and Global African Art
Edson Chagas, Steven Cohen and Nandipha Mntambo had work in Disguise: Masks and Global African Art at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, after showing at the Seattle Art Museum and the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, in 2015.