Neo Matloga was born in 1993 in Mamaila, Limpopo, South Africa, and is currently based between Mamaila and Amsterdam. He studied Visual Art at the University of Johannesburg, and completed a residency at De Ateliers with a focus on painting. Matloga won the 2021 ABN AMRO Art award and the 2018 Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst.

Solo exhibitions include Mokete, MOU Projects, Hong Kong, China (2024); along came my eyes, Hermitage Amsterdam (2022), my hero is always next to me, Stroom Den Haag, the Hague (2021); Neo Matloga, S.M.A.K, Ghent (2021); Neo to Love, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (2019) and Good Morning Midnight, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (2018) in addition to Stevenson (2020 – 23).

Group exhibitions include Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection at Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin, USA (2023); Africa Supernova at Kunsthal KAde, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (2023); CODA Paper Art 2023 at CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands (2023); Brave New World: 16 painters for the 21^st Century at Museum Fundatie, Zwolle (2023); When We See Us at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art, Cape Town, South Africa (2022); We just want to be closer at Marta Herford Museum for Art and Galerie der Stadt Backnang, Germany (2022); HI-STORYTELLING at Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (2021); ofte vojagantoj at Wilford X, Belgium (2019); Still Here Tomorrow To High Five You Yesterday at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town (2019); Winter Sun at Stevenson, Amsterdam (2019); De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs at Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (2019); BIG AND PLENTY at Foundation AVL Mundo, Rotterdam (2019); About Face at Stevenson, Cape Town (2018); Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst at Koninklijk Paleis, Amsterdam (2018); Tell Freedom, 15 South African artists at Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2018); LET'S SEE, WHERE WERE WE, IN THE PIT OF DESPAIR at De Ateliers, Amsterdam (2017); Post It’s at South African Constitutional Court, Johannesburg (2016);Time Line at The Bag Factory, Johannesburg (2015); South African and Chinese exchange at Workers Museum, Johannesburg (2015) and South African New Voices at Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington DC.

He has taken up residencies at Foundation AVL Mundo, Rotterdam (2019); Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam (2018); Zeitz MOCAA, Segera, Laikipia, Kenya (2018) and The Bag Factory, Johannesburg (2015).

Matloga was nominated for De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs in 2019, and was among the artists shortlisted for the 2015 Taxi Art Award.

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