Lindokuhle Zwane was born in 1992 in Newcastle, South Africa. He works predominantly in paintings and charcoal drawings as well as printmaking mediums. He studied printmaking at Artist Proof Studio, where he also worked as a drawing facilitator for 3 years. In 2017 Zwane won an award in one of the country prestigious art competition the Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards, he took the 2nd prize (the Ekurhuleni prize). Another achievement for Zwane was winning a painting merit award in the 2019 Thami Mnyele Arts Award. Zwane’s work is focused around feelings of nostalgia and the process of catharsis. He is interested in everyday life and where it’s headed, but also in how the past inextricably weaves itself into the present. The memory and influence of the past, and the reality of the present often pose deep psychological challenges that he expresses through the work. The challenges come from the difficulty of being able to accept the past and acknowledge the present, particularly the chasm that can exist between those two realities.
Education: 2015- Printmaking at Artist Proof Studio
Exhibitions:
- 2020|”The Politics of the Now” Auction, Aspire Art Auction
- 2020|Turbine Art Fair, Artist Proof Studio
- 2020|The Lockdown Collection Auction, Aspire Art Auctions
- 2019| SEED-1 Auction Johannesburg, SAFFCA
- 2019 | FNB Jorbug art fair, Johannesburg Artist Proof Studio
- 2019 | Turbine Art fair, Johannesburg Artist Proof Studio
- 2019 | umsebenzi wendoda, artitis gallery Cape Town
- 2019 | khensani, Lizamore and associate, Johannesburg
- 2018 | Spring Salon, Lizamore and associate, Johannesburg
- 2018 | FNB Jorbug art fair, Johannesburg
- 2018 | aftermath FirstRand Bank, johannnesburg
- 2018 | Turbine Art fair, Johannesburg
- 2018 | Rotary Arts Festival, Johannesburg
- 2018 | ukuma, the weight of the wait, Assemblage gallery, Johannesburg
- 2018 | A sense of resilience, Lizamore and associate, johannesburg
- 2018 | talking to deaf ears, Absa gallery, Johannesburg
- 2018 | Dialogue, ODA gallery, Franshhoeck, Cape Town
- 2017 |Thami Myele fine arts awards Coen Scholtz recreation center Kempton Park, South Africa
- 2017 | Turbine Art fair, Johannesburg
- 2017 | SA Taxi Foundation Award Top 30, Lizamore gallery, Johannesburg
- 2017 | The Beauty of Disorder, AGOG gallery, Johannesburg
- 2016 | Cassirer Welz Award, winner announcement, Strauss & Co, Johannesburg
- 2016 | Fresh Produce, Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg
- 2016 | On the Move, Art it is and turbine hall, Johannesburg
- 2016 | ‘This is not an exhibition’, SOMA art+space, Johannesburg
- 2015 | ‘Uncovered’ graduate exhibition APS, Johannesburg
- 2014 | Saada Art fair and part of Johannesburg Art week
- 2014 | Turbine Art fair, Johannesburg
Workshop and projects:
- 2018 | WELL CRAFTED LIFE, Demografica, RMB_CIB
- 2018 | winex wine barrel project, RMB, Lizamore and associate, Johannesburg
- 2017 | Artist Career Boot Camp
- 2016 | Fresh produced mentorship program, VANSA, Assemblage and Eyethu gallery
- 2014 | 2015 The Wang’Thola collective, VANSA Revolution Room, Cosmos City
- 2013 | Artist Proof Studio, Mandela day paper product design in Daveyton
- 2013 | I see Africa Nikon workshop, Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg
Awards:
- 2017 | Thami Myele Fine Arts Awards, Ekurhuleni prize award (2nd prize)
- 2019 | Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards, painting merit Award
