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Duma, Sibusiso

Article credits to: African Art Center

 

Date of Birth: 1978
Place of Birth: Durban Kwa-Zulu Natal

As a young boy growing up in a Durban township, Sibusiso enjoyed drawing pictures of animals and cars. His Primary School teacher would often reprimand him for drawing during class lessons.

 

He was unable to receive professional art tuition at a tertiary institution. Fortunately for Sibusiso, his older brother (a musician) was a friend of Trevor Makhoba- musician and painter. The late Trevor Makhoba (a well known Durban artist) invited Sbusiso to his house where he received informal art mentorship for 4 years together with his peer, Welcome Danca. This marked the beginning of Sibusiso’s successful art career.

Sibusiso enjoys painting; he utilizes

the medium to express himself and represent his surroundings.

 

His subject matter includes serene landscapes sometimes inhabited by individuals,

and depicting his everyday life scenes. His paintings are either executed in fine painterly marks or in a pointillism technique.  Sibusiso’s work is reputable amongst collectors; his work is available in major private and public collections in South Africa.

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SOLO EXHIBITION

2002:   African Art Centre, Durban
2007:    African Art Centre, Durban

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1997:      African Art Centre, group with Welcome Danca & Trevor makhoba
1999:    ‘Izwe Lethu’ (our land), African Art Centre, Durban  
2000:      Makabongwe Opehezulu “Thank God for Creativity”, African Art Centre
2000:      Sezenjani Ngengculazi “What do we to do about AIDS?” African Art Centre
2004:   Joint exhibition with Welcome Danca, BAT Centre
2004:      Joint exhibition with Welcome Danca, African Art Centre
2007:   “Revision”, African Art Centre’
2007:     BAD “Best of African Design- 100% Zulu, London
2008:    Fresh Paint Gallery, Glenwood
2008:   ‘Sobathathu’, joint by Welcome Danca and Bheki Khambule, African art Centre, Durban
2009:      ‘Living in KZN’ Group Exhibition at Art Space Berlin
2010:   ‘Amaqhawe Ethu Heritage group exhibition’, African Art Centre

ARCHIVEMENTS:

2010: Top Ten Finalist in the in the Absa Atelier Competition

 

COLLECTIONS:

Museum Services, Pietermarizburg
The Campbell Collections, Durban
The Durban Art Gallery
Kwa-Muhle Museum, Durban
Bruce Campbell-Smith Collection, Cape Town
Robert and Cheryl Johnston Collection, Durban
Wouter Gildenhuys Private Collection, Durban
Michael Stevenson Gallery
Oyster Box Hotel Collection, Durban

Duma Sibusiso

Sibusiso Duma is a young artist who is actively working within the Durban art scene. His artistic abilities were noticed and cultivated by the late Trevor Makhoba through his Philange Art Project based in Umlazi township south of Durban.

 

Makhoba had built a studio space behind his house, where he invited young artists to make their work and enhance their individual practices. Duma worked under Makhoba's tutelage for a number of years, and has since shared a stage with Makhoba and another former student, Welcome Danca. Together they have held a number of exhibitions at the African Art Centre in Durban.Although Duma has built on his own style and visual language, the influence of Makhoba is undeniable. He has defined his work with the ability to treat surfaces, subject, space and colour with a unique aesthetic understanding, as he alludes to social issues and does not directly depict them

 

Ref:  http://www.arteye.co.za/art/index.php/viretuemart/artist/represented/duma-sibusiso

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