​Contemporary South African Art

Vulindlela Nyoni was born in Chilimanzi, Zimbabwe in 1976 and attained a Bachelor of Arts in the Fine Arts from the then University of Natal in 1998 and a Masters in fine Arts from the now University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2006. His Masters thesis was entitled “Representations of ‘other’ in selected South African artworks: Re-membering the black male body”. He is currently undertaking a Phd in Visual Art.

Nyoni is the current Academic Coordinator of the Centre for Visual Art, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg). Apart from being a practicing artist, Nyoni also lectures in Printmaking, Drawing and Photography at the Centre for Visual Art. His main interests lie in the politics of representation and self-representation as exploration of personal narrative through print media. He continues to make his own work at any opportunity he has.

Exhibitions:

Solo exhibitions

2011: Solo, African Art Centre, Durban

2009: Images and Ideas, William Humphries Gallery, Kimberly

2009: Settling In, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg

2009: Earthbound, Printmakers’ Gallery, Arkansas State University

2009 : form>FUNKTION, ArtSpace Berlin, Germany

2001: “Non-threatening postures”, solo exhibition, Jack Heath Gallery, Pietermaritzburg.

2000: Solo Performance Art Piece entitled ‘containment’ at Overload 628, an Art and Drama event at the Hexagon theatre, University of Natal.

Group shows

2011: Spectrum, Upstairs @ Bamboo, Melville, Johannesburg

2010: Indifferent (with Faye Spencer), ArtSpace Durban

2010: A Subtropical Vision- Eleven artists from Durban, David Brown Fine Art, Johannesburg

2010: Centre for Visual Art Staff Student annual exhibition, William Humphries Art Gallery,  Kimberley, South Africa

2010: Flow, Upstairs at Bamboo, Johannesburg.

2010: KZN artists from around Durban, Upstairs at Bamboo, Johannesburg

2010: Flow, Upstairs at Bamboo, Johannesburg.

2010: KZN artists from around Durban, Upstairs at Bamboo, Johannesburg

2009: Cold Sweat (with C. Diederiks), ArtSpace, Durban
2009: Contemporary reflections: new art from old, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg

2009: Centre for Visual Art Staff annual exhibition, Jack Heath Gallery, Pietermaritzburg

2009: Disaster (group collaboration Vulindlela Nyoni, Michael Wille, Angel Haro), Resolution gallery, Johannesburg

2009: Crossing Borders: Comparing Thoughts (Elizabeth Geissler  USA Juliet Armstrong • South Africa Ian Calder • South Africa Vulindlela Philani Elliot Nyoni • South Africa/Zimbabwe), Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts 

2008: Centre for Visual Art Staff annual exhibition, Jack Heath Gallery, Pietermaritzburg

2008: Diminutive, group exhibition of contemporary miniatures, ArtSpace, Durban.

2008: Feet in the clouds, group show Breytenbach Centre, Wellington, Cape Town

2008: Print 08, group exhibition of contemporary printmaking, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town.

2007: Border Crossings Portfolio, participant in International portfolio exhibition shown at New Frontiers in Printmaking Conference.

2007: Centre for Visual Art Staff annual exhibition, Newcastle, South Africa

2007: Pure and Simple- Kristin Hua Yang and Vulindlela Nyoni, two person exhibition of personal recent work. ArtSpace Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

2007: From Here to There, exhibition of contemporary art from KwaZulu Natal, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

2006: Satyagraha Exhibition, participant in International exhibition celebrating the Philosophy of Mahatma Ghandi, Kizo Art Gallery, Gateway, Umhlanga

2005: Group exhibition: “five artists/ five directions” at the KZNSA Gallery, Durban alongside Ian Calder, Terence King, Juliet Armstrong and Michelle Stewart.

2006: Jabulisa 2006. Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg

2005: Walking project international print exchange portfolio, Michigan University Fine Arts Department and University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Visual Art.

2005: Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA).

2004: Tatham Art Gallery Biennale, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

2003: Group exhibition with colleagues Professors T. King and J. Armstrong at the Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, Bloemfontein June 2003.

2002: Untold Tales of Magic: Abelumbi, Durban Art Gallery

2001: Print-exchange 2001, SA national Print Exchange portfolio.

2000: Jabulisa 2000, The Art of KwaZulu Natal, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg; Durban Art Gallery and other KwaZulu-Natal art Centres.

2000: University of Natal, Centre for Visual Art Staff and Postgraduate Exhibition.  Michealis School of Art, University of Cape Town.

2000: University of Natal Centre for Visual Art Staff and Postgraduate Exhibition. Karen Mckeiron Gallery, Johannesburg

1999: The Right to Celebrate. Durban Art Gallery, KwaZulu-Natal 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

1999: Bordeaux Gallery in Franschoek, Cape Town.

1998: Machine made Man. Khwezi Ghule and Vulindlela Nyoni. Java@Java, Durban.

1997: Vulindlela Nyoni, A. Alcock, P. Turner. Group Exhibition, Midlands Arts and Craft Society, Pietermaritzburg.